Loreto Chapel Rosenheim

In 1600 Georg Schaur, who later became mayor of Rosenheim, undertook a pilgrimage to Rome and Loreto. When he fell seriously ill, he vowed to found a chapel if he returned home in good health. It was finally completed and inaugurated in 1636.

Loreto Chapel
In the holy year of 1600, the young Georg Schaur (1579-1652) from Rosenheim went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Loreto. When the later innkeeper and mayor fell seriously ill in the pilgrimage site on the Adriatic, he vowed to build a chapel in his hometown on his happy return, corresponding to Casa Santa, the house of St. Mary, to edify. After three decades, Georg Schaur and his wife Margaretha Kall (died 1637) were able to finance the promised chapel construction, but the invasion of the Swedes in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War and the outbreak of the plague in 1634 prevented construction from beginning.
History of the Loreto Chapel


1635
May
Laying of the foundation stone by Rosenheim pastor Martin Quirin
1636
June 22
Consecration by the Freising Prince-Bishop Veit Adam von Gepeck;
Equipment: Graceful figure of St. Mary of Loreto, figures of St. George and St. Margaretha (David Reiter, Rosenheim) and donor epitaph
1637
5th of May
Foundation of a benefit by Georg Schauer
1641
Destruction of the foundation's assets due to the city fire; There will be no money for further equipment for decades
1722
Extension of a beneficiary apartment to the old, two-story sacristy
1755
Extension of the west porch with an open hall below and music choir above;
Ceiling paintings and facade paintings as well as sundial (Joseph Anton Höttinger, Rosenheim)
1756
Organ by Anton Bayr, Munich
1760
two wooden putti by Joseph Götsch, Aibling
1800s
Six paintings with scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary by Sebastianrechner the Elder. Ä., Flintsbach
1806
Breaking out two windows prevents demolition during secularization
1833
Installation of the baroque Erasmus altar from St. Nicholas (donated in 1687 by Christoph Hell)
1859
Extension of today's sacristy
1860
Expansion of the beneficiate house with an extension to the east
1887
new facade paintings by Max Fürst, Traunstein
1908/09
Conversion of the vestibule into a war memorial site
1936
Interior renovation by the church painter Hugo Williroider, Hochstätt
1954
Exterior renovation until 1960
1985/86
Exterior and interior renovation
2013/14
comprehensive exterior renovation of the entire complex and interior renovation of the charity house; Redesign of the sacristy
Text: Dr. Evelyn Frick, RosenheimSource: erzbistum-muenchen.de/pfarrei/stk-rosenheim/st-nikolaus-rosenheim/cont/52860

In the Holy Year 1600, the young Georg Schaur (1579-1652) from Rosenheim undertook a pilgrimage to Rome and Loreto. When the later innkeeper and mayor of the place of pilgrimage on the Adriatic fell seriously ill, he vowed to build a chapel in his hometown like Casa Santa, the house of St. Mary to edify. After three decades, Georg Schaur and his wife Margaretha Kall (died 1637) were able to finance the promised chapel construction, but the invasion of the Swedes in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War and the outbreak of the plague in 1634 prevented the start of construction.

The source and the history of the Loreto chapel can be found under the following link
erzbistum-muenchen.de/pfarrei/stk-rosenheim/st-nikolaus-rosenheim/cont/52860