St. Johannes (Ungerhausen)

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St. Johannes in Ungerhausen

The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Johannes is located southwest of the municipality of Ungerhausen in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The chapel is a listed building.

history

In the place of the chapel there used to be a parish church . This was demolished in 1733. From this previous building, the choir , which was probably built in the 15th century, was converted into a chapel and provided with a closure on the west side. The nave of the parish church was on the south side of the chapel and is known from excavations.

Building description

Inscription plaque on the chapel

The plastered chapel is outside the village in an open field. The choir consists of two yokes and ends with a 3/8 end. Inside the chapel is provided with a barrel vault with stitch caps . The chapel is equipped with round arched windows, which used to be pointed arches. There are buttresses on the outside of the choir .

Furnishing

In the west of the chapel there is a wooden gallery from the 18th century. In the chapel there is a painting on wood depicting the death of St. Joseph from the second quarter of the 18th century. The children's bench with carved cheeks, foliage and flowers is made of softwood and was manufactured around the middle of the 18th century.

See also

literature

  • Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 228-229 .

Web links

Commons : St. John  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-205-3 ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / geodaten.bayern.de
  2. ^ Tilmann Breuer; Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (eds.): City and district of Memmingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, pp. 228, 229
  3. ↑ a b Tilmann Breuer; Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (eds.): City and district of Memmingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 229

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 41.8 ″  E