Högerkapelle, Baroque castle chapel in Anzing, Germany
The Högerkapelle is a small baroque chapel in Anzing that features a slender, segmented tower on its facade. Inside, the square interior is decorated with ceiling paintings that show religious scenes and moral lessons.
The Högerkapelle was built from 1692 for Anton Benno Höger and consecrated on 18 October 1699 by Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Eckher von Liechteneck und Kapfing to the Holy Cross. It belonged to the water castle of the Munich merchant family Höger, who held Anzing from 1633 to 1783; the castle was sold after Christoph Höger's death in 1800 and decayed. The chapel was restored in 1980/81.
The name recalls the Höger family who commissioned it as a personal place of worship. Today visitors can see how the frescoes on the ceiling show religious and moral teachings.
The chapel stands at Högerstraße 24 on the western edge of Anzing, where the moated castle once stood; the site is now largely covered by newer buildings. The entrance is on the gabled front with the arched double door, and the tall round column stands to its left. The interior was restored in 1980/81.
The Heilige Stiege inside measures 14 steps, 1.5 m wide and 3.15 m long, modelled on the Scala Santa in Rome. It is one of the few such stairways attached to a secular building anywhere, since the chapel belonged to the Höger family's former moated castle rather than to a church.
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