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Appenzell Innerrhoden

Ahorn Chapel

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Schwende

Ahorn Chapel

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Ahorn Chapel

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Location: Schwende, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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1. Sönderlibach – Ahorn Chapel loop from Weissbad

12.8km

03:49

390m

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2. Gontenmoos Raised Bog – Scheidegg Mountain Inn loop from Appenzell

11.5km

03:57

550m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Leuenfall – Ahorn Chapel loop from Steinegg

9.70km

03:29

500m

510m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Paul

February 6, 2021

Legend about the holy Maria in the maple
At the time of the great Reformation in the old Confederation, in the spring of 1528, a shepherd named Zumbühl from the Catholic Büren earned his living tending a flock of sheep in the (Reformed) Bernese Haslital, which was being hit by iconoclasm at the time. The young shepherd rescued a figure of Mary with a child from the church, which he then devoutly venerated and took home with him at the end of the season. The following year he again tended a flock of sheep, but this time in Niederrickenbach. Again he took his Mary with him and placed her in a hollow maple tree where she was protected and he could pray undisturbed. When the summer was over and he was supposed to return to the valley, the statue could no longer be removed from the tree. Many other acquaintances tried to help the shepherd, but no one could bring his Maria back to him. After asking for advice, it was decided to build a chapel dedicated to Mary where she could be kept safe and reverently venerated. It was only when this chapel was completed that Mary was removed from the old maple tree. So it was placed in its new church, where it still stands after the last expansion in 1869.

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Werner 🚶‍♂️🚵‍♂️🚴‍♂️

January 24, 2020

Relatively modern chapel. The neighboring maple mountain restaurant is open in winter from Fri to Sun.

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Thomas

April 20, 2019

Right next to the Berggasthaus Ahorn.

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1. Sönderlibach – Ahorn Chapel loop from Weissbad

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