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Three brothers Chapel

The so-called Three Brothers Chapel was built in 1773. It commemorates a settled inheritance dispute in the House of Rehlingen. The reason for the dispute was a will written in 1767: Johann Josef Freiherr von Rehlingen wanted to secure for his male descendants the possession of the noble seat of Ursprung and the Hofmark there. In July 1773, this dispute was settled by an inheritance settlement between the three sons and the three daughters. The peace settlement was so important to the brothers that they had a chapel built to commemorate it.

The baroque brick three-sided pillar carries a pyramid roof in shingle covering above a cornice. The west side facing away from the street is covered with a wooden shingle mantle. On two sides are tin pictures in small niches. The central round-arched niche on the other two sides of the wayside shrine is framed by seven smaller niches. In the niches are oil paintings on sheet metal with scenes from the life of Christ as well as depictions of Mary and the saints. In the now empty rectangular niche on the south-east side, the three brothers Joseph, Maximilian and John Nepomuk were once depicted holding hands.

The wayside shrine has been owned by the municipality of Elixhausen since 1993 and was moved to its current location in 1995 to protect it from damage caused by road traffic on the Mattseer state road (L 101). The wayside shrine was renovated in 2016.

 

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