Sebastians-Kapelle

Thursday Challenge: "WINTER" (Ice, Icicles, Snow, Tobogganing, Skating, Frost, Winter Clothing,...)

I experienced my first and last (so far) snowy winter in, of all places, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria in 2005. I'll never forget it. :) (It doesn't snow here in Florida, especially in Tampa Bay. We get freeze warnings if we're lucky, and we are this year. :mrgreen:)

I went for a walk around the area on the last day of my visit there and came across this small chapel. I didn't know anything about it until I got back to my hotel room and looked it up in my travel book. (The book is Germany by DK Publishing, in case you're interested. I love their travel books, and I highly recommend them, especially to people who are visual like me.) It turned out the chapel stood next to the cemetery of plague victims in the  1600s. The cemetery was quite small as I recall. I couldn't help feeling awed at the privilege of standing on such a historic ground.

(I'd appreciate any help with the translation!)

Saint Sebastians Chapel
Sebastians-Kapelle is a small chapel located in the center of Partenkirchen on the main street of town, Ludwigstrasse. It is situated next to the former cemetery which had been used to bury the dead of the plague during the Thirty Year’s War (1618-1648). When the plague had seized in Partenkirchen, the dead weren’t buried on the parish cemetery, but on this lot, on what was then the edge of town.

(Sources: cometogermany.com and Citizendium)

It was built in 1637. (Source: Citizendium)

The chapel was dedicated to Saint Sebastian, and Saint Roch, both well known patron saints of plague sufferers. (Source: Citizendium)

The cemetery has since been converted to the Partenkirchen World War I memorial. (Source: Citizendium)

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