St. Veit (Weihenzell)

St. Veit was a chapel named after St. Veit in Weihenzell in the Ansbach district . The chapel was on the way to Petersdorf on the so-called Kappellberg.

St. Vitus was possibly built in the 12th century. It had a square footprint of 25 shoe sides and a height of 20 shoes. It was a former pilgrimage chapel. The mass was also read on the quarter days . With the introduction of the Reformation in 1528, the pilgrimages were stopped.

Around 1810 there was only one ruin that had to be demolished because of the risk of collapse. The stones were used to build roads. In 1933 the foundation walls were also excavated and used for road construction, so that nothing remains of the chapel today.

literature

• Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 151 .
• Manfred Jehle: Church conditions and religious institutions on the upper Altmühl, Rezat and Bibert: Monasteries, parishes and Jewish communities in the Altlandkreis Ansbach in the Middle Ages and in modern times (=  Middle Franconian Studies . Volume 20 ). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-771-9 , p. 293 .
• Günther Roesner: Weihenzell. History and present of a Middle Franconian village . 2nd, revised edition. Ansbach 1999, p. 86 (first edition: 1985).
• Hans Sommer with e. Working group d. Dean's office (ed.): It happened in the name of faith: Protestant in the Ansbach deanery (=  series of portraits of Bavarian deanery districts ). Verlag der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Mission, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-87214-248-8 , p. 155 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 25 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 9 ″  E