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Introduction
There is only little information known about the medieval chapel of Seckendorf (Middle Franconia, approximately 17 km northwest of Nuremberg, Germany) which is located on a small elevated terrace in the centre of the village. Archival sources date the current building to the mid-15th century, according to some fresco remains. There are also some hints for a predecessor phase of the 14th century that can be assigned to the eastern part of the chapel (Gebessler, 1963). The erection of this first chapel probably is related to the donation of a chaplaincy in Seckendorf by the priest of Langenzenn Johann von Seckendorf (Gebessler, 1963). In the middle of the 17th century, after the 30 Years War, the chapel was no longer for sacral purpose anymore. After some flats were installed inside the chapel in 1818, the building was used as barn and storage room in the 19th and ...
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