Martinskapelle, Romanesque chapel in Plossen district, Meissen, Germany

The Martinskapelle is a plastered rubble-stone hall church from the mid-12th century, standing in a cemetery on a spur above the Triebisch's mouth on the Elbe. It has a nave, a recessed choir and a windowless semi-circular apse, with two buttresses on the west and a gabled roof topped by a roof turret and an eastern stepped gable.

The chapel's Romanesque core dates from the mid-12th century. It was restored in 1437 after damage in the Hussite Wars. In 1683 the interior was completely renewed with new ceilings, galleries and seating. A west annex was added in 1885, the south annex altered and a new roof turret built; repairs in 1981 uncovered a two-arched arcade on the west wall.

The chapel's former winged altar, carved around 1500, came from the church at Weinböhla and was later moved to St. Afra, where it can be seen; its predella shows Veronica's veil held by two angels. The pulpit of 1516 stands on a former side altar, and its parapet bears a skull with snakes emerging from the eyes above a coffin and the inscription INRI/1516. A relief on the triumphal arch, perhaps Romanesque, shows two crutches with cross-marked bags, the source of the nickname "Bettelmannskirche" (beggar's church).

The chapel sits on a hillside near the old town and is accessible from the north side via a stone entrance. Plan for some climbing and wear sturdy shoes, as the path involves uneven ground and elevation changes.

Original Romanesque windows survive on the north wall, offering rare glimpses of 12th-century building techniques. Arches discovered in 1981 suggest a former west tower that vanished long ago.