Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
In Hinterjainzen, near the house at Jainzentalstrasse 65
In Hinterjainzen, near the house at Jainzentalstrasse 65
A Lady Chapel on this site is attested to as early as 1785. The currently existing "Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary" was commissioned in 1868 by Johann and Margarethe Sarsteiner, the owners of the well-known Golden Cross hotel (Goldenes Kreuz) in Ischl. At that time, the Sarsteiners also owned the “Mayrgut in der Ramsau" estate, which was later turned into a school for mountain farmers (Gebirgsbauernschule), located just east of the chapel. Their successors Johann and Josefa Sarsteiner were world travelers who amassed a large ethnological collection, which is on display in the Museum of the Township of Bad Ischl. In 1898, the chapel and the farm became imperial property. In 1973, the emperor's descendants sold the estate and chapel to a Salzburg farmer.
According to tradition, the chapel was designed by J. M. Ramsauer (see Chapel on Lindaustrasse). The altarpiece was reconsecrated in 1902.
Just as generously as the Mayrgut estate itself, the hotelier couple had the chapel renovated in the neo-Gothic style which was modern at the time. Inside of the chapel, there is a pointed barrel vault with stucco moldings, neo-Gothic altar frames. The altarpiece itself (The Visitation of the Virgin Mary made by Karl Wutschl) has a neo-Rococo frame. There are neo-Gothic pews, typical stained-glass windows and doors, wrought iron hanging lamps, monastery works on the walls, photos and souvenirs from the Holy Land from a trip around the world in 1887 as well as the beautifully decorated "foundation stone" from 1868.
