Mountain Chapel (Illingen)

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Side view of the chapel

The mountain chapel To the Seven Sorrows of Mary with the Pietà by Matthias Weyser was probably built in the 16th century under the reign of the knight Heinrich von Kerpen (1541–1557). A memorial stone ( epitaph ) in the chapel speaks for the year 1555 . It stands on a hill between Illingen and Steinertshaus.

history

Today's mountain chapel was built in 1901 by Wilhelm Hector in neo-Gothic style. It is the fourth pilgrimage chapel on this floor. The center of attraction is an expressive Weyser Pietà in the chancel, which has been documented since 1797. Many votive tablets in front of the main entrance and a sandstone cross bear testimony to grateful pilgrims who seek solace in the event of illness and personal distress. In 1716 a man from Schiffweiler is said to have been healed miraculously . Help with eye diseases was promised from the water of the Liebfrauenbrunnen, which was first mentioned in 1799. The name of the Seven Sorrows of Mary has been documented since 1680.

The annual men’s pilgrimage on Ascension Day became known. The pilgrimage of the Sinti from southwest Germany and the Benelux countries on the first weekend in October was initiated in 1955 as a gypsy pilgrimage (as in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ) by Pastor Arnold Fortuin .

A café opened in the rooms of the former sexton's apartment in July 2019.

organ

Church interior with organ
Station No. 4 of the Seven Footfalls

The organ of the mountain chapel was built in 1999 by the organ building company Hugo Mayer (Heusweiler). The case is made of Alsatian oak. The purely mechanical instrument has 11 registers on two manuals and a pedal. The open flute 8 'and the principal 4' in the main work have Gothic pointed labia.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Open flute 8th'
2. Salicional 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Coupling flute 4 ′
5. Super octave 2 ′
II Positive C-g 3
6th Wooden dacked 8th'
7th Gemshorn 4 ′
8th. Larigot II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Schalmay 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
10. Sub-bass 16 ′
11. Bass flute 8th'

Station path

The station path is located on Gymnasialstraße / L 265 on the way to the mountain chapel and comprises seven sandstone steles over a length of 500 meters. The reliefs embedded in it show the seven sorrows of Mary for her son. The first written mention of the Seven Footfalls dates back to 1747.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ of the Bergkapelle on the Orgeln im Saarland website ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '53 "  N , 7 ° 2' 12"  E