Fäld
| Fäld | ||
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Goms | |
| Municipal municipality : | Binn | |
| Postal code : | 3996 | |
| Coordinates : | 659 556 / 135 744 | |
| Height : | 1547 m above sea level M. | |
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The village of Fäld (also Imfeld) is located in the Swiss Binntal and is now part of the municipality of Binn . The village has the shape of a heap hamlet and is the furthest permanently inhabited settlement in the Binntal.
history
The village has always been part of the Binn valley and shares its political and ecclesiastical history with it.
A child's grave with an illegible sesterce and a waste pit from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD shows that the area was settled in Roman times . The place is first mentioned in documents in 1319. In 1598, a major fire destroyed almost the entire settlement, only the highest house dating from 1530 seems to have survived the village fire without any consequential damage. In the following 15 years, at least seven new houses were built in the village center. This gave the village center a homogeneous picture. In 1669 a parish hall was built. Meier Johan Tenisch built a new stately house on the street in 1789 . In an avalanche disaster in 1827, several buildings were damaged by the Feldbach avalanche. In the avalanche winter of 1951, a residential building was destroyed below the chapel, and a brick dairy was built in its place. In 1998, the place received the first Archicultura medal for its harmonious and intact appearance.
building
Martin's Chapel
The chapel of St. Martin was damaged in the village fire in 1598. It is unclear whether it was only renovated afterwards or rebuilt. Because on July 19, 1660 Johannes de Sepibus blessed a new chapel according to the parish files . But there are no documents about a new building. The holy water stone bears the year 1710. At the top of the front gable is a partially illegible year (1722 or 1723). The Feldbach avalanche in 1827 swept away the roof rider's helmet. Repairs are known from the years 1879, 1888 and 1895. In 1919 the chapel was repainted by Julius Salzgerber from Raron. In 1924 a partial renovation was carried out by Jules Satoretti. In 1935/36 it was repainted by Josef Mutter from Naters. The breast panel was replaced in 1937. On the occasion of the exterior renovation in 1960/61, the attic was renewed and the shingle roof was replaced with an asbestos-cement cover.
The chapel is high and has a short three-sided closing choir. The structure faces north against the slope and is located directly next to the village road. The chapel is accessible from here via a semicircular flight of stairs through a side arched portal. The choir is raised by two steps and separated from the nave by a pointed arched choir arch. The nave gable facing the choir merges into the bell yoke. This is covered with a four-gabled pyramid roof. The choir and the nave each have a window on the long side.
The altar was created around 1700 and is assigned to Johann Ritz from Selkingen.
Attractions
literature
- Walter Ruppen: Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz Volume 67 “The Art Monuments of the Canton of Valais Volume 2 Untergoms” , Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1979, ISBN 3-7643-1080-4 , pp. 195–205
Individual references and footnotes
- ↑ The origin of an eighth house is unclear
- ↑ One report mentions 18 broken ridges, while another report reports several stables and stalls
- ↑ archicultura.ch ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Othmar Steinmann: The sculptor Johann Ritz (1666–1729) von Selkingen and his workshop , Sitten, [Vallesia], 1952 pp. 116–118
