St. Maria Magdalena (Greggenhofen)

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Chapel "St. Maria Magdalena" in Greggenhofen (2014)
Chapel of the Greggenhofen chapel
Ceiling painting with the torture tools of Jesus and the crowing rooster

The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Maria Magdalena is located in Greggenhofen, a district of Rettenberg in the Oberallgäu district with around 130 inhabitants .

history

On November 22nd, 1746, the altar conscription takes place in the former chapel by Johann Jakob, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg . In 1817 (according to other sources, 1815) the new chapel was built by three local farmers. In 1872 the chapel was partly demolished. In 1890 the chapel received a roof turret . In 1912 the interior was thoroughly renovated with an alteration of the altar. In 1960 another painting was made. During a parish visit, the then Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Müller paid a visit to the chapel in January 1976. Between 1983 and 1985 the chapel foundations were thoroughly renovated. A professional church painter took over the renovation of the interior of the chapel with Art Nouveau elements .

Chapel inventory

  • The altar dates from 1817.
  • The tabernacle relief was created on the occasion of the renovation in 1912.
  • The altar panel shows the chapel patron Mary Magdalene at the anointing of Jesus. It dates from around 1800 and was made by the painter and sculptor Nikolaus Weiß , a member of the famous Rettenberg family of artists.
  • The altar sheet is assisted by two statuettes, also made before 1800, depicting St. Afra and St. Ulrich.
  • The two oil paintings from the late 18th century depict St. Joachim with a staff and a pair of lovebirds on the left of the altar and St. Josef with a lily and a plan showing the Franciscan convent of St. Anna in Lenzfried in Kempten on the right.
  • The wooden sculptures from the 18th century depict St. Johann Nepomuk and the Madonna. Mother Anna, the oldest sculpture, dates from 1515 and is attributed to Ivo Strigel's artist workshop .
  • The crucifix, made around 1730, was made in the manner of Johann Erdt.
  • The bell, which weighs around 52 kg, originally comes from the parish church in Lenzfried and shows a representation of Jesus on the cross with his mother Mary and the apostle John. Since 2002, the ringing has been done by an electric bell.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church art guide Untermaiselstein by Dr. theol. phil. Wilhelm Sahner, teacher and teacher of religion

Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 14.6 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 5.5 ″  E