To the seven refuges (Aichbaindt)

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Exterior view of the court chapel

The Roman Catholic court chapel to the seven refuges is located in Aichbaindt, a district of Wiggensbach in the Oberallgäu district in Bavaria . The chapel is a listed building. The building consists of a rectangular room with a choir closed on three sides . According to an inscription , the chapel was built in 1717. In 1868 it was renovated. Arched windows are used in the small nave and oval windows in the chancel. In 1956 the chapel was extended by a window axis.

The altar from 1717 consists of a painted predella . This shows Our Lady with St. George and St. Sebastian . The altarpiece between twisted columns represents the seven refuge . Wooden figures represent St. John and probably St. Joseph. In the altar extract there is a heart of Jesus and two putti . The Stations of the Cross were donated according to the inscription in 1774 by Johann Michael Steinhauser.

literature

  • Michael Petzet : City and District of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 71.

Web links

Commons : To the seven refuge  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-80-146-4

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 35.6 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 33.1 ″  E