Jan-Wellem-Kapelle
Jan-Wellem-Kapelle stands in Düsseldorf’s Hamm district, a Renaissance chapel also known as the Kreuzkapelle. Its architectural character reflects the period of its construction in the seventeenth century. Philipp Wilhelm commissioned the building in 1658 to give thanks for the birth of his son, Johann Wilhelm, known as Jan Wellem. Construction ended in 1660.
A pilgrimage route once led from Düsseldorf’s residence castle to this chapel, measuring a symbolic journey through Christ’s Passion. Its destination represented Golgotha, the place associated with Christ’s crucifixion. Jesuits held services here until the period of secularization, connecting the building with Düsseldorf’s earlier Catholic history. A renovation in 1990 preserved the chapel’s place within Hamm’s historic landscape.
The Orthodox Parish of the Holy Archangels used the chapel from 1958 as its church. Since 2008, the Georgian Orthodox Church of Saint Antimos of Iveria has held regular services there. The building therefore carries a visible connection between Renaissance architecture, pilgrimage tradition, and Georgian Orthodox worship.
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