City Chapel St. Andreas (Medebach)

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City Chapel St. Andreas

The Catholic city ​​chapel St. Andreas is a listed church building in Medebach , a town in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia .

architecture

The small three-bay hall with a 5/8 end was built in 1341. It is held in coarse early Gothic forms and provided with burr- cut vaults. To the left and right of the choir walls are various figures of saints. The Hl. Agatha and Hl. Odilia derived from the existence of the Augustinerinnen Glindfeld convent .

history

The Andreas chapel was first mentioned in a document in 1283. However, some components date from the 8th century. On an inscription is the year 1341, in which the chapel was renovated. The St. Andreas Chapel is the oldest building in Medebach. The baroque furnishings come from the second half of the 17th century. The altar was built from 1670 to 1680.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio , Dorothea Kluge, Wilfried Hansmann , Ernst Gall : North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1969, OCLC 272521926 , p. 320 .
  2. ↑ On the trail of the Glindfeld Monastery, information board in front of the entrance to the St. Andreas Chapel.
  3. ↑ Andrew's Chapel. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Note: See also the information board in front of the St. Andreas Chapel. (As of May 13, 2020)
  5. ^ Georg Dehio , Dorothea Kluge, Wilfried Hansmann , Ernst Gall : North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1969, OCLC 272521926 , p. 320 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 26 ″  E