Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Gießen District

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Selters

Fegfeuer Memorial Chapel

Gießen District

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Selters

Fegfeuer Memorial Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

Fegfeuer Memorial Chapel

Recommended by 32 cyclists out of 34

Save

Location: Selters, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

Save

See rides here

Take Me There

Routes here

Top cycling routes to Fegfeuer Memorial Chapel

5.0

(9)

riders

1. Brunhildisfelsen – Summit Cross Großer Feldberg loop from Niederselters

58.7km

04:37

1,050m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Expert

4.9

(9)

riders

2. Wiesental Am Dombach – Fischbachtal Valley loop from Steinfischbach

31.2km

02:14

370m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

5.0

(1)

riders

3. Old Town of Bad Camberg – Kerchenweg Trail loop from Bad Camberg

49.8km

04:00

780m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Expert

Tips

Niklas

April 27, 2020

About 250 meters east, at an old crossroads, is the tomb chapel of August Freiherr von Kruse († 1848) and his wife Henriette, née von Dungern († 1873). The small memorial chapel in the Romanesque round arch style with gable and wall pedicules consists of a small prayer room and the death chamber with the coffins on the back of the building. The walls show imitation cuboid joints on smooth stone.

In the first chapel built there was an altar with the image of "souls in purgatory", which gave today's chapel and this section of the hall its name "Purgatory".
On Ascension Day, this chapel is still the target of a procession by the Catholic community in Eisenbach. This tradition probably goes back to the Friday alms given by Baroness Henriette von Kruse for poor Eisenbachers. She and her husband Lieutenant General Baron von Kruse are buried in the chapel. A later owner also found her final resting place there.
kercheweg.de/exkursionen/exkursion-8

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 300 m

Weather

Today

Friday 24 October

10°C

7°C

100 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See rides here

Take Me There

Location: Selters, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Hessian Long-Distance Cycle Route R8 Near Oberselters

Old Town of Bad Camberg

Shrine of the Virgin Mary by the Dombach

Wörsbach Waterfall Near Gnadenthal

Section of the Alte Heerstraße

View of Kreuzkapelle

Lago Alfredo

Kreuzkapelle Bad Camberg

Eisenbach Valley Cycle Path

View of Erbach

View of Walsdorf

View of Schwickershausen and the Taunus

Fegfeuer Memorial Chapel

1. Brunhildisfelsen – Summit Cross Großer Feldberg loop from Niederselters

2. Wiesental Am Dombach – Fischbachtal Valley loop from Steinfischbach

3. Old Town of Bad Camberg – Kerchenweg Trail loop from Bad Camberg

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️