Kandlkapelle, Heritage chapel in Liesing, Austria.
Kandlkapelle is a late Neoclassical chapel with a triangular ground plan, built as a reference to the Holy Trinity. Its main front is divided by pilasters, and a large segmental-arch niche once held a wooden cross with a Trinity depiction, now replaced by a new cross. A round-arch niche above contains a figure of Saint John of Nepomuk.
The chapel was relocated in 1963 from its original location at the intersection of Breitenfurter Straße and Hödlgasse to its current site. This move was necessary due to increasing traffic development in the area.
The chapel is also called Kandlkreuz, after the murder victim Matthias Kandl. Its large segmental-arch niche once held a wooden cross with a Trinity depiction, stolen some years ago and replaced by a new cross. The upper round-arch niche holds one of Vienna's many figures of Saint John of Nepomuk.
The chapel sits along a line of trees on Breitenfurterstrasse, opposite number 198, and is accessible via Vienna's public transportation in the 23rd district. The location is relatively easy to reach on foot from the nearest stop.
The chapel is also called Kandlkreuz, and it was built at the behest of Theresia Kandl's father, who had forced her into the marriage; he died on 4 August 1809, months after her hanging on 16 March 1809. The structure stands as a Sühnekreuz, an atonement cross, in her home village of Atzgersdorf.
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