As one of the oldest chapels in the Rottweil district, the Falkensteiner Chapel is an important art venue in the southern part of Schramberg.

In 1275, in the protocols of the Diocese of Constance, a soul community Valkenstein is mentioned for the first time, which belonged to the Lords of Falkenstein and Ramstein in the Middle Ages as a separate church under the patronage of Saint Erasmus.
Destruction and rebuilding

In 1634, during the Thirty Years' War, the structure was destroyed during battles between Swedish-Württemberg troops under General Horn and the imperial soldiers of Field Marshal Johann von Werth. Almost a century later, in 1713, it was rebuilt. In the middle of the 18th century, the chapel was consecrated by the suffragan bishop Johann von Fugger from Constance. Until 1787 it belonged to the neighboring parish of Lauterbach and was considered an important local pilgrimage site. A family crypt was built there from 1860 to 1863 as a hereditary burial place for the Counts of Bissingen and Nippenburg.
Falkensteiner lamentation

The Falkensteiner Chapel is of international importance because it houses an interesting work of art with the Falkensteiner Lamentation. It is considered one of the most beautiful lamentation groups in southern Germany. The high relief carved from linden wood stands in the choir on the neo-Gothic altar and shows the Good Friday scene: The dead Jesus lies in front of a grieving group, Mary Magdalene holds his hand and kisses it. The unmounted relief made of softwood was made around 1520 by the sculptor Conrad Rötlin from Rottweil, who worked in particular for Emperor Maximilian I. The work of art marks the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance.
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