7. The chapel of the Langue of Germany
The langue of Germany included the priories of Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Alsace and the Netherlands. The decoration of this chapel commenced in 1664. The walls of the chapel were carved with intricate designs including the double-headed eagle which was adopted by the German Langue as its emblem and appears throughout the chapel.
The passageway leading to the Sacristy holds the coat-of-arms of Baron Fra Wolfgang Von Guttenberg, Bailiff of Brandenburg, a great benefactor if the Order, who died on the 4th December 1733. The other coat-of-arms marks the legacy of Christian Von Osterhausen who initiated the decoration of the chapel. Fra Francis de Sonnemberg, Prior of Hungary also contributed towards the funding of the decoration of the chapel in 1681 and an escutcheon on the cornice bears his legacy. The coat-of-arms of Perellos y Roccaful during whose reign the chapel was decorated is also displayed together with the coat-of-arms of Archbishop Prince of Salzburg John Ernest von Thun.