Franz von Assisi Chapel, Gut Herbigshagen

Inge Sielmann, Heinz Sielmann's wife, died on March 25, 2019. She also found her final resting place in the Francis of Assisi Chapel.

The Franz von Assisi Chapel and its surroundings are the highest elevation on Gut Herbigshagen, where the Siemann Foundation is located.
Here you have a wonderful view of Duderstadt, the Ohm Mountains and the Harz up to the Brocken.

One of the few saints who is also highly valued outside of Christianity is San Francesco, known in the German-speaking world as Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in Assisi in 1181/82 and died as early as 1226. In his youth, the son of wealthy parents, he was more of a bon vivant, but later he turned to Christ. In the half-ruined little church of San Damiano, on the hillside outside the city walls of Assisi, he was praying one day and heard the voice of Christ coming down from the cross, urging him to “rebuild his church”. At first he took this request literally and restored the church building, later he came to realize that this is primarily about the church as the community of believers.
Francis became a role model for many people, they joined him and the "Order of the Friars Minor" (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) of Francis of Assisi came into being. Today in the broad Franciscan religious family there are three male branches: the Franciscans, the Minorites and the Capuchins; and two females: the Franciscans and the Poor Clares. In addition, there is the "Third" or "Secular" order, which women and men who do not take the classic vows of the order (poverty, chastity and obedience) and continue to live in their family and their profession can join.