Sachseln burial chapel
The burial chapel in Sachseln houses the former burial place of the Swiss Saint Niklaus von Flüe , who is known as Brother Klaus . As a cultural asset of national importance , it is a listed building.
history
The old parish church of Sachseln goes back to at least 1234. Niklaus von Flüe was buried on the right outer wall of this church after his death (March 21, 1487). Shortly afterwards, the church must have been extended with two aisles on the right and left in such a way that the grave came to lie within the church. The grave was covered with a sandstone slab with the image of Brother Klaus. In 1518 the bones of Brother Klaus were reburied in the same place in a raised stone tomb and covered with a new grave slab created by Konrad Lux . The old grave slab was used as a base for the new oak coffin, its sanded sculpture is hardly recognizable today.
In 1600 the pastor Jakob Sigerist, later abbot of Engelberg Monastery , built a Marienkapelle around the Brother Klaus tomb, creating a free space around the Tumba. Around 1703 an ossuary was built on this chapel and in 1878 both buildings were merged to form today's burial chapel.
After the oak coffin with the bones of Brother Klaus was transferred to the new parish and pilgrimage church on August 28, 1679 , the old parish church was demolished on September 4, 1679. Only the burial chapel and the lower part of the church tower remained of it, to which the burial chapel is attached.
situation
In the front left of the chapel is the tumba from 1518, which appears to be a little sunk due to the current elevated floor level. To the left of it hangs a showcase with embossed silver votives from the 17th to 19th centuries. The tumba, which stood in the church from 1679 to 1934, serves as the chapel's altar. A Gothic crucifix from the mid-14th century is hung on the east side. A brother-Klausen cycle by Louis Niederberger from the 19th century is attached to the side walls. The back is decorated with a collection of old, colorfully painted votive tablets.
photos
Grave slab
altar
Votive tablets
overall view
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literature
- Werner Stöckli, Jachen Sarott: The building history of the parish and pilgrimage church St. Theodul zu Sachseln. In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History . Vol. 36, issue 1/1979, pp. 28-43, doi: 10.5169 / seals-167214 .
- Niklaus von Flüe : Sachseln in the 19th century. Chronicle and history of the community . Self-published, Kerns 2006, pp. 137 ff. (Chapter 9: Parish Church and Chapels ).
Web links
- The burial chapel in Sachseln , information page on the website of the pilgrimage secretariat in Sachseln
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stöckli / Sarott (1979), p. 33
- ^ Lux, Konrad. In: Sikart
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '2.5 " N , 8 ° 14' 23.7" E ; CH1903: 661 093 / 191005