Antonikapelle Großhöflein

The Antonikapelle is a small Baroque chapel at the southern edge of Großhöflein in Burgenland. It stands beside the main road, its façade turned toward the village. The chapel was commissioned in 1730 by Princess Maria Octavia Esterházy and dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of travellers.

The building replaced an earlier Antonius column that dated from the late 16th century. Construction was interrupted and only completed in 1767. After a full restoration in the early 1970s, further repairs finished in 2016 with a blessing ceremony. Inside, the three-bay nave meets a transept under cross-ribbed vaults and a central saucer dome.

The high altar of 1775 shows the chapel’s patron in its niche, framed by rococo carving. Six painted panels on the organ gallery recount episodes from Anthony’s life, including a view of the chapel with its vanished onion dome. A wrought-iron screen separates the choir from the nave, while side altars hold statues of saints and angels.