Museum of Brother Klaus Sachseln
The Museum Bruder Klaus Sachseln is a museum in Sachseln in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland , which is dedicated to the Swiss national saint Niklaus von Flüe - known as Brother Klaus .
exhibition
The museum permanently shows the basic exhibition Niklaus von Flüe - Mediator between worlds on the ground floor and first floor . This exhibition about the life, work and charisma of Niklaus von Flüe was designed under the project management of Jürg Spichiger and Jos Näpflin and opened in March 2012. It replaced the permanent exhibition from 1987 designed by Alois Spichtig .
The exhibition pays tribute to the mystic , politician and popular saint. He is depicted as a peacemaker, mediator and Mahner in the moving 15th century and as keepers from severe threat in the 20th century, starting with the pious farmer who renounced his secular offices and to serve all God finally as a hermit in the Ranft draws . His wife, children and contemporaries are introduced. The most important visions of the mystic are presented in a picture-sound production. His well-known contemplation as well as the Brother Klaus prayer and the miracle fasting are discussed.
The exhibition also includes comparisons with other hermits from that time and with related phenomena in other cultures. The leading European personalities from church and politics are presented, who sent representatives to the Ranft to get advice from the hermit. A cabinet of curiosities brings together testimonies and representations of the saint through the centuries.
At the end of the exhibition, Niklaus von Flüe will be placed among a number of important personalities from different epochs who campaigned for peace and justice worldwide. The showpiece of the exhibition is the life-size picture of the saint painted only five years after the death of Brother Klaus. At that time it was attached to the left wing of the Gothic altar in the old parish church of Sachseln. It is believed that his second eldest son, who most resembled the father, was a model. Because of this, and because of its early creation, the portrait has a high level of credibility in the depiction of the hermit. When the old church was demolished in 1679, the altar disappeared without a trace. Only in 1945 did the altar wing reappear as the back wall of a wardrobe in the Bunzlisflue house in Sachseln.
Films and audio images about Brother Klaus are shown in a media room. The rooms in the basement and on the 2nd floor are reserved for special exhibitions. In a spring and a summer exhibition, mostly works by artists from central Switzerland and beyond are shown.
Under the title “From the tower to the fountain”, depictions of Niklaus von Flüe's visions can be seen in the garden. They were created in 1987 as a joint effort by Obwalden artists.
history
On April 3, 1976, the Brother Klaus Sachseln Museum was opened by former Federal Councilor Ludwig von Moos . It has the legal form of a foundation and is supported by the Brother Klaus Museum Association. The founding and implementation of the Brother Klaus Museum is primarily thanks to Alois Spichtig . He was one of the initiators, designed the permanent exhibition shown from 1976 to 2011 and headed the museum until 1992. The highlight of this time was the exhibition “Niklaus von Flüe 1981”. At that time Alois Spichtig brought 30 important Swiss artists to Obwalden. Urs-Beat Frei (1992–2004) and Patrick Deicher (2004–2007) then headed the museum. Urs Sibler has been the director of the museum since 2007 ; he was replaced by Carmen Kiser in 2018.
After 35 years, the Museum of Brother Klaus Sachseln was renovated in terms of structure and content. The renovations cost 1.3 million francs, and 700,000 francs were spent on the new conception and design of the permanent exhibition on Brother Klaus.
building
The builder of the manorial house on the village square in Sachseln was Peter Ignaz von Flüe (1762–1834), who later became the pastor of Alpnach . He had built the house in 1784 with money from mercenary acquisitions.
The house is classified as worthy of cantonal protection and is a listed building as a B object. It was acquired in 1961 by the Brother Klaus Museum Association in a poor structural condition, and after a renovation, the museum was opened in it in 1967. The classicist house and the baroque garden are committed to the French contemporary style and have largely been preserved in their original state. In the associated economic building, the carved models from the estate of Sachsler Christian Sigrist (1906–1987), Kurt Sigrist 's father , are shown under the title “Miniatures to commemorate everyday rural life” .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renovation and redesign of the Museum Bruder Klaus Sachseln (PDF; 179 kB) Brochure on the reopening in spring 2012, accessed on October 14, 2012
- ↑ Historical altar wing while traveling ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article in the ONZ Obwalden and Nidwalden newspaper from September 14, 2011
- ↑ Backlist - past exhibitions since 1993 List of past exhibitions, from Kulturfenster.ch, accessed on October 14, 2012
- ^ From the tower to the fountain: a joint effort by the Obwalden members of the Swiss St. Luke Society on the 500th year of Niklaus von Flüe's death : catalog of the exhibition, Lucerne, Swiss St. Luke Society, 1987
- ^ Lothar Emanuel Kaiser: Brother Klaus and his sanctuaries , 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, 2007, p. 10
- ↑ Canton of Obwalden, KGS inventory, provisional list of B objects (PDF) , inventory excerpt as of January 1, 2018 from the cultural property protection department at the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP)
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 5.6 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 21.3" E ; CH1903: 661,041 / 191099