Simplon Hospice

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The Simplon Hospice of the Augustinian Canons
The priors
period prior
1802 (July / Aug) Gabriel d'Allèves
1802-1807 Laurent-Hippolyte Ballet
1807-1821 Gabriel d'Allèves
1821-1835 Etienne-Sébastien Pellaux
1835 Jean-Baptiste Darbellay
1836-1858 Pierre-Joseph Barras
1858-1861 Pierre-Joseph Deléglise
1862-1875 Basile Frossard
1876-1877 Camille Rosset
1877-1892 Angelin Carron
1898-1910 Maurice Borter
1910-1930 André Favre
1930-1934 Candide Borgeat
1934-1940 Etienne Coquoz
1940-1943 Clement Moulin
1943-1946 Fabien Melly
1946-1950 Antoine Mudry
1950-1952 Lucien Quaglia
1952-1959 René Giroud
1959-1966 Gratien Volluz
1966-1968 Paul Bruchez
1968-1971 Jean Emonet
1971-1974 Jean-Claude Ducrey
1974-1983 Benoît Vouilloz
1983-1995 Klaus Sarbach
1995-2007 Michel Praplan
2007-2009 Jean-Pierre Voutaz
2009–2012 Daniel Salzgeber
2012-2015 Jean-Pascal Genoud
2015 – today François Lamon

The Simplon Hospice is a hospice of the Augustinian Canons on the Simplon Pass .

Its construction began in 1801 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte and was completed in 1831 by the Augustinian canons of the hospice on the Great St. Bernhard . It is located at an altitude of 1997  m above sea level. M. in the municipality Simplon VS .

history

By decree of February 21, 1801, Napoleon Bonaparte , who a year earlier had crossed the Great St. Bernard Pass with his entire army, ordered the establishment of a hospice on the Simplon Pass . From 1802 to 1831, the Augustinian canons only exercised hospitality in the old hospice , two kilometers south of the pass. In 1806 the Napoleonic road was opened over the pass and through the Gondo gorge ; In 1808 a post office was set up on the pass. After the fall of Napoleon in 1812, work on the hospice was stopped. The house, which was built up to the first floor, remained in ruins for 14 years and was then completed by the Augustinian Canons by 1831. The church integrated in the hospice is built in the Empire style. Napoleon's engineers wanted a much smaller church. In 1906 an electric turbine was installed in the house. The Simplon Tunnel was opened in the same year . This also changed the importance of the hospice. In 1960, Prior Gratien Volluz developed a “Spirituality of the Mountains” that gave the hospice a new life. In 1971 an avalanche destroyed a building connected to the hospice. In 1973 the church was rebuilt. In 1992 the church was adorned with Byzantine-inspired icons . Since 1985 the hospice has opened up more and more to family chaplaincy. In 1995 the hospice was renovated and modernized.

present

Today the Simplon Hospice is run by Prior François Lamon and three other Canons. The hospice is a meeting place and can accommodate up to 100 guests. The Canons hold mass every day in the church. In the house find retreats , school camps and courses instead. The house is also the starting point for hikes and ski tours in the Simplon area.

photos

  • Hospice 1914-1918

  • The hospice in the first snow

  • Church in the hospice

  • Under the Hübschhorn

literature

  • Martin Fröhlich, Walter Haab: The old hospice on the Simplon VS. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 410). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1988, ISBN 3-85782-410-7 .

Web links

Commons : Simplon-Hospiz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aperçu historique de l'Hospice du Simplon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 23, 2012 ; Retrieved September 25, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gsbernard.ch
  2. ↑ See: Map of the Federal Office for Topography
  3. ↑ According to an information board on the ground floor of the hospice

Coordinates: 46 ° 14 ′ 47 "  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 45"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty-five thousand five hundred and forty-four  /  121,833