Guggerloch-Kapelle

St. Ottilia (13 December)

Hidden in the forest is the chapel of St. Ottilia on the old footpath from Gais to Steinegg above the Obere Hirschbergstrasse.

The chapel is a simple brick prayer house with a gable roof, without a turret. Inside is a 200-year-old Empire altar with Tuscan columns and volute gable around 1810 with an altarpiece. A late Gothic, painted Pieta is evidence of rural wood carving around 1500. Important collection of eight wooden votive tablets from the years 1774 to 1823. The design of the motif panels shows strong kinship with local alpine paintings. The chapel has two small benches on the inside; it is closed. In front of and next to the chapel there are also benches.

History

An unknown woman had the chapel built as a thank you for the healing of an eye disease. The year of construction is uncertain. In 1779, Josef Speck donated 25 guilders to the Guggerloch wayside shrine. Existing votive tablets bear the years 1791, 1818, 1819 and 1823. Various interior renovations; In 2011, the chapel was completely renovated on the outside.