Ketterle way chapel
The Wegkapelle Ketterle (also Kötterle-Bildstock ) chapel in the Obermauern fraction in the municipality of Virgen ( East Tyrol ). The chapel is located on a footpath between the main town of Virgen and Obermauern, and is a listed building .
Building
The Ketterle way chapel is a brick wayside shrine on the pilgrimage route between Obermauern and Virgen. The building with its white plastered exterior walls, which is partially set into the slope above a rectangular floor plan, is protected by a shingle-covered gable roof. The high and flat arched altar niche is surrounded by a simple wrought iron grille.
Inside there is a wooden altar with a blue-gray marble frame and gold-plated ornaments. The altarpiece dates from the 18th century and consists of twisted columns and a flat arched gable end. The wooden Pietà is set against a painted landscape background.
There is an inscription on the south wall that was added in 1984 during the restoration:
"RENOVATED BY THE / SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE VIRGEN / WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF / POPULATION THROUGH DONATIONS / ON THE OCCASION OF THE 175TH MEMORIAL / YEAR OF TYROLEAN FREEDOM / FIGHTS 1809 1984"
literature
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): The art monuments of the political district of Lienz. Part III. Iseltal, Defereggental, Kalsertal, Virgental. Verlag Berger, Horn 2007 ISBN 978-3-85028-448-6 (Austrian Art Topography, Volume LVII), p. 470
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Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 19.3 " N , 12 ° 26 ′ 48.6" E