Kapelle Burgstein description and photos - Austria: Langenfeld (Topic)

Kapelle Burgstein description and photos - Austria: Langenfeld. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Kapelle Burgstein.

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The Burgstein Roman Catholic Chapel, consecrated in honor of the Virgin Mary, is located outside the city of Langenfeld in a very picturesque place. To get to it, heading from Langenfeld, you need to walk along a metal suspension bridge with a length of 83 meters, thrown over the valley at an altitude of 220 meters. Despite the abyss opening underfoot, the bridge is stormed every day by hundreds of tourists who want to see the neat Tyrolean chapel. The road to the Burgstein Chapel was recently paved and is suitable for tourists even without much physical training.

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary is located in the eastern part of the valley, on a small plateau. It was built around 1670. The rectangular sacred building with a steep gable roof is decorated with a wooden turret with a bulbous pommel. Turret, towering over the roof is a bell tower. On the facade, you can see a modest crucifix placed over a small square window. This is perhaps the only decoration of the exterior.

The Burgstein Chapel remains active. Its only room is decorated with early Baroque lunettes and stucco moldings in the form of flower garlands. The dominant feature of the interior is the altar, carved in the late Baroque style by the carpenter Cassian Getsch. The altarpiece of the Virgin Mary, dated 1682, is called miraculous, hundreds of pilgrims come to worship him. In the temple, you can also see two Baroque canvases. One depicts Saint Peter and Saint Margaret, and the other - Saint George and Saint Michael. They were written by Georg Helrigl in 1677 and 1678.

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