Marienkapelle Steiningloh, Religious chapel in Hirschau, Germany.
Marienkapelle Steiningloh is the village church of Steiningloh, a district of Hirschau in the Upper Palatinate. The neo-Romanesque chapel has pale yellow walls with white trim, a steep red-tiled roof with a slight flare, and a dark blue square cupola with a slender pointed spire. Its front facade has an arched doorway flanked by two arched windows with dark grilles.
Construction started in 1908 after the previous building required replacement, but World War I delayed the work significantly. The chapel reached completion in 1922.
The altarpiece appears modeled on Lucas Cranach the Elder's Mariahilf image, a copy of which also adorns the high altar of the Maria Hilf pilgrimage church in Amberg. The windows are attributed to the Schneider (now Schwarzmayr) glass workshop of Regensburg, which had earlier made the windows of the Ursulapoppenricht parish church.
The chapel is freely accessible and located near the village center for easy visiting. The interior is small and straightforward to navigate on foot.
A memorial plaque inside honors a local priest from Steiningloh who died in a traffic accident in the South Pacific during the 1980s. This connection between a small village and distant missionary work reflects the wider reach of community ties.
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