St. Margarethen Chapel
The late Gothic St. Margarethen Chapel is located in the district of the same name in the municipality of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau . The chapel was consecrated in 1642 and visited by the Jacob pilgrims on the Schwabenweg .
Previous construction
Already in the Middle Ages there was a predecessor chapel, which Heinrich and Lütold von Griesenberg awarded to Fischingen Monastery in 1316 , which then came into possession of patronage and bailiwick rights. It is believed that she stood on the Krebsbach or the Trungenbach. In 1616 the abbot of Fischingen sold the chapel, but this was also very controversial in the convent and in St. Margarethen, so that the abbot Placidus Brunschweiler acquired the chapel again after 1632. Soon after, however, he had it demolished for a new building.
Today's chapel
During the Counter-Reformation, Abbot Placidus built a new building at the current location, which was consecrated on September 26, 1642 by Bishop Franz Johann von Prassberg of Constance.
The chapel was built in the transition from Gothic to Renaissance. The building consists of a rectangular nave measuring 8.5 × 12.5 meters and a small choir measuring 6.5 × 6.75 meters. A boarded roof turret in Biedermeier shape sits on the common roof.
The visitor first steps into the pilgrimage hall, which was roofed over by the gallery, which was reconstructed in 1986, and on the walls of which one can still see an abundance of names, monograms, signets and dates left by pilgrims of the past centuries. This is followed by the lay nave, followed by the altar house with the high altar, separated by the slightly pointed arched choir arch.
The left side altar is dedicated to the fourteen helpers in need , the right to St. Idda .
The pilgrims' chapel is a typical example of the post-Gothic style that was widespread in the Lake Constance area and survived until the middle of the 17th century. Typical of this era is the strong painting of the chapel, which is limited to a few colors.
literature
- Hans Peter Mathis: The St. Margaretha Chapel in St. Margarethen TG , Bern 1988, published by the Society for Swiss Art History.