Klusenkapelle St. Ägidius

The Klusen Chapel of St. Ägidius was probably built before 1300. The walls are made of Ruhr sandstone and the roof is made of slate. Two Gothic colored glass windows are installed on the south side. The Klusen Chapel's namesake, St. Giles, was considered the patron saint against infectious diseases. It is assumed that at the beginning the chapel served as a place of protection for a woman suffering from leprosy.

The exact origins of the St. Aegidius consecrated chapel are in the dark. It was probably built in the 13th century for the (church) atonement of a crime committed by a nobleman.

The Klusenkapelle St. Ägidius with the adjacent restaurant, set up in a half-timbered building from 1785, is now a popular destination for walks and excursions. The single-nave quarry stone building with a retracted choir was built in the late 18th century and mentioned as the chapel of a hermitage (hermitage). After the hermit's death, a leprosy house was built on this site. Processions to the chapel have been documented since 1747 to invoke St. Giles as one of the fourteen helpers in need. Ägidius is particularly the patron saint of breastfeeding mothers.
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