St. Michael (Trier-Oberkirch)
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| Consecration year : | 1768 |
| Parish : | Trier-Zewen |
| Address: | Oberkirch 1 |
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 48 ″ N , 6 ° 35 ′ 12.3 ″ E St. Michael is a chapel in Oberkirch , adistrict of Trier belongingto the Zewen district. The chapel is dedicated to the Archangel Michael .
History and architecture
The Michaeliskapelle was built in 1768 by Carl Franz Ludwig Freiherr Boos von Waldeck and Montfort .
It is designed as a three-axis high building with a choir closed on three sides , the two east windows of which are walled up. Most of the building is made of quarry stone , but the buttresses are made of red stone . A high eight-sided roof turret with a bell dome sits above the steep west gable . The two bells were in the First and Second World War melted ; a bell cast in the 1950s was procured as a replacement.
Furnishing
The interior of the church is spanned by a lancet vault over pilasters . The dominant part of the furnishings is a wooden altar by Johannes Koch from 1785, on which both the battle of St. Michael and the seducer and St. Helena are depicted. Statues of St. Leonard and St. Walburga stand on the confessionals . In addition, the interior is decorated with many other figures.
In 1975 the chapel was extensively restored. It has been a listed building since 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d St. Martinus, Trier-Zewen. History of the Catholic parish of Georg Fusenig, Trier 2009. Archive of the parish of St. Martinus, Trier-Zewen.
- ^ Entry on St. Michael in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments in the district-free city of Trier. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Koblenz 2010.