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24-675: The chapel is located next to the Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil (10 metres (33 ft) away to the west) and next to the Rapperswil Castle (20 metres (66 ft) away to the east). It is situated on the Lindenhof hill's eastern slope named Herrenberg , just 100 metres (328 ft) west of the Stadtmuseum Rapperswil . The Catholic city cemetery is situated to the north, hence, the chapel

48-466: A benefice ( Pfründe ) in the amount of 800 Rheinische Gulden to the Allerheiligen altar of the church, sealed by Countess Elisabeth and certified by Schultheiss und Rat der Stadt Rapperswil . Since 1737 «Bruderschaft der hl. Caecilia und Katharina» (Brotherhood of St. Cecilia and Catherine) provides an enormous repertoire of church music for the parish among them around 1,000 compositions of

72-469: A place in its choir in 1979. The small church is used as the cemetery chapel of the Roman Catholic city cemetery and is popular for weddings. In 1916/17 the interior with the small choir was redesigned fundamentally as the then designers sought a "stylistic unification" with the parish church that had to be renewed in 1885. The original plaster ceiling was replaced by a wooden ceiling according to

96-485: A small ridge turret with a single bell and a steep gable roof. The late Gothic stone building was built in 1489. The consecration to the Virgin Mary took place on 20 June 1493. The altar was ordained to Mary, the apostles Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Christophorus, Anna and All Saints. On its eastern side, a five-sided closed choir was added in 1675. Two ogival north-facing windos and one south-facing window illuminate

120-529: A tripartite Gothic choir with arched ceiling and tracery windows. Following the Reformation in Switzerland , two Renaissance wing altars in the side chapels were added respectively latter moved to other chapels. Thus, these altars were not destroyed by fire on January 30, 1882, as well as the sacristy located in the southern church tower, along with the precious treasure of the church: masterpieces by

144-426: Is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Rapperswil , canton of St. Gallen , Switzerland . The church is located next to Rapperswil Castle on the so-called Herrenberg hill to the northeast of Stadtmuseum Rapperswil . The Catholic city cemetery is situated to the north of the church, some meters to the northwest there is the so-called Liebfrauenkapelle (St. Mary's chapel) situated, built in 1489 on

168-604: Is situated between the castle's exterior walls, the parish church and Liebfrauenkapelle and was moved from Bern to its present location in 1914. The Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil and the chapel are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class B objects of regional importance. 47°13′39.3″N 8°48′58″E  /  47.227583°N 8.81611°E  / 47.227583; 8.81611 Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johann ( Saint John 's parish church)

192-553: Is used as cemetery chapel. The chapel respectively the ossuary was built around 1253 or earlier when the parish passed from the Busskirch church to the Rapperswil church and accordingly a cemetery was established inside the town walls of the medieval city of Rapperswil. The first chapel was associated to the Rapperswil Castle , but it was built outside of the castle's walls, as a castle chapel for its inhabitants, probably as

216-470: The Schloss Rapperswil because their medieval sandstone walls are exposed to the sun all through the year. The Romanesque hall church and the northern church tower were built around 1220/29 by Count Rudolf II of Rappperswil and extended in 1383 to the west. In 1441 a smaller but massively southern church tower was built. Collection campaigns in 1493/97 allowed to rebuild the hall church into

240-619: The pulpit are created by Atelier Marggraf in Munich. The rededication took place on October 6, 1885. The large chandelier was built in 1894 by the company Benziger & Co. in Einsiedeln. Renovations were done in 1959/60 (exterior and new bells), in 1971/73 and 1981. The church bells in the large southern tower have a prominent sound by seven bells; one of 1537 and six were added in 1960. The bells weight about 16,000 kilograms (35,274 lb). On Saturdays at 3 pm for about eight minutes all

264-478: The Gothic style, as well as the seating and the vault of the choir. Jean Rotenfluh, a native of Rapperswil, carried out the decorations, only the decorative painting, as the angel in the choir arch, have Art Nouveau elements. The semicircular chancel arch is decorated on its side walls with the figure of a guardian angel with child and a statue of Joseph with the infant Jesus. The originally Baroque altar stands today in

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288-608: The Rapperswil-born church musicians and composers Carl Greith (1828–1887) and his father Franz Josef Greith (1799–1869) who composed the Rütli anthem («Von ferne sei herzlich gegrüsst, du stilles Gelände am See»). On 30 January 1881 the church was partially destroyed by fire, and rebuilt from 1881 to 1885. The very first roses in Rapperswil blossom at the southern wall and at the present Stadtmuseum Rapperswil next to

312-554: The Saint Pancras church in Bollingen ; it was replaced by a neo-gothic altarpiece whose center is a lovely statue of Our Lady. Due to the liturgical reform in 1979, a simple altar table was added. The original Gothic windows were widened, and the interior designed for the purposes of historicism. Inside the church, the wall paintings from the 17th century were unfortunately removed, and the walls decorated with oil paintings from

336-590: The bells rung for Sunday. The pipe organ in the gallery was installed by Mathys Orgelbau AG in 1975. The parish St. Johann was founded by Count Rudolf III von Rapperswil in 1253, and is now the Catholic parish Rapperswil-Jona comprising about 3900 devotees and the area of the city of Rapperswil ( Jona has its own Catholic parish). John the Baptist is the patron saint of the parish since 1253. The St. Johann church and Liebfrauenkapelle are listed in

360-421: The entrance, were removed and two epitaphs moved into the former ossuary in the basement of the chapel. The crucifixion scene at the staircase on the south side was created in the 17th century when Maria and Magdalena were painted on plaster on either side of a wooden crucifix. On the cross hung a corpus from the period around 1490, part of the late Gothic decoration of the neighbouring parish church where it found

384-543: The family chapel for the members of the House of Rapperswil , later also for the citizens of Rapperswil. The preceding building of the Liebfrauenkapelle was built as an ossuary around 1220 to 1253. The charnel house was first mentioned as intra cymeterium ecclesia , meaning the church in the cemetery. The present chapel was erected above the ossuary, and latter was rebuilt in our times into a funeral service room. In

408-450: The former ossuary . As of today it's the cemetery's chapel and also popular for weddings thanks to its location overlooking Kempratnerbucht at Kempraten lake shore. Rapperswil Castle , the town walls of the former locus Endingen and the parish church were built by Count Rudolf II and his son Rudolf III of Rapperswil around 1220/29. The former parish church was located at Busskirch on upper Zürichsee lake shore, being one of

432-500: The goldsmiths Breny from Rapperswil, Dietrich, Dumeisen and Rüssi Ysenschlegel, being one of the richest in the Linth territory. Advised by the art historian Johann Rudolf Rahn, the architect Xaver Müller rebuilt the largely destroyed building. The obtained towers were increased by 1.2 metres (4 ft). A choir with neo-Gothic vaulting star was added, the nave extended by a few meters and a double wooden ceiling. The neo-Gothic altars and

456-575: The late Gothic and the Baroque periods with religious motifs: The wooden relief with Christ on the Mount of Olives by an unknown woodcarver originates around 1530, just as the late-Gothic Crucifixion panel. One painting on the back wall dates from the Baroque and presents Mary as intercessor for the poor souls, the oval image of Aloysius Gonzaga may be a work by the Rapperswil artist Elisa (Louise) Fornaro (1726–1796). Mariensäule (literally Maria column )

480-404: The nave, two arched windows illuminate the choir. The interior is decorated with neo-Gothic furniture and, on occasion of the extensive renovation works in 1917, with Art Nouveau paintings. In 1875, just before the adjacent parish church burned down, the sloping terrain had to be refilled for an extension of the cemetery. For this reason, a staircase to the lower part of the churchyard was built on

504-671: The oldest churches around the lake area. Even the citizens of Rapperswil had to attend services in Busskirch until Count Rudolf II built his own parish church on the Herrenberg hill next to the castle. Legally, Rapperswil church was subordinated to 1253 the parish of St. Johann Busskirch and thus the Pfäfers abbey. In 1489 the adjacent Liebfrauenkapelle (St. Mary's chapel) was built, the cemetery chapel that still exists. On 24 November 1446 Ellsbetha, gräffin zu Togckenburg granted

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528-405: The second half of the 15th century, the supposedly preceding building (maybe the second one) was mentioned as capellum novam in ceometerio ("new cemetery chapel"). From the ossuary a staircase led in the overlying interior of the chapel; in turn, the access to the ossuary took place from the south via another staircase. The construction of the new building, presumably the third construction phase of

552-512: The small church, was initiated by the religious Brotherhood of Our Lady (German: Bruderschaft Unserer Lieben Frau ) which was founded in 1489 to probably finance the present Liebfrauenkapelle . The chapel stands on an approximately 4 metres (13 ft) high base – that in fact are the foundation walls of the ossuary – as a rectangular single naved church. It measures about 8 metres (26 ft) x 12 metres (39 ft), with an eaves height of about 8 metres (26 ft), having an east-facing apse,

576-424: The west side, and the access to the ossuary was made now one level higher than before. After the fire of 1882 some of the epitaphs of the parish church were attached to the outside wall of the chapel. The former ossuary was converted into a storage facility for the funeral service in 1964. The outside decoration of the chapel was renewed in 1978/79. On occasion of the exterior renovation, the grave stones, except one at

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