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Kreuzkapelle Hülchrath

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Kreuzkapelle Hülchrath

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    Location: Blankenheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    March 25, 2022

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    Today's rococo chapel stands on the site of an older chapel that was mentioned as early as 1671. Count Josef Franz Georg Ludwig von Manderscheid-Blankenheim had it built between 1773 …
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    April 22, 2022

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    A beautiful little baroque chapel on a limestone hill
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    November 19, 2023

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    The cross chapel was built between 1773 and 1780 on behalf of Josef Franz Georg Ludwig, Count of Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Gerolstein, on the occasion of the death of his third wife. The chapel, built of plastered quarry stone, was consecrated to the Holy Cross in 1781 and thus received the name Kreuzkapelle.
    The Kreuzkapelle and the associated Stations of the Cross have been listed as historical monuments since July 1988. Source: baukunst-nrw.de/objekte/Kreuzkapelle-Blankenheim--3132.htm
    We would have liked to have seen the inside of the chapel during our visit today. Unfortunately the door was locked.
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