The unique chapel was hollowed entirely out of a free-standing block of sandstone that resembles a loaf of bread.
Together with the surrounding Upper Lusatian half-timbered houses the chapel forms a striking ensemble of the vernacular architecture of North Bohemia.
Immediately in front are the old schoolhouse of Schemmel, which is striking on account of its size and the small bell tower on the roof.
Its patron lives in Kaltenbach and no-one from the parish will take on the advowson, because it is made of stone, damp and everything in it is likely to decay soon.
Even following the expulsion of the German folk after the Second World War, there were people amongst the new inhabitants of the village who looked after the chapel and protected it from threatened abandonment and destruction.