To Our Lady of Sorrows (Reimerzhoven)

Chapel in Reimerzhoven

Detail of the portal facade, Mother of God with Child

The chapel to Our Lady of Sorrows in Reimerzhoven , a district of Altenahr in the district of Ahrweiler in the northern Rhineland-Palatinate , is a Catholic chapel from the 19th century. It is a protected cultural monument .

history

The chapel is a simple, plastered quarry stone building 8 meters long and 4 meters wide, which was renovated inside and out in 2009/10. The laying of the foundation stone of the chapel took place on May 30, 1859 with a solemn procession . The village with then 70 inhabitants was dependent on donations for the construction; Count Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Stammheim donated 34 thalers for the construction of the chapel, out of a total of 270 thalers. The inauguration took place on May 2, 1861.

In the chapel, today owned by the Altenahr community, there is a rococo altar with columns and a curved top from the mid-18th century. In the altar niche are the statues of St. Urbanus , the patron saint of winemakers , and St. Donatus , who is called against storms and storm damage, as well as a Vesper picture .

literature

• Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Rhine province . The art monuments of the Ahrweiler district. 17th volume, 1st department, published by L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1938, pp. 524f.
• Chapel to Reimerzhoven (available leaflet)

Web links

Commons : On Our Lady of Sorrows  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 18 ″  E