St. Sixtus (Eichelberg)

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St. Sixtus Chapel in Eichelberg

The St. Sixtus chapel in Eichelberg , a district of the town of Geisenfeld in the Upper Bavarian district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , was built in 1761. The baroque chapel is one of the protected architectural monuments in Bavaria.

The plastered hall church with a gable roof , structure of pilasters , roof turrets with onion dome and slightly retracted semicircular choir closure has bass violin-shaped , stucco- framed windows. The entrance front with segmented gable portal is marked with the year 1761. The interior is about fillet covered with flat frame stucco. The walls are structured with pilasters.

The main altar dates from the late rococo period . Rural figures from the late Baroque adorn the church: Pietà and crucifix with Our Lady of Sorrows . The cheeks have a rich Rocailles decor .

literature

  • Jolanda Drexler-Herold, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.19 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-87490-570-5 , p. 26 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Geisenfeld (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-1-86-122-45

Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 5.1 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 9 ″  E