Käppele
Sign in to saveThe Käppele ('Little Chapel') is the commonly used name for the Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Heimsuchung ('Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary'), located on a hill above Würzburg, in Germany. (It must not be confused with the Marienkapelle, or Chapel of Mary, located in the centre of the same city.) It was built following plans by Balthasar Neumann in the mid-18th century in Rococo style. Until 2014 it was attended to by members of the Capuchins.
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- Instance of
- Catholic pilgrimage church
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Würzburg
- Image
- Würzburg - Käppele (Winter).jpg
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- street address
- Spittelbergweg 21
- Commons category
- Käppele (Würzburg)
- architect
- Johann Balthasar Neumann
- architectural style
- baroque architecture
- inception
- 1750-00-00
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The Käppele ('Little Chapel') is the commonly used name for the Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Heimsuchung ('Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary'), located on a hill above Würzburg, in Germany. (It must not be confused with the Marienkapelle, or Chapel of Mary, located in the centre of the same city.) It was built following plans by Balthasar Neumann in the mid-18th century in Rococo style. Until 2014 it was attended to by members of the Capuchins.
==Geography== thumb|Interior of the church thumb|Alte Gnadenkapelle with pietà from around 1640 thumb|Ceiling fresco in the choir of the church thumb|Floorplan of Käppele
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Käppele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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