Michaelskapelle

The St Michael’s Chapel stands beside Rottenmann’s parish church in the Steiermark. Built in the 15th century, it was designed as a cemetery chapel on the instruction of a local citizen named Tatz. The chapel was later used as a charnel house before burials moved outside the town in the late 18th century. After losing its original purpose, the building was deconsecrated in the early 19th century. In 1973 it was returned to religious use and now belongs to the Admont deanery. Both the chapel and the nearby church share protected status under Austrian heritage law. The small Gothic chapel is aligned from north-west to south-east, its steep roof rising just fifteen metres above the ground. It sits only eight metres from the larger parish church, separated by a narrow street. A former Augustinian monastery lies a short walk to the east, while the Dr Rudolf Tyrolt alley runs along its northern side.