Cross Chapel
An early-17th-century brick chapel on St. Töniser Straße in Kempen, a listed monument since 1983 and the destination of a sandstone Way of the Cross.
The Cross Chapel (Kreuzkapelle) on St. Töniser Straße is a single-nave brick building counted among the historic monuments of Kempen. Surrounded by a sandstone Way of the Cross, its building history reaches back to the early 17th century.
At a Glance
- Location
- St. Töniser Straße, Kempen
- Construction
- begun in 1608 (1608–39 per the monument list; between 1608 and 1693 per the list of sacred buildings)
- Builder
- named as Heinrich Ingenholt of Kempen
- Rebuilding
- 1894 (gable and large round-arched niche)
- Structure
- single-nave brick building, slurry-coated, with a semicircular apse, flat wooden ceiling and roof turret
- Protection
- listed monument since 26 September 1983, monument no. 11
- Surroundings
- sandstone Stations of the Cross (late 19th century)
History
Construction of the chapel began in 1608. The official monument list gives a building period of 1608 to 1639, while the list of sacred buildings in Kempen dates its creation between 1608 and 1693 and names Heinrich Ingenholt of Kempen as its builder. In the late 19th century the west side was faced anew; the gable and the large round-arched niche date from the 1894 rebuilding. The Cross Chapel has been a protected monument since 26 September 1983 (monument no. 11).
Architecture
The chapel is a single-nave, slurry-coated brick building with a semicircular apse and a flat wooden ceiling; a roof turret rises above the roof. The faced west side, with its gable and large round-arched niche, shapes today's appearance and goes back to the alterations of the late 19th century.
Way of the Cross
Sandstone Stations of the Cross, created in the late 19th century, stand around the chapel. The Way of the Cross leads to the Cross Chapel, which thus forms its destination. The grounds are fenced, so some of the stations are partly not visible.
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Address
An d. Kreuzkapelle
47906 Kempen
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Sources & links
- openstreetmap.org (retrieved 2026-07-06)
- Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-07-08)
- Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-07-08)
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