Keckkapelle, Romanesque chapel in Kempten, Germany
Keckkapelle is a Romanesque chapel perched on the eastern high bank above the Iller River in Kempten. The structure displays characteristic round-arched windows and was built using medieval stonework construction methods.
The chapel was built during the High Middle Ages over a Roman cemetery of the ancient city Cambodunum. Excavations later revealed how the medieval construction had been placed directly atop these earlier burial grounds.
The interior walls display frescoes from 1460, attributed to either a painter from the Memmingen school or a Kempten-based artist.
The chapel grounds include 52 wrought iron grave crosses collected from various cemeteries across the Allgäu region. Access to the site is provided through gates located on both the north and south sides.
The full name Leprosenkapelle St. Stephan im Keck references its historical connection to a leper house. The latter part of the name comes from a former owner of the adjacent inn.
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