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Gnadenberg Convent

Site Canton of Valais · District: Goms · Uninhabited site (municipality of Fiesch)
Part of the municipality of Fiesch
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Origin of the name Gnadenberg Convent

The convent bears the Latin name «Montis Gratiae». The place name Gnadebärg in Fiesch keeps the German form. Its chapel is also called « Klosterli ».[1][3][4]

Founding of Gnadenberg Convent

The Augustinian convent of Gnadenberg began at Ernen, then settled at Fiesch, next to the church of St John the Baptist. Fiesch then belonged to the parish of Ernen. The convent buildings no longer exist. What remains is the former convent chapel, dedicated to St Augustine and the Fourteen Holy Helpers, at Gnadebärg in the municipality of Fiesch.[1][2][3]

History of Gnadenberg Convent

1339. The Augustinian convent of Gnadenberg is founded at Ernen.[1]

1342. The church of St John the Baptist in Fiesch, beside which the convent will settle, appears in the records.[1]

1343. The community leaves Ernen for Fiesch.[1]

1489. The convent is dissolved.[1]

1540. Fiesch, which belonged to the parish of Ernen, becomes a rectorate. It already had parish rights, with a cemetery and a baptismal font.[1]

17th and 18th centuries. Fiesch is the centre of the Goms painters.[1]

1771-1772. The chapel of St Augustine takes on its present form.[1]

1883-1884. The church of Saint John the Baptist, next to which the convent had settled, is rebuilt. Its bell tower dates partly from the 14th century.[1]

Historic sites in Gnadenberg Convent

Chapel of St Augustine and the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Former chapel of the Gnadenberg convent, at Gnadebärg 1. It is listed as a cultural property of regional importance.[2]

Sources

  1. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (version allemande du Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse), « Fiesch » (Philipp Kalbermatter, version du 04.05.2017)
  2. Office fédéral de la protection de la population (PBC), « Révision Inventaire PBC 2021 : liste cantonale Canton du VS » (état au 1.1.2026)
  3. geo.admin.ch, service de recherche de swisstopo (Gnadebärg, Fiesch)
  4. Google Books, notice « Kapelle Klosterli, Fiesch. Kloster Gnadenberg in Fiesch : Kapelle der vierzehn Nothelfer und des hl. Augustinus » (brochure de 4 pages, 1987)

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