Maria Einsiedeln

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The miraculous image in his chapel of grace

Chapel of Grace in the pilgrimage church of Einsiedeln Monastery

Maria Einsiedeln is a miraculous image in the pilgrimage and monastery church of Einsiedeln Abbey in the municipality of Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz .

Archetype

The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln is a late Gothic miraculous image from the middle of the 15th century. It replaced the original Romanesque miraculous image, which was destroyed in the fire of 1465. The black skin color comes from the soot of the candles and lamps that burned in front of the figure. When it was restored in Austria in 1803, the artist exposed the original paint and painted it again flesh-colored. This change met with displeasure among the population and so the Madonna was painted black again.

At the beginning of the 17th century the statue was given a bell-shaped Spanish robe . It is still changed today according to the church year .

The miraculous image is located inside the monastery church in a chapel of grace , whose current design dates from the years 1815–1817 and was the model for several replicas.

Images of the archetype

(Incomplete list)

Germany

• Einsiedeln chapel in Rastatt
• Maria Einsiedeln (Dettenschwang)

Austria

• Miraculous image in the chapel in Brunau at the entrance to the Ötztal in Haiming , Tyrol
• Altarpiece in the Maria Loreto chapel in Längenfeld , Tyrol
• Facade painting at the tailor's chapel in Längenfeld, Tyrol
• Altar with picture in the wooden chapel in Weitenberg in Längenfeld, Tyrol
• Miraculous image in the wayside chapel on the road to Zollhaus in Niederndorf , Tyrol
• Miraculous image in the picture niche of the Inn chapel on the road to Erl in Niederndorf, Tyrol
• Miraculous image in the chapel in Acherbach near Tumpen in Umhausen , Tyrol
• Miraculous image in the Rottalkapelle in Umhausen, Tyrol

Czech Republic

• Miraculous image in the chapel in the Paradise Court of the Minorite Monastery in Krumlov

literature

• Anja Buschow Oechslin: The Hermit Gnadenkapelle: "consecrated personally by Christ, changed by people". In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History Volume 57 (2000), Issue 4, pp. 333-340 ( doi : 10.5169 / seals-169599 ).
• Dehio Tirol 1980 , Iconographic Directory, page 939.

Web links

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