Sankt-Remigius-Kapelle, Romanesque chapel on Kapellenberg hill in Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
Sankt-Remigius-Kapelle stands on the Kapellenberg, about 130 m above Wurmlingen, in Rottenburg am Neckar. The baroque chapel, consecrated in 1685, holds three baroque altars with five paintings and a Romanesque crypt from around 1150 beneath it. The Wurmlingen cemetery surrounds the building, and a via crucis laid out in 1687 leads up from the village.
The site was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age and showed human traces through the Hallstatt period based on excavations from 1962 to 1963. The chapel itself developed later and became an important gathering place for religious and community purposes.
The chapel is the subject of Ludwig Uhland's 1805 poem "Die Kapelle", which contrasts the bell's funeral toll above with the shepherd boy singing in the valley below. A via crucis laid out from Wurmlingen in 1687 leads pilgrims up to the chapel, about 130 m above the village.
The chapel stands about 130 m above Wurmlingen; a via crucis laid out in 1687 leads up from the village. It is open on Sundays from May to October, 10:00 to 16:00. Outside that period, keys are available from the Catholic parish office in Wurmlingen.
The chapel inspired Ludwig Uhland's 1805 poem "Die Kapelle", which opens with the chapel standing above the valley and a shepherd boy singing below. The poem contrasts the bell's mournful sound at burials with the songs in the valley, and it drew other poets to the site as well.
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