St. Bernhardus (Schwäbisch Gmünd)

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St. Bernhardus

The pilgrimage chapel St. Bernhardus is a chapel built in 1880 at a height of 774 m on the mountain of the same name (also called "Spitzkopf") near Weiler in the mountains , a district of Schwäbisch Gmünd . The chapel, where a baroque pilgrimage church stood until 1809 , is located in the Lauterstein district .

history

The Legend of will at the statue of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux have occurred in a chapel on the mountain, miraculous healings, which is why from 1728, a pilgrimage activities ceased and 1730 with the construction of a large pilgrimage church, designed by Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer by Christian Wiedenmann was started from Elchingen. After completion in 1733, the church developed into a popular pilgrimage site in the region. Instead of the first chapel, a statue of St. Nepomuk was erected in 1739 .

In 1806 the patron saint, Maximilian Emanuel von Rechberg, was no longer able to financially support the parish on the Hohenrechberg, which he founded in 1774 after the great famine from 1770 to 1772, and its pastor. That is why the application for the relocation of the Bernhardus pilgrimage was submitted to the diocese of Constance with reference to uncontrollable processes at the remote pilgrimage church. The transfer was approved by the diocese. After protests in the population, the pilgrimage was moved to the Rechberg . Then the entire church furniture was auctioned and in 1809 the church and several neighboring houses, an inn and two residential buildings, were gradually demolished.

In 1880 Count Otto von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen donated a new pilgrimage chapel, which was built on the spot where the high altar of the former pilgrimage church was. He hoped that the foundation would give birth to a male heir, after having been blessed with six daughters by then. In the years 1885 to 1892 three sons were born to the count, which led to a revival of the Bernhardus pilgrimage. The Bernhardus pilgrimage has been taking place annually for several years now, and in 2014 the pilgrimage took place for the 285th time. Under the Gmünder local history researcher and pastor Josef Seehofer , further relics could be obtained for the new pilgrimage, which are kept in Weißenstein .

A stylized image of the pilgrimage church, which was demolished in 1809, serves as the logo for the Glaubenswege hiking trail established in 2003 .

  • View from the east

  • View from the south

  • Representation of the pilgrimage church, which was demolished in 1809, as the logo of the "ways of faith"

literature

  • Hermann Döser: History of the Bernardus pilgrimage to the Hohenrechberg near Schwäbisch Gmünd . Manuscript Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Cod. Hist. Fol. 938, undated, undated (around 1921).
  • Rosel Stellwag: August 20, 1978: Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Bernhardus pilgrimage . In: einhorn Jahrbuch 1978, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1978, ISBN 3-921703-23-9 , p. 54 f.
  • Gabriele von Trauchburg: The rule Hohenrechberg in the early modern period (1494-1808) . In: Karl Weber / KJ Herrmann (ed.), Rechberg. Ein Heimatbuch , Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2004, ISBN 3-936373-16-7 , pp. 51-89.
  • Dietmar Krieg: From family vows to pastoral care units. St. Bernard pilgrimage was renewed for 125 years from 1880–2005. Fixed on August 20, 2005 . Self-published, undated July 2005.
  • Dietmar Krieg: "Let us praise St. Bernhard". St. Bernard pilgrimage was renewed for 125 years from 1880–2005 . In: einhorn Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd 2006 , Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2006, ISBN 978-3-936373-29-5 , pp. 89-102.
  • Dietmar Krieg: Weissenstein. Bernhardus . In: Foundation for Literary Research in East Württemberg (ed.), Pilgrimage literature in East Württemberg , Unterm Stein. Lauterner Schriften Vol. 17, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2013, ISBN 978-3-936373-86-8 , pp. 160–171.
  • Margit Haas: A noble place of miracles . In: Heimat-Histories for the Middle Filstal , Heimat-Histories No. 18, Neue Pressegesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Göppingen November 2013, pp. 32–33.

Web links

Commons : St. Bernhardus pilgrimage chapel (Schwäbisch Gmünd)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '4.8 "  N , 9 ° 53' 4.7"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Seidel, On the Bernhardus pilgrimage next Sunday: Lost artwork . In: Gmünder Tagespost No. 190 of August 18, 1995, p. 15.