Vosges Chapel
The Vosges Chapel is located in the Upper Black Forest on the panorama hiking trail between St. Märgen and St. Peter at 1015 m in a forest clearing. Its construction and name go back to a vow made by the old farmer from Reinerhof, Leopold Hättich.
A sign in the chapel explains the name:
Leopold Hättich was a soldier in the First World War and fought against the French in the Vosges . On January 16, 1915, he was in Aspach-le-Bas (Nieder-Aspach, in Upper Alsace ), from where, on clear weather and a beautiful sunset , he could see the Black Forest and - according to his report - could even make out his farm . The Black Forest had not yet been hit by the chaos of war, but Leopold Hättich saw death and destruction in the Vosges valleys. So he made the vow that if God spared the Black Forest and the people in it, he would build a chapel "in honor of the divine heart of Jesus" after his return.
The exact date of construction cannot be found on the chapel, the sign only says “Vogesenkapelle 1914 1918”. The chapel was only built in 1938 without permission from the Nazi authorities. An announcement followed, but the chapel stopped.
literature
- Franz Kern: The Dreisamtal with its chapels and pilgrimages . Schillinger Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1986, p. 147.
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 40.6 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 14.1 ″ E