Caplutta Sogn Benedetg ruins
The ruins of the old Caplutta Sogn Benedetg (Chapel of Saint Benedict ) stand above the village Sumvitg on the eastern edge of the Val Mulineum in the Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .
history
According to the Disentis monastery chronicle from 1696, Ms. Rigenza de Valle from the hamlet of Val in Sumvitg and Chonrad de Rusen from Ruschein built the S. Benedetg chapel above the village of Sumvitg in 1268 and founded a beginner's office .
The chronicle says that Chonrad de Rusen, who took the name Laurentius, had been here earlier; The two founders also built a new chapel ( aedificavit capellam novam ). This leads to the assumption that there was a place of worship at this point, but nothing is known about it.
The Collegium devotrum of St. Benedetg was a religious community with no monastic ties and consisted of men and women ( fratres and sorores ).
Another foundation took place in 1321. On June 2, 1346 an indulgence was granted. In 1522 the small apse was replaced by a larger polygonal choir ; the consecration took place on November 3, 1522. In 1670 a new altar was consecrated; Renovations were carried out in 1906, 1919 and 1934.
In 1984 an avalanche destroyed the chapel. The Disentis Abbey, as the owner, decided to have a new chapel built and launched an architectural competition. The winner was the Bündner architect Peter Zumthor , who built the new Caplutta Sogn Benedetg above the hamlet in 1989 , 150 meters from the old chapel.
description
The chapel consisted of a narrow nave , which was vaulted by a wooden barrel. Towards the east there was a choir projecting one meter outwards and over which was a star vault. The arched main entrance was up the valley to the west.
At Christmas 1923 the roof turret was torn away by an avalanche. It was replaced by a brick bell yoke on the west wall of the ship. A wall spur on the northwest corner is directed against the Val Mulineum and served as an avalanche breaker.
Paintings
In 1934, Father Notker Curti discovered a representation of the world judgment on the inner west wall from around 1430, divided into heaven and hell. At the feet of Christ, St. John holds his head, which is surrounded by a halo, in his hands; opposite him Maria kneels with her breast bare.
Lucifer is depicted in hell, surrounded by naked figures who are believed to represent the seven main sins. Detached fragments of the picture are kept in the Disentis Monastery.
On the south wall were fragments of depictions of riders and horses; In 1634 representations of saints and church fathers were mentioned. They were later painted over, taken out in 1906 and then painted over again.
The walls of the Romanesque nave and the late Gothic polygonal choir and the avalanche breaker in the northwest have been preserved. The ruins are protected against decay with plastic sheeting.
Web links
- Description by Erwin Poeschel, 1942 (PDF file; 980 kB)
literature
- Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden. Volume IV. Birkhäuser Basel 1942, p. 403ff
- Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden : Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, p. 224
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 1.7 " N , 8 ° 56 ′ 15" E ; CH1903: 714556 / 176940