Zlaté Hory. Kaple sv. Rocha

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It has a new shingle roof in the process of reconstruction. In places, smaller parts of the masonry under the roof are missing. Plaster heavily damaged. One window is missing, it is partially boarded up. Built as a thank you for being saved from the plague. It burned down in 1758, was subsequently enlarged and re-consecrated on July 13, 1777. The chapel was a hermitage until 1782, where the hermit Gottfried Heidenreich lived. In the interior there is a wall painting of the victorious battle of the Austrians over the Prussians on 14.1.1779. Mass is held on August 16. on the feast of St. Rocha. Around the hill there is a way of the cross from the end of the 17th century. In some places, part of the masonry under the roof is absent. The plaster is badly damaged. One window is missing, it is partially closed. The chapel was built as a thank you for saving the plague. It burned down in 1758, was later expanded and consecrated again on July 13, 1777.