Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle, Catholic chapel in Dachau, Germany

The Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle, also called Krumpperkapelle, is an octagonal Renaissance central building on Dachau's Stadtfriedhof, built 1627–1628 to plans by Hans Krumpper. It has a tent roof with an onion-domed roof turret, a rectangular choir to the east and a rectangular porch added in 1934 to the west. The white-plastered facade shows a tall arched window with dark diagonal lattice glazing; inside are simple stucco decoration and a Crucifixion group by Albert Hirschmann.

The octagonal chapel was built between 1627 and 1628 to plans by Hans Krumpper, funded by a donation from Wilhelm Jocher, and served as the Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle of the Dachau town cemetery. A rectangular west porch was added in 1934. When demolition threatened it, Heinrich Rauffer raised 500,000 DM through a donation campaign and led its renovation from 1992 to 1995.

The chapel is also called Krumpperkapelle after its designer Hans Krumpper, who drew the plans for the octagonal Renaissance building erected in 1627–1628. Inside hangs a Gothic bell cast in 1406, the oldest in Dachau, originally intended for the castle chapel; after the castle chapel was demolished in 1806 it served as a death bell at St. Jakob before Heinrich Rauffer had it restored and hung here.

The chapel stands on the Stadtfriedhof Dachau at Gottesackerstraße 4, entered from the west through the rectangular porch added in 1934. It is an active cemetery chapel, so visits should be timed around funerals and the cemetery's opening hours. The octagonal interior is small and has no step-free side entrance.

The oldest bell in Dachau hangs here: a Gothic bell cast in 1406, originally meant for the castle chapel. After the castle's side wings and chapel were demolished in 1806, it served as a death bell at St. Jakob and later lay in an attic until Heinrich Rauffer had it restored and hung in this cemetery chapel.