Wendelinus Chapel (Mühlheim-Dietesheim)

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Wendelinus Chapel from Mühlheim-Dietesheim

The St. Wendelin consecrated Wendelinus Chapel is located in Dietenheim , a district of Hesse Mühlheim in Offenbach district .

History and establishment

Exterior view

The Wendelinus chapel in Dietesheim was first mentioned in 1450 as Heiliges Hus in the field book of the nuns of Patershausen . The chapel was a disappeared today Heiligenstock adjacent. The building made of basalt and red sandstone with a wooden porch was driven by the Dietesheimers' cattle drive in the hut forests of Biebermark . So she served the shepherds for the performance of a mass . They dedicated the chapel to St. Wendelin, the patron saint of shepherds .

The chapel was last consecrated in 1987 and renovated in 2004.

Wendelinus Chapel inside

Inside there is now a statue of Saint Wendelin, the Anna Selbdritt altar that originally stood there is now in the Dietesheim parish church of St. Sebastian.

literature

  • Dagmar Söder: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Hesse, Offenbach district . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-528-06237-1 , pp. 223 .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 17.9 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 27.3 ″  E