St. Wolfgang Chapel (Distelhausen)
The St. Wolfgang Chapel (also Wolfgang Chapel ) is a pilgrimage chapel built in the 15th century in Distelhausen , a district of Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg . She belongs to the pastoral care unit Tauberbischofsheim in the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg . The Distelhäuser Pfingstritt (also: St. Wolfgang Ritt ) to the St. Wolfgang Chapel has been taking place since 1472 .
history
Foundation of the Wolfgang Chapel
The Distelhäuser Wolfgang Chapel was founded in the 15th century to support Wolfgang pilgrims on their way to St. Wolfgang on Lake Wolfgang (formerly Abersee ). Today the Distelhausen cemetery is located by the chapel.
- Views of the St. Wolfgang Chapel in Distelhausen
Portal side of the Wolfgang Chapel
Choir of the Wolfgang Chapel
Interior of the chapel
Information board about the Wolfgang chapel and the Whitsun step
Way of the Cross
A fourteen-station Way of the Cross begins at the southern wall of the cemetery in the direction of Lauda and leads to the Wolfgang Chapel .
Thistle Houses Whitsun
Since 1472, the St. Wolfgang ride to the chapel has been held annually on Whit Monday . Believers from near and far meet at this church festival with a long tradition at the Wolfgang Chapel to invoke St. Wolfgang in a festive service for intercession against all diseases of humans and animals. Afterwards riders, carriage drivers and horses will be blessed at the Distelhäuser Whitsun Step.
- Thistle Houses Whitsun
Monument protection
The chapel is located in the Wolfgangstraße 27 (Flst.Nr. 0-5935, 0-5956 0-5959) and is available as part of the entirety of the cemetery with chapel (St. Wolfgang chapel and Abendanz-sarcophagus each § 28), surrounding wall, gate , Stations of the Cross and historical tombs under monument protection .
Bicycle path church
The St. Wolfgang Chapel, with its location on the Taubertal Cycle Path, is designated as a cycle path church.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Taubertal.de: Distelhausen . Online at www.taubertal.de. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Fahrrad-Tour.de: Wolfgang's Chapel Distelhausen . Online at www.fahrrad-tour.de. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Regional Presidium Stuttgart , Department State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg : Directory of immovable architectural and art monuments and the objects to be examined . Administrative region: Stuttgart. Rural / urban district: Main-Tauber district. Municipality: Tauberbischofsheim. As of December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Tourism Association Liebliches Taubertal (Ed.): Cycle Path Churches . Brochure. 12 pages. District Office Main-Tauber-Kreis, Tauberbischofsheim, p. 9.
Parish churches of the pastoral care unit Tauberbischofsheim: St. Bonifatius (Tauberbischofsheim) | St. Laurentius (Dittwar) | St. Markus (Distelhausen) | St. Martin (Tauberbischofsheim) with the branch St. Jakobus (Dienstadt) | St. Nikolaus (Impfingen) | St. Pankratius (Hochhausen) | St. Vitus (Dittigheim)
Other churches, chapels and crossroads: Friedhofskapelle (Hochhausen) | Cemetery chapel (Impfingen) | House chapel in the Hotel St. Michael (Tauberbischofsheim) | Herz-Jesu-Kapelle (Tauberbischofsheim) | Höhbergkapelle (Tauberbischofsheim) | Josefskapelle (Hochhausen) | Käppele (Hochhausen) | Way of the Cross (Dittwar) to the Kreuzkapelle (Dittwar) , Kalvarienbergkapelle (Dittwar) and Mariengrotte (Dittwar) with the pilgrimage to Kreuzhölzle | Way of the Cross (Impfingen) | Way of the Cross (Tauberbischofsheim) to the Stammberg chapel ( Tauberbischofsheim) | Laurentius Chapel (Tauberbischofsheim) | Maria-Hilf-Chapel (Tauberbischofsheim) | Mariengrotte (Dienststadt) | Chapel of Our Lady (Dienstadt) | Peterskapelle (Tauberbischofsheim) | Rector's Chapel (Tauberbischofsheim) | Sebastianus Chapel (Tauberbischofsheim) | St. Lioba Church (Tauberbischofsheim) | St. Wolfgang Chapel (Distelhausen) and the Way of the Cross in the cemetery wall (Distelhausen) | Bildhäusle (Hochhausen) | Holy Blood Chapel (Hochhausen) | To Our Lady of Sorrows (Hof Steinbach)
Monasteries: Benedictine monastery Tauberbischofsheim (Lioba monastery) (†) | Franciscan monastery Tauberbischofsheim (†)
(†): Sacred building no longer used / available
Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '46.8 " N , 9 ° 41' 9.9" E