Klimsenkapelle
The Klimsenkapelle is located on the Klimsenhornjoch in the Pilatus massif at 1864 m above sea level. M. The neo-Gothic building was inaugurated in 1861 and originally belonged to the Hotel Klimsenhorn , which was demolished in 1967. It has been a listed building since 2002. Alternative names are Klimsenhorn Chapel and Klimsenhorn Chapel .
history
The Hergiswil entrepreneur Kaspar Blättler built the Hotel Klimsenhorn on the Klimsenhornjoch from 1856 to 1860 . The complex also included an architecturally independent neo-Gothic chapel, which was inaugurated in 1861 as the transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor . Prominent visitors included Richard Wagner and Queen Victoria . After the hotel was closed and demolished in 1967, the chapel building remained, but was only used as a shelter for mountaineers. After the Swiss monument conservator Alois Hediger had campaigned for the preservation, restoration began in the summer of 1974 and was completed after a year. The consecration took place on September 7, 1975, and the Klimsenhorn Chapel Foundation has been dedicated to preserving it ever since . In September 2002 the government council of Nidwalden decided to include it in the list of monuments. Another renovation took place in 2003 and on August 8, 2004 Abbot Berchtold Müller blessed the chapel again.
Location and architecture
The neo-Gothic chapel with pillars and ridge turrets is reminiscent of the choirs of Gothic mendicant churches. A retaining wall made of quarry stones completes the forecourt. Due to its exposed location, it is exposed to extreme climatic conditions such as squalls, high amounts of precipitation and an average annual temperature of 0.9 ° C.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alpenfreunde Pilatus Hergiswil: History of the Klimsenkapelle , accessed on November 6, 2017
- ↑ a b Klimsenhorn Chapel, Pilatus. Building history and damage analysis in: Expert Center for Monument Preservation: Annual Report 2002 pp. 40 - 42 (accessed on November 6, 2017)
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Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '57.2 " N , 8 ° 15' 2.7" E ; CH1903: 661,786 / 203819