St. Joseph (Oberkammlach)

St. Joseph in Oberkammlach

The Roman Catholic St. Joseph Chapel is located in Oberkammlach , a district of Kammlach in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The chapel is a listed building.

description

The chapel was built in the middle of the 18th century as a flat-roofed building with a semicircular end. The west gable of the chapel carries a roof turret . The chapel is structured inside and out by pilasters . The ceiling picture in the nave represents St. Joseph and was created by Norbert Simon in 1886. The painted stucco is probably from the 18th century .

Interior of the chapel
War memorial in the cemetery

Memorial stone for the battle of 1796

Battle of 1796

At the chapel there is a memorial stone with a plaque on the battle of August 13, 1796, which took place at this point. On that day the troops of the French Republic and the French Prince Condé met . Around 42,000 men were involved in the conflict. Over 1200 of them lost their lives during the battle, including Field Marshal Maria Jos. Marquis Deprasse, Claude Marie du Chilleau, as well as the generals Marquis de Goulet and Claude P. Jos. Phil. Pellarin.

literature

Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 827 .
Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress (= Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1971, DNB 720035325 , p. 388-390 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: Entry D-7-78-180-1

48.045696 10.424561Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '44.5 " N , 10 ° 25' 28.4" E

[1] Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: Entry D-7-78-180-1