St. Franz von Paula (Unggenried)

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Chapel of St. Franz von Paula in Unggenried, Mindelheim

St. Franz von Paula is a Roman Catholic chapel in Unggenried , Upper Swabia , a district of Mindelheim . It is dedicated to St. Francis of Paula .

history

The chapel , designated as new in a letter from the Ordinariate of May 9, 1726, is attributed to Simpert Kraemer . Pilgrimage to the chapel was particularly lively in the 1760s and 1770s . In the second half of the 18th century hermits lived in the adjacent house . The chapel received a new roof from 1949 to 1951 when a major renovation was carried out.

The chapel located in the middle of the hamlet adjoins house no.7 to the east. It is a semicircular closed space on two axes with a lightly pressed, strapless needle cap barrel . In the chorus circuit has three caps . The wall is divided by Tuscan pilasters , which are halved in the western corners and cut off like a console on the sides of the altar just below the capital . The windows are closed with a round arch, in the oblique axes of the apse there are transverse oval windows, in the west side there is a round arch panel and an arched door. This has fittings and a barred opening. An old offering box is attached to the inside . The facade is divided axially with Tuscan pilasters and a cranked , circumferential entablature. The three-axis apse, to which the sacristy is attached to the south , is divided into three axes. The sacristy is a long room stretching south with a rectangular window on the south. On the outside it has a profile cornice and a gable roof .

Directly to the west, the former hermit's house adjoins the chapel and is the same width and height as it. The saddle roof of the chapel continues on the two-story house. The north and south walls are divided into three axes by Tuscan pilasters with entablature pieces. The passage to the south in the easternmost axis is provided with a stitch arch . There is a rectangular door in the north and the access to the chapel in the east wall in the middle of the passage. The wooden belfry with a tin-covered onion dome at the western end of the chapel roof ridge dates from the second half of the 19th century.

Furnishing

Unggenried StFranzvPaula inside

The altar dates from around 1726/1730 and is made of red, blue-green and brown marbled wood with gold decoration. The stipes are box-shaped. The arched, closed altarpiece shows St. Franz von Paula. On either side are two Corinthian columns in front of corner pillars , the outer ones of which are higher. Cranked and curved entablature pieces close off the altar at the top. There are two putti above the painting . The curly excerpt bears a heart of Jesus. The seating dates from the middle of the 18th century. The tail cheeks are decorated with Rocailles carving and each have a scaled field in the middle.

All wooden figures have been re- taken . The late Gothic St. Vitus comes from the end of the 15th century. The Mother of God , St. Cajetan and St. Nicholas of Tolentino date from the mid-18th century. The statuette of St. Wendelin was made in the middle of the 18th century. A small crucifix comes from the second quarter of the 18th century.

Several votive pictures with St. Franz von Paula, painted on wood, point to the earlier pilgrimage. One shows a bedridden woman and the inscription EX VOTO 1767 . The second, with a kneeling couple and a horse, dates from the 18th century. The next picture shows a kneeling woman with a baby. The fourth picture from the 18th century shows a kneeling woman, two children and a church. The next votive tablet from the 18th century shows a kneeling couple with a black horse. Another picture with the inscription EX VOTO 1730 shows a kneeling woman with a baby in a baby. The next picture, also from the 18th century, shows a man with a horse. In another votive painting from the 18th or 19th century, a woman kneels in front of a sick bed. EX VOTO 1796 is the inscription on a plaque with Franz von Paula and a poem. The next votive tablet from the 18th century shows an unlucky scene with a carriage under a Franz von Paula. The next board shows a kneeling woman with a child. It bears the inscription EX VOTO 1761 and dates from the 18th century. On the next votive plaque there is a kneeling couple with a boy and the inscription EX VOTO 1755 . Joseph Anwander ex Voto 1771 is the inscription on the next panel. It shows a falling man in front of a burning barn. The representation of a man lying on the ground, from which a smaller Dragon extends, bears the inscription EX VOTO 1770 . The last votive panel shows the chapel patron as intercessor before God the Father. Underneath is an inscription of thanks from 1768.

Web links

Commons : St. Franz von Paula  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress (=  Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1971, p. 485-486 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 52.3 "  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 33.3"  E