Wilgefortis Chapel
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The Wilgefortiskapelle is a chapel near Alzenau in the Aschaffenburg district in Bavaria .
geography
The chapel is located at 154 m above sea level. NHN on today's outskirts in the south of the Hörstein district , near the cemetery, at the foot of the Hahnenkamm .
history
According to the foundation stone, the Wilgefortis Chapel was built in the open field in 1564 as a “little holy house”, as it is called in the church book . It was increased in 1775 and expanded in 1804. The bell was hung in 1963. The last renovations took place in 1981 and 2012. The chapel is owned by the Catholic Church Foundation Maria Himmelfahrt in Hörstein.
Surname
The chapel takes its name from St. Wilgefortis , also called sorrow . It is derived from the Latin “virgo fortis”, which probably means “strong virgin”.
description
The small building is a massive quarry stone building with a half-timbered gable . The choir and roof turrets were built in a polygon shape . On the right outside of the chapel four old atonement crosses made of stone were moved from the Aschaffenburger Weg and attached here. They are memorials of bygone times (14th century).
The chapel is opened for the palm procession , during the week of prayer , during the procession into the vineyards and on special occasions. She belongs to the parish of the Assumption of Mary in the parish community of St. Benedikt am Hahnenkamm .
Furnishing
The altar has two columns with a wooden panel between them depicting St. Wilgefortis. On it is an essay with putti from around 1780 as well as side figures of St. Wendelinus , St. Anthony of Padua and St. Lawrence and a votive picture . The gallery shows the coat of arms of the Cistercian abbess Antonia Hartz (1736–1774) from the former monastery Marienschloss near Rockenberg . There are other Wilgefortis representations in the area in the parish church of St. Hippolytus in Dettingen am Main , in the basilica in Seligenstadt and in the parish church of Wörth am Main .
For a long time , the chapel contained two art monuments , which are now kept in the tower chapel of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary :
- Anna Selbdritt (Maria with the child and mother Anna), a wooden sculpture by Peter Dell the Elder. Ä. around 1520. It is considered a valuable religious work of art from the Renaissance period on the Lower Main.
- The Wilgefortis cross, an iconographically interesting representation of Saint Wilgefortis in wood (restored 1804).
Adoration
Women in particular turned to Saint Wilgefortis in the case of sterility , difficult childbirth , as well as cattle diseases and false accusations .
literature
- Gisela Wieland: The Wilgefortis Chapel in Hörstein. In: Unser Kahlgrund Volume 43 (1998), pp. 147-150, ri opac
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Church leader Hörstein
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 7.2 " N , 9 ° 4 ′ 12.5" E