St. Stephanus (Stillern)

Chapel of St. Stephen

The pilgrimage chapel St. Stephanus is located on the Way of St. James between Raisting and Wessobrunn in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau .

history

The abbot of the Wessobrunn monastery , Bernhard Gering, built the St. Stephanus chapel in the early baroque style on the foundation walls in 1664 , a monk's hermitage from the twelfth century that fell victim to the fire . There, a hermit fed travelers on the old Roman road. During the period of secularization , the Wessobrunn monastery was expropriated from its land. The Counts of Hohenpähl became the new owners of the chapel . Today it is privately owned by the residents of Stillern .

At the end of the Second World War, American soldiers found refuge in St. Stephen and used the tower of the chapel as a spy base for the Allies.

Pilgrimage

Every year on May 26th there is a foot pilgrimage with a Marian service in St. Stephanus. On October 12th, pilgrims meet for the annual October Rosary . The chapel is located directly on the Munich Way of St. James and is used by many pilgrims for relaxation and prayer.

Christian customs

Since the 1950s, agricultural vehicles and their owners have been blessed on Mary's holiday, May 1st. Afterwards, the believers meet in the associated courtyard beer garden for a traditional morning pint with brass music. Since the last renovation in the 80s, the idyllically located private chapel has been used frequently for baptisms and weddings.

The patronage takes place every year on August 3rd.

architecture

Baroque hall building in its original state with retracted apse and west tower with onion dome with attached sacristy. The early baroque building is in its original state. What is unusual in a chapel of this size is its own pulpit.

The two bells in the keys of nominal h ”and c sharp” ”must be rung by hand.

Historic stone slabs from the entrance area are now in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich.

literature

• Georg Paula , Stefanie Berg-Hobohm : District Weilheim-Schongau (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.23 ). Lipp, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-87490-585-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chronicle of Raisting
2. ↑ Churches of the Parish Raisting (Section 3)
3. ^ Raisting Marching Band
4. ↑ Germania Sacra (book page 19)

Web links

• Video recording of the carillon - Youtube
• Hof beer garden - St. Stephanus, Stillern
• Munich Way of St. James - description and course

Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '56 "  N , 11 ° 4' 30.7"  E