Rossberg Chapel
The Rossberg Chapel is a Romanesque chapel in the Winterthurer Aussenwacht Rossberg . The chapel, first mentioned in 1241, is a cantonal listed building of regional importance .
history
The Rossberg chapel was first mentioned in 1241 when Count Hartmann V von Kyburg bequeathed the income from the "Chapel on Rossberg" to his wife Margaretha of Savoy. In 1274 the chapel became the property of the nearby Töss monastery . Until the Reformation it was part of the Illnau church, after which it was used as a warehouse.
In a fire in the neighboring barn on February 27, 1903, the roof of the chapel was damaged and it was rebuilt as a wash house and living quarters. In 1930 the Rossberg estate and the converted chapel were transferred to the Maggi company . In 1978 Maggi donated the chapel to the city of Winterthur, which she renovated and restored based on the example of preserved late Romanesque chapels. In 1988 it received four glass windows by the Winterthur painter Hans Affeltranger , and in 1999 the interior was supplemented by an iron sculpture and an altar by the iron sculptor Silvio Mattioli . The chapel is occasionally used for weddings.
Web links
- Rossberg im Winterthur glossary.
- Chapel Rossberg on Sehenswerte.ch.
- Chapel Rossberg in the Kunstführer Winterthur.
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Stauber: The castles of the Winterthur district and their families . In: 285th New Year's sheet of the Winterthur City Library . Winterthur 1953, p. 222-227 .
- ^ Emil Stauber: History of the community of Töss (= New Year's Gazette of the City of Winterthur . No. 240 ). Buchdruckerei Geschwister Ziegler, Winterthur 1926, p. 59 .
- ^ Stiftung Edition Winterthur (ed.): Der Kunstführer: Art in public space in Winterthur . Stiftung Edition Winterthur, Winterthur 2004, ISBN 3-9522599-2-6 ( online [accessed December 3, 2018]).