St. John of Nepomuk (Maria Steinbach)

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Wegkapelle St. Johannes von Nepomuk in Maria Steinbach

The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk is located in Maria Steinbach, a district of Legau in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The chapel is a listed building. The small building is located northwest of the Maria Steinbach pilgrimage church at the entrance to the village on the road from Lautrach .

description

The small rectangular building, which dates from the first half of the 18th century, has a gable roof that is hipped towards the west . The chapel is open to the east and closed with a gate. Inside there is a wooden figure of St. John of Nepomuk under a flat barrel . The figure comes from the same time as the chapel itself. To the right and left of the wooden figure there are cartouche-shaped wooden panels. These are painted with confession and the martyrdom of John of Nepomuk.

  • Martial death of St. John of Nepomuk

  • Wooden figure of St. John of Nepomuk

  • Confession hearing of St. John of Nepomuk

See also

Web links

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

literature

  • Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 152 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-165-42 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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

Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 8' 8.8"  E