Documentation Centre for Historicism and the Knights' Chapel
The Documentation Centre for Historicism and the Knights' Chapel stands directly beside the late Gothic Knights' Chapel in Germany. Across two floors, it brings the building’s history into view through objects, plans, images and digital media.
The ground floor presents sacred objects and works from Historicism, which revived older artistic forms through new designs. Upstairs, a visualisation explains Karl Alexander Heideloff’s planned nineteenth-century transformation of the chapel into a national monument. A touchscreen examines the triple coat-of-arms frieze, while films and images connect the displays with the neighbouring building. The chapel’s construction began in 1431, and restoration from 2006 to 2010 returned earlier furnishings to its interior.
Look for the roughly 230 Franconian and Swabian noble coats of arms around the chancel. Beneath the organ loft, a Gothic painting and a Baroque Mount of Olives group remain visible. A revealed depiction of Saint Christopher marks the south wall.
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