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Brother Klaus Field Chapel
Architecture: Peter Zumthor 2007
The chapel was founded by the farmers couple Hermann-Josef and Trudel Scheidtweiler. The Builder had long cherished the wish to found a chapel "out of gratitude for a good and fulfilled life". The chapel should be dedicated to Nicolaas van Flüe ('Bruder Klaus'). Scheidtweiler organized annual pilgrimages for the Landjugend, a Catholic youth organization, of which Niklaus van Flüe is patron saint.
In September 1998, the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung published an article about the construction of the episcopal museum in Cologne after a design by the architect Peter Zumthor. Scheidtweiler, not knowing that it was a famous architect, sent a letter to Zumthor asking if he could build a chapel for him.
Zumthor replied that his fee would be high, that he only builds in a modern, minimalist style and that he usually wants to determine all the details himself. Because Nicholas of Flüe was the patron saint of Switzerland and also his mother's favorite saint, Zumthor accepted the commission. The project would eventually take nine years due to the architect's perfectionism. Construction started only seven years after Zumthor's commitment. It is reported that Zumthor ultimately did not charge a fee for the design of this chapel
The chapel is set in open arable land and was built by local farming families and friends of the couple. It is a devotional chapel and therefore no church services take place.
(Wikipedia)
Brother Klaus Field Chapel
Architecture: Peter Zumthor 2007
The chapel was founded by the farmers couple Hermann-Josef and Trudel Scheidtweiler. The Builder had long cherished the wish to found a chapel "out of gratitude for a good and fulfilled life". The chapel should be dedicated to Nicolaas van Flüe ('Bruder Klaus'). Scheidtweiler organized annual pilgrimages for the Landjugend, a Catholic youth organization, of which Niklaus van Flüe is patron saint.
In September 1998, the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung published an article about the construction of the episcopal museum in Cologne after a design by the architect Peter Zumthor. Scheidtweiler, not knowing that it was a famous architect, sent a letter to Zumthor asking if he could build a chapel for him.
Zumthor replied that his fee would be high, that he only builds in a modern, minimalist style and that he usually wants to determine all the details himself. Because Nicholas of Flüe was the patron saint of Switzerland and also his mother's favorite saint, Zumthor accepted the commission. The project would eventually take nine years due to the architect's perfectionism. Construction started only seven years after Zumthor's commitment. It is reported that Zumthor ultimately did not charge a fee for the design of this chapel
The chapel is set in open arable land and was built by local farming families and friends of the couple. It is a devotional chapel and therefore no church services take place.
(Wikipedia)