St. Franz von Paula (Unggenried)
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
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.
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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