St. Wendelin (Frastanz)
The Roman Catholic listed chapel Sankt Wendelin in the parcel of St. Wendelin in the market town of Frastanz in the Feldkirch district in Vorarlberg belongs to the Frastanz parish and thus to the Feldkirch dean's office in the Feldkirch diocese . Their patron saint is St. Wendelin .
Location, traffic and water
The chapel (about 494 m above sea level ) is located in the middle of the market town of Frastanz. The Samina flows just 25 meters from the chapel . Several streets around the chapel are named as Beim Sankt Wendelin . Among other things, a short section of the state road L67 (also called: Alte Landstraße ).
history
The chapel from the 15th century was renewed or completely rebuilt after the battle of Frastanz (1499). A sword and a halberd , which came from the battle of Frastanz , are said to have been kept under the porch in the chapel in the 19th century .
A figure of St. Johann Nepomuk from the 18th century. The glass paintings are by Martin Häusle (1963). The chapel is now used as a funeral hall and is not open to the public.
The two summer linden trees ( Tilia platyphyllos ) by the chapel have been protected as natural monuments since 1973 .
Literature and media
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Vorarlberg 1983 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Object ID: 65712. Ordinance of the Federal Monuments Office regarding the administrative district of Feldkirch, federal state Vorarlberg, GZ. 47.373 / 19/2007. Address of the chapel: At Sankt Wendelin 5.
- ↑ Kaiserlich-Königlich privilegirter Bothe from and for Tyrol and Vorarlberg from July 30, 1821, p. 244 ( google books ).
- ^ Augsburg's story from the building of the city to the death of Maximilian Joseph, first king of Bavaria (1825), p. 323 ( google books ).
- ↑ According to the information board at the chapel.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 2 ″ N , 9 ° 37 ′ 46 ″ E