St. Franz Xaver (Gmeinschwenden)

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Saint Francis Xavier in Gmeinschwenden

The chapel in Gmeinschwenden , a district of Bad Grönenbach ( Unterallgäu district ), is a Catholic religious building . The chapel was built in 1885 and bears the patronage of Francis Xaverius .

history

Franz Xaver Breher, pastor in Grönenbach

At the suggestion of the pastor Franz Xaver Breher from Grönenbach, the chapel was built in Gmeinschwenden in 1885. The building site with an area of ​​0.006 ha was donated free of charge by farmer Anton Trunzer. The bell in the tower of the chapel burst in 1904 and was cast around in Memmingen . A foundation, the “Gmeinschwenden Chapel Foundation”, was set up specifically for the construction of the chapel. This foundation was approved on January 27, 1886 by Ludwig II of Bavaria . The colored glass windows were inserted in 1910 and show the Holy Family and Francisco de Xavier.

Furnishing

The altar and the altarpiece come from the collegiate church of St. Philip and James in Bad Grönenbach. The altarpiece was created by Max Kolb in 1859. Four wooden figures are placed inside the chapel. These depict the apostles Peter , Paul , Philip and James and come from the 18th century.

See also

Web links

Wikisource: History of the market town of Grönenbach  - sources and full texts
Commons : St. Franz Xaver  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Catholic parish office of St. Philip and James, Grönenbach (ed.): Stiftskirche Grönenbach . 1994, ISBN 3-930102-83-8 .
  • Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 212, 213 .
  • Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 110 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tilmann Breuer; Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (eds.): City and district of Memmingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 110.

Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 33.6 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 50.3 ″  E