If you stand here at the crossroads, you may only notice it at second glance: a compact brick chapel, neo-baroque, with a curved gable and the simple lettering Jubiläumskapelle. Not a magnificent building - and that is exactly what makes it so appealing.
It was built in 1909 by a certain Johann Kolarsch, a master plasterer from Vienna, together with his wife Aloisia, née Rosner from Ragelsdorf. The two of them had the chapel built on the road border to Pfaffendorf - quietly, without much fuss, as craftsmen do. The fact that he sometimes lived at Pfaffendorf no. 50 suggests that this was no foreign piece of land. This was home.
What's behind the name?
It has long been debated whether the chapel was consecrated to mark the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I's accession to the throne. A charming idea - but the chronicles throw a spanner in the works: it was built in 1909, the anniversary fell in 1908. A year too late for imperial honors, a year too early for mere coincidence. The mystery remains unanswered.
If you take a look inside, you will find simple devotion: a small altar with candles, a crucifix and, on the back wall, the Virgin Mary with the Child. Outside, a tin roof closes the whole thing off, crowned by a simple iron cross. There is a round-arched window on each side - just enough light for a quiet moment.
Such chapels were once built out of personal piety, as thanksgiving, as a request, as a lasting sign. We do not know what motivated Johann and Aloisia Kolarsch. The chapel stands - and has done for over a century.