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Sacred Heart Chapel, Heisterbach Monastery

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

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Königswinter

Sacred Heart Chapel, Heisterbach Monastery

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Sacred Heart Chapel, Heisterbach Monastery

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Location: Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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JakobusPilger

August 27, 2024

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This small chapel on the grounds of the former Heisterbach Monastery is not dedicated to one of the countless saints we venerate as intercessors at the throne of God. Here, …

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R.Bungartz

November 13, 2022

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The Herz-Jesu-Kapelle is today the starting point of the 14 stations of the mosaic Way of the Cross in the park of the Heisterbach monastery. Like the Way of the Cross, the chapel was built in 1947 and was used until 1997 as a mortuary for the deceased nuns of the Cellitinnen religious community, which had been based in Heisterbach since 1919. Source: virtuellesbrueckenhofmuseum.de/vmuseum/historie/abfrage_sql.php?serie=Kloster%20Heisterbach%20-%20Kreuzweg&rolle=ja

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November 20, 2022

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In May 1947, construction began on a chapel at the entrance to the monastery park. The matron of the monastery, Superior Cleta, took on a promise made by her predecessor …

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