Pendant vault

The term Abhängling or hanging pin comes from the language of architecture and stands in the vault for a drooping capstone. This is often in the form of a pin or knob. When two layers vault there is also a Abhängling as a means of iron armature low-hanging keystone, in the form of filigree arch ribs have their bearing on the.

In a timber Abhängling is the bottom of a hanging column below the column supported by the suspension beams.

The Abhänglinge the Abbey Cadouin are independent sculptures ( no keystones ) of the late Gothic period, which are " on or suspended " by means of metal anchors on the structural, load -transferring keystones or vaulted gusset. You are always unbalanced and always independently designed and in some cases significantly larger in circumference than the constructive keystones. From formerly 95 Abhänglingen about 25 have been preserved.

In Germany, except in Frankfurt am Main in Halle (Saale ) to find Abhänglinge, in the Market Church of Our Lady ( 1) and in the Church of St. Maurice (2 ) both Abhänglinge created by nickel Hoffmann ( to 1: after 1545 to 2: after 1554 ).

Abhängling in a Gothic vault ( Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame -et -Saint -Laurent d' Eu, Normandy )

Abhängling in a coffered ceiling of the main staircase of the castle of Azay -le- Rideau, Loire Valley

Abhängling in Leonhard 's Church in Frankfurt am Main

Cadouin Abbey (Aquitaine ) vault field with five Abhänglingen

Cadouin Abbey Abhängling, Angel with censer

Cadouin Abbey, North Gallery, constructive keystones without Abhänglinge (removed)

Abhängling of nickel Hoffmann in the Market Church of Our Lady of Halle (Saale )

Abhängling of nickel Hoffmann in the Moritz Church in Halle (Saale )