St. Ottilia (Randegg)

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Ottilien reliquary

The St. Ottilia Church is located in the Randegg district of Gottmadingen . Together with von Schellenberg's Castle, the late Gothic Catholic parish and pilgrimage church shapes the historic townscape of the small Hegau village. Above all, the slightly leaning tower with glazed roof tiles is Randegg's landmark .

Devout Christians from all over the Lake Constance area have been making pilgrimages to St. Ottilie in Randegg.

The church is a choir tower built around 1500 with a ribbed vault in the choir. The nave is a baroque hall with rain stucco around 1740. Of the historical furnishings, the main altar around 1750 and the ottili shrine dating from around 1600 with a housing in the form of a monstrance should be emphasized .

In the church tower hangs next to two larger bells the oldest dated bell in Germany. The bell with severe rib was poured in 1209, weighs 165 kg and has the percussive there 2 .

literature

  • Dehio : Baden-Württemberg II. 1997, p. 548.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 20"  E