Bell Tower of Marienkapelle (Adenau) - RLP / Germany
N 50° 23.006 E 006° 55.550
32U E 352542 N 5583319
The Catholic Chapel of St. Mary in Adenau, a town in the district Ahrweiler (Rheinland-Pfalz), was built in 1893-1895 and is located in the main road
Waymark Code: WMR9HF
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 05/27/2016
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"On April 5, 1895, the Benedizierung of the bells from the bell foundry Andreas Hamm in Frankenthal, which were cast from drawings by pimples made."
"The Chapel was built according to the plans of the Düsseldorf architect Caspar Clemens Pickel. It is one of the few completely preserved testimonies neo-Gothic church architecture. Pimples here created his only realized centrally planned and succeeded in a total work of art, as he could determine the planning and execution of construction and the design of complete interiors. The architect had already designed the portals, pews and the pulpit of the parish church of St. John in Adenau in 1890-1893 and received because of its good contacts with the parish commissioned to build the Lady Chapel."
This chapel is listed in the "Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Adenau"
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Description there: "neugotischer Zentralbau, 1893/95, Architekt Caspar Clemens Pickel, Düsseldorf"