St. Ursula (Alsleben)
The St. Ursula Chapel Alsleben is a chapel dedicated to St. Ursula . It is located 1.5 km south-east of Alsleben near Bad Königshofen in Lower Franconia in a forest in the immediate vicinity of the Bavarian-Thuringian border.
history
There used to be a place of worship dedicated to St. Ursula on the mountain. This was destroyed during the peasant wars in 1525, but was soon replaced by a new small chapel. In 1704, the widow of the Sternberg castle builder Wolff Dietrich Truchseß von Wetzhausen (Baroness Eva Rosina) donated the relics . This quickly made the chapel a popular pilgrimage destination . Up to 10,000 pilgrims came a year. In 1750, construction began on a new larger church, which was consecrated in 1754. St. Ursula was closed in 1803, but opened again in 1811 after protests. On July 5, 1875, a lightning strike set the church on fire and the building became a ruin. A year later it was rebuilt by the citizens and inaugurated in 1882, followed by the addition of the sacristy in 1888. In 1982 two new bells were consecrated, donated by the Alsleben soldiers' comradeship and private donors. The bells are tuned to dfg.
architecture
The church, a hall building, has a choir closed on three sides and a nave with a flat ceiling and three window axes. There are entrance portals on three sides. The gable facade is made of ashlar and is characterized by a tail gable and a shell niche with a stone figure of St. Ursula. On the south side there is a crucifixion group with a neo-Romanesque base from the second half of the 19th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information board on site
- ↑ List of monuments for Trappstadt (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 58 " N , 10 ° 35 ′ 27.2" E