Chapel at the Rettenbach mill

Chapel at the Rettenbach mill

Close to the Rettenbach river bridge, at the entrance to the former Rettenbach-Mühle Inn


Place

Place

According to the inscription in the interior, the chapel was built in 1862 by Maria Vockenhuber, owner of the Rettenbach mill, and consecrated in 1863. Later (probably after 1900), the outer walls were shingled, the windows bricked up, and a Lourdes grotto was set up in one of the window niches. It is said that Empress Elisabeth liked to visit the chapel and also donated small votive offerings.

The neo-Gothic chapel with 3/8-polygonal choir. Its exterior is completely shingled with the exception of the gable wall. The pointed arched entrance door is very elaborated with a transom window and a stucco medallion of Christ above it. Inside, the chapel features a pointed barrel vault. Noteworthy in terms of furnishings is the neo-Gothic winged altar: in the middle, the Coronation of Virgin Mary; on the left, St. Wolfgang; on the right, a nun; in the crowning superstructure, Mary and two saints. The stalls and the entrance door date to the construction time. Next to the door is a stone plaque with construction inscription. A pieta plaster statue is dedicated to Louise von Drouot († 1911), wife of a mayor of Linz.