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Key Image Bartholomäuskapelle
Wiesenbachstraße
4783 St. Vith (Wiesenbach)
Belgium
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Congregation: St. Vith (Diocèse de Liège/Bistum Lüttich, Dekanat St. Vith)
Geogr. Coordinates: 50.26499° N, 6.14153° E
Geo Location
Reference year: 1050
Architectural style: Romanesque
Building type: Chapel
Description: Square romanesque chapel with porch, gothic chancel and a small bell tower
Name derivation: From St Bartholomew
Bells
  • Single bell dating from 1670
Noteworthy
  • Porch (used as an exchange for seeds, chicken and other agricultural products)
Noteworthy
  • 15th cent. frescoes
  • Baroque high altar (1688)
History:
876:   First mention
11th cent.:   Construction of the current chapel
About 1480:   Construction of the gothic chancel, addition of frescoes
1670:   First consecration of a bell
1688:   Addition of Reredos
1982:   Rediscovery of the frescoes and the reredos
Important persons:
Patron:  Bartholomew (d. c. 51, apostle and martyr)
Sources
Zeitungsausschnitt hinter dem Altar
Pfarrverband St. Vith: Infoblatt in der Bartholomäuskapelle
Touristinfo St. Vith: St. Bartholomäus Kapelle in Wiesenbach, http://www.st.vith.be/touristinfo/sehenswertes/, retrieved 28/10/2017
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