St. Sebastian (Haisterkirch)
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The pilgrimage chapel St. Sebastian is a chapel in Haisterkirch , a district of Bad Waldsee in the Ravensburg district in Upper Swabia . It is the highest chapel in the Ravensburg district.
description
The inconspicuous single-nave building is one of the most visited pilgrimage chapels in Upper Swabia. It was built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1892. It is located on the Haisterkircher ridge, above the Haidgauer Heide at an altitude of 758 m above sea level. NN in the middle of the forest. You can reach it from Haisterkirch via a forest path with stations of the cross or from the Grabener Höhe viewpoint on foot in 30 minutes.
The geostete chapel has one with beaver tails thatched gable roof , which in an apse ends on the west side. A bell is hung in the filigree gable turret on the roof ridge. The bell is rung manually. On the north side of the building there is a sacristy attached to the chapel . In the windows there is lead glazing without glass paintings. The central ceiling painting is by Gebhard Fugel . Behind the altar grille there is a neo-classical altar with a figure of Sebastian and a knee bench .
Restoration 2011
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In the course of 2011, a further extensive interior and exterior restoration of the chapel took place, which cost over 180,000 euros. On October 9, 2011 the chapel was reopened as part of a festive service. A wooden figure, St. Depicting Sebastian , placed on the left at the entrance. She has stood at the altar since 1987. This figure comes from the amateur carver Franz Rupp from Arnach. He had given it to the congregation 25 years earlier. The original Sebastian figure, which was stolen from the chapel over 25 years ago, was found at the State Criminal Police Office in Munich in 2011 . It was placed on the altar again on October 9, 2011.
Trivia
The one depicted on the fresco by Fugel is St. Irene is said to have the facial features of the artist's daughter.
Every year on January 20th, the day of St. Sebastian, there is a nationally known procession to the chapel.
literature
- Manfred Thierer / Ursula Rückgauer: Places of silence: The chapels in the Ravensburg district . Ed .: District Office Ravensburg. Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89870-547-9 , p. 392 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 21.2 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 20.6 ″ E