Bleiken Chapel
| Bleiken chapel | ||
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 Our Lady Chapel on the Bleiken |
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| place | Simplon village | |
| builder | Pastor Johann Peter Tscherrig | |
| Construction year | 1717 | |
| height | approx. 10 m | |
| Coordinates | 648 995 / 115458 | |
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The Bleiken Chapel near Simplon was built in 1717 by pastor Johann Peter Tscherrig. Johann Peter Tscherrig was pastor in Simplon from 1715 to 1725. The construction date is chiseled into the lintel of the chapel.
history
The origin of the chapel goes back to a legend according to which Mary appeared to the warriors with the baby Jesus in a battle. As a result, the enemies were frightened and fled. When a chapel was to be built near the battlefield to commemorate this event, the construction workers' tools were brought to a higher place every night by invisible hands; and this is where the chapel stands today. There is a bell in the tower of the chapel. The ringing of the bell can be heard in the village 1.5 km away.
The Bleiken Mother of God Chapel, also called Marienkapelle uf dä Bleiku , belongs together with the Eggen Chapel in honor of St. John the Baptist and the Mother of God Chapel in Gabi to the parish of St. Gotthard of Simplon-Dorf. During the summer months, mass is held weekly in the Bleiken chapel, usually on Mondays. On September 8th, the feast of the birth of the Virgin Mary is celebrated with a mass in the chapel .
Accessibility and Way of the Cross
The Bleiken Chapel is 1450 m above sea level. M. On foot you reach it from Simplon-Dorf Coming in about 40 minutes. The path leads along the rosary stations , which were initiated by Pastor Josef Sarbach and created by the sculptor Hans Loretan from Brig-Glis in 2002. From the location of the Bleiken chapel you have a wonderful view of the Laggintal, towards the Lagginhorn , the Weissmies and the Fletschhorn . A 20-minute walk down the valley leads to the hamlet of Gabi at the entrance to the Gondo Gorge .
renovation
The Bleiken Chapel was renovated in the summer of 2008 and consecrated by Bishop Norbert Brunner on June 22nd of the same year . As part of the celebration, a plaque was placed in the chapel with the names of the four miners who perished in a nearby tunnel in 1955. A plaque at the entrance to the chapel describes that the chapel is under municipal monument protection. Since the renovation, the chapel can be illuminated with spotlights at night .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mother of God Chapel on the Bleiken
- ↑ Chapels of the parish of St. Gotthard
- ↑ Josef Sarbach was pastor of Simplon-Dorf from 1997 to 2008. See the annual review of the municipality of Simplon (August 16)
- ↑ Since 2008 Josef Sarbach has been canon in Sion
- ↑ Parish of St. Gotthard / Rosary Stations
- ↑ Bleiken Chapel blessed by Bishop Norbert Brunner
- ^ Simplon bulletin of December 2008, p. 13.