Ahorn-Kapelle

On a ridge on the southern slope of the Kronberg chain on the hiking trail from Lehmen to Scheidegg-Kronberg.

In the exterior structure, traditional elements such as polygonal ends, gable roof, turrets and portents are combined with the modern window front in the east gable. As the background of the miraculous image placed on a wooden column inside the chapel, Hugentobler created a gold-interwoven metal carpet with the fifteen mysteries of the rosary. The miraculous image of the standing Mother of God dates from the early 17th century. In the turret hangs a bell from the Hamm foundry in Staad. The chapel has 48 seats; it is closed in winter.

History
The first chapel in the Ahorn was to be built in 1893, but the wood provided was destroyed by fire. From 1895 there was a small simple chapel without an altar. As early as 1690, the miraculous image, which is the subject of many legends, was erected in the maple for veneration. It is said that a pre-Reformation statue of Mary, which had been erected in a hollow tree around 1700, was removed after 1800 by a Protestant dairyman and finally given by Anna Maria Enzler to the Capuchin Eberhard Walser. When the chapel was built in 1893, the statue was returned to the maple. In 1930, the chapel was almost destroyed by fire. According to the plans of Johannes Hugentobler, today's larger chapel was built in 1937. It was consecrated on 9 November 1937. Due to fire damage, the chapel had to be overhauled inside in 2004. In 2011, the chapel and the tower were re-roofed with larch shingles. At the same time, the bell was overhauled.