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Margarethenkapelle (Blasenberg) and Tschitscher-Schlösschen, Feldkirch

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Margarethenkapelle (Blasenberg) and Tschitscher-Schlösschen, Feldkirch

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Margarethenkapelle (Blasenberg) and Tschitscher-Schlösschen, Feldkirch

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Location: Vorarlberg, Austria

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1. Illspitz mouth of the Rhine – Illspitz Bridge loop from Götzis

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3. Illspitz mouth of the Rhine – Lake Galina loop from Götzis

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Paul

September 24, 2023

Margarethen Chapel (Blasenberg), Feldkirch
The Margarethenkapf on Blaseberg belonged to Tisis in terms of community politics and parish until 1897/98; It only came to Feldkirch with the incorporation of the Heilig-Kreuz parcel. It shows some oddities and highlights: at the top as a viewing point is the popular Feldkirch "Rädle", below, towards the northeast, the stately summer villa of the former Feldkirch mayor Josef Andreas Ritter v. Tschavoll, to the northwest the residential tower of the so-called Tschitscherschlößchen and, exposed on the steep rocky slope of the Kapf, the Margaret Chapel.
The “Tschavollvilla” was built in 1867, the “Tschitscherschlößchen” around 1620; The Margaret Chapel was mentioned in documents as early as 1483 and in 1500 it was referred to as the “Kapelle uffn Kapfen”. In 1502 it is said of a "newly built Capell Sant Margarethe uf dem Kapff", but it was not until 1522 that the Margaret Chapel was consecrated. In 1610 the entire "Kapf property" including the chapel passed to the Reichsstift Weingarten, in 1696 to the Reichsstift Ottobeuren and in the course of secularization in 1802/1803 it became state property - the Austrian era. The “Bavarian interlude” interrupts this ownership structure for 12 years, but state ownership remains intact.
Around the middle of the 19th century. the Getzner/Ganahl industrial family acquires the entire area (excluding the Tschitscherschlößchen); Andreas Tschavoll - Christian Getzner's nephew - took over the property in 1859 and acquired the Margaret Chapel in 1875, which he had "exemplary and tastefully furnished" between 1862 and 1869 (even before he had acquired it). After his death, the entire property complex remained in Tschavoll's possession until 1949/50. The Tschavollvilla became the private property of a Feldkirch family and was renovated in an exemplary manner; Tschitscherschlößchen and Margarethenkapelle also came into (other) private ownership. The Tschitscherschlößchen was defaced in the second half of the 20th century by an unfinished new addition and is now rapidly falling into disrepair. Rainer Lins from Tisis also said in 1992: "The current condition of the chapel is scandalous. It remains to be hoped that an early restoration will restore the dignity of the sacred building!"
DEHIO describes the Margaret Chapel as a rectangular building with a choir under a gable roof, bell roof turrets, a gable facade with a pointed arch window and a high, barrel-vaulted passage arch under the western part. (This passage arch is probably the unique characteristic of this chapel) On the south side of the arch there is a round arched niche with Gothic frescoes, in the left reveal a Christopher (early 16th century). On the north side of the archway there is a pointed arch window with a niche and a baroque stone figure of St. John Nepomuk. The prayer room has groin vaults, the choir has stitch cap vaults; the north wall shows a round arched portal. DEHIO mentions a bell from 1522, Getzner reports "earlier two bells, one of which dates back to 1502". However, the facility described by Getzner is no longer “on site”; the church is empty. DEHIO simply calls it this: “Deposit facility”.
Text / Source: wiki.imwalgau.at
wiki.imwalgau.at/Margarethen-Kapelle_(Blasenberg)

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Paul

September 24, 2023

Tschitscher Castle with chapel (Margarethenkapf)
Above the Ill breakthrough, on a narrow rocky hilltop, residential tower with chapel, three storeys, with steep gable and gable roof; the chapel, consecrated in 1522, with wall paintings and roof turrets. The name "Kapf" comes from the Latin caput and means "rock head".
The castle was built in 1620 by the foreman Paul Tschitscher, later came into the possession of the Clessin family (in 1799, during the French era, various battles took place here), and from 1860 into the property of the Tschavoll family. Around 1870, Ritter von Tschavoll (mayor of Feldkirch) built a villa with a park on the upper terrace of the "Kapf".
Owner: Frieda Vogt
Text / Source: Austria Forum
austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Burgen_und_Schl%C3%B6sser/Vorarlberg/Tschitscher-Schloss

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Hakkko

November 14, 2024

The Margarethenkapf on the Blasenberg belonged to Tisis in terms of local politics and parish until 1897/98; it only became part of Feldkirch when the Heilig-Kreuz parcel was incorporated. It has a number of peculiarities and highlights: right at the top, as a lookout point, is the popular Feldkirch "Rädle", below it to the northeast is the stately summer villa of the former Feldkirch mayor Josef Andreas Ritter v. Tschavoll, to the northwest is the residential tower of the so-called Tschitscherschlößchen and, exposed on the steep rock face of the Kapf, the Margarethen Chapel.

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Margarethenkapelle (Blasenberg) and Tschitscher-Schlösschen, Feldkirch

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