Lourdes Chapel (Appenzell)
The Lourdes Chapel , also known as Martin's Chapel , is located on a small hill between the Sitter and the Bleichwäldibach north of Appenzell . It was built in 1594 as the Infirmary Chapel of St. Martin and at that time was still outside the village. It is located in the Rüte district in the extended Feuerschaukreis .
The special hospital and the poor house were located nearby. The special hospital was demolished in the 18th century and a new building was built for the poor house between 1901 and 1903 on the Sonnenhalde. The chapel lost its importance and was closed in 1904. The Lourdes Association then took over the building and reopened the chapel as the Lourdes Chapel in 1936.
Building
The east-facing structure has a polygonal end of the choir and a steep pitched roof on which a six-sided roof turret is built. Access to the ship is through a pointed arched portal with profiles made of bevel , bulge and throat . There is a closed sign in front of the portal. A small gallery is built inside . The nave and the choir are on the same level. The wooden ceiling inside is broken five times.
Works of art
The original wing altar by Jakob Girdanner from 1597 is now owned by the Appenzell Local History Museum. A Lourdes group was added in its place, filling the entire choir. The Lourdes Society acquired a crucifix through the art trade in 1948 . The carved Rococo cross was created around 1760 and is probably the work of Joseph Ulrich Hörler . The four glass windows are a donation from the year 1891 by Pastor A. Koller.
Bells
The Lourdes Chapel has three former bells from the parish church of St. Martin: the angular bell from 1509, the children's bell or the vigil bell from 1621 and the dying bell from 1593.
literature
- Rainald Fischer: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden , Birkhäuser 1984, ISBN 3-7643-1629-2 , pp. 370–371
- INSA Inventory of Modern Swiss Architecture 1850-1921, Volume 1 , Aarau, Altendorf, Appenzell, Baden, Orell Füssli 1984, ISBN 3-280-01509-X , p. 368
Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '0.5 " N , 9 ° 24' 43.2" E ; CH1903: seven hundred and forty-nine thousand one hundred forty / 244386