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Maria Hilf chapel in Grünsink

Grünsink is a district of the community Weßling in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg . The settlement consists of two houses and the pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf.

history

According to a legend, a Seefeld hunter is said to have lost his way in the surrounding forests around 1740 . Since he did not want to spend the night among wolves, he prayed to Mary to help him so that she would lead him to the green valley - a place he knew. His prayer was answered. He then spent the night at the farmer's house in the nearby Schluifeld and asked for a picture of the Virgin Mary, which he found in his house, and “which was completely neglected.” Redeeming his vows, he brought the picture to the green valley and placed it in a hollow pear tree . The people heard about it and went to Mary Help in the pear tree to pray there. Miraculous healings are said to have taken place soon afterwards. The oldest known is documented by a votive picture from 1744. Since the people began to venerate the image of Mary as a miraculous image and left offerings and gifts on the tree, the local pastor Dean Anton Steiner obtained permission from Prince-Bishop Joseph von Augsburg to have the image publicly venerated and to build a chapel. The Maria Hilf chapel was consecrated on August 10, 1763 and the image of the pear tree was transferred to the chapel. In 1779 Pope Benedict VI. for 7 years a perfect indulgence for pilgrims to Maria von Grünsink . Then the pilgrimage to the picture increased. Pope Leo XII. confirmed indulgence for eternity in 1825 and set it for the last Sunday in July. That was the beginning of the Grünsinker Indulgence Festival, which is still celebrated today. In 1898 there were around 500 votive tablets in the chapel. Only a fraction of it has survived today. The votive tablets prove that Maria von Grünsink was called upon for assistance in the event of illness of people and cattle, in the event of an accident, misfortune, fire damage or war suffering.

Pilgrimage chapel

Inside of the chapel

The chapel is a small square building with a retracted choir that is closed on three sides. To the west there is a rectangular extension. To the east, the choir is adjoined by the sacristy and a classroom where school lessons were held for the children of the nearby towns. The dome of the western part is adorned with a fresco by Josef Mathias Ott in 1776 depicting the Assumption of Mary. In the barrel vault of the eastern part there is a votive image of the Virgin Mary; the choir is decorated with a depiction of the Coronation of Mary by Johann Kirzinger from 1764. The chapel has an altar made of stucco marble . The hermit house attached to the west was renovated from 1986 to 1989.

organ

Gallery with Gloner organ

The small organ on the gallery from 1735 (according to another statement 1725) comes from the Munich organ builder Joseph Gloner . The voicing took the voicer Stefan Niebler front of polling.

The disposition is:

Manual C - c "'(45)

Copel 8 '

Fletten 4 '

Octav 2 '

Mixture 1 'rep.

Mixture 2/3 'rep.

Mixture 1/2 'rep.

Pedal C - a ° (18) attached

Miraculous image

The Grünsinker miraculous image is the center of the high altar of the chapel. It is a copy of the painting Maria Hilf ( Innsbrucker Mariahilfbild ) by Lucas Cranach the Elder , which is on the high altar of Innsbruck Cathedral .

Festivals

Twice a year the hunter's event is commemorated with a festival and Holy Mass is celebrated in the open air. These Grünsinker festivals take place on the last Sunday in July (indulgence festival) and on the Sunday after the Assumption of the Virgin (translation festival : transfer of the miraculous image from the pear tree to the chapel). The Assumption of Mary is the patronage of the chapel. The song "Das Glöcklein von Grünsink" is sung in Grünsink primarily on the two festive days.

The little bell from Grünsink

The lyrics are:

1. I hear a little bell ringing from the near edge of the forest. This little bell and its ringing is well known to me. Every tree in the forest listens to the bright tones. The birds listen in silence because it sounds so lovely: the little bell from Grünsink.

2. Oh, you pious pilgrims come, come to the little church trust and greet Mary joyfully, so the little bell calls out loud. I follow his admonition and enter the little church and many others follow when the green grove calls out: The little bell from Grünsink.

3. I hear the bell ring, far through the silent forest. How devout singing echoes through my soul. O ring the dear little bell in the bright morning light, heaven's sweet peace into our hearts: You little bell from Grünsink.

(Text: FX Wenger, 1894, manner: A. Burger)

meaning

Grünsink is one of the last Marian pilgrimage sites of the 18th century. Since her noble attention was denied and important pilgrimage sites were in the immediate vicinity, Maria von Grünsink remained a local pilgrimage site through all times, attracting pilgrims within a radius of hardly more than ten kilometers.

Place name

The name Grünsink is first evidenced by the votive picture from 1744 as "in the grönen Sing" (in the green valley). At that time the place was apparently a clearing in the forest. This votive picture shows the pear tree in an open area surrounded by forest. The map by Philipp Apian from 1568 does not mention the place. Possibly there was a settlement at the site of Grünsinks in the Middle Ages, which went under, but whose name stuck in people's memory and was later reinterpreted as “green sink”.

In an Andechs document from 1060, the place Cruvinsinga belongs to the rule of the Count of Dießen . According to some local researchers, the place Cruvinsinga is today's Grünsink near Weßling. The medieval place name goes back to Old High German * gruwison "horror, scare", which was reconstructed from an Old High German personal name. It is therefore sometimes assumed that the place name refers to a gruesome place , to a pagan sanctuary. The legendary collector Alexander Schöppner passed on a legend that at night a terrible, black poodle roams around the chapel without a head, which probably has its origin in pagan tradition.

literature

Web links

Commons : Grünsink  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Schöppner : Book of legends of the Bavarian country. Vol. 1-3. 1852-53. ISBN 3893503056 . Volume 2, p. 444, Sage No. 906
  2. ↑ https://www.gemeinde-wessling.de/rund-um-wessling/gruensinker-feste/gruensink-und-seine-geschichte/
  3. ↑ http://www.stefan-niebler.de/beispiele/8-beispiele/19-historische-orgeln.html
  4. ↑ Only ten kilometers from Dießen there is another hamlet, which is also called Grünsink.
  5. ^ Gerhard Köbler: Old High German Dictionary. 4th edition. 1993. Keyword "gruwison"

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '  N , 11 ° 14'  E