Wimmer Inn Chapel

This is another one of those numerous chapels whose history is not clear. Perhaps it dates back to the Biedermeier period or the 1850s, but it was first mentioned in an 1868 travel guide. In the 19th century, the current restaurant “Umeko” was called “Wimmer Inn” (Wimmerwirt) named after its owner Wimmer (1855 – 1904). The chapel owes its name to the inn’s name. This was the starting point for the residents of Rettenbach and Steinfeld to make a pilgrimage to Calvary on Maundy Thursday.

The chapel is a simple, roughly cube-shaped building with a steep gable roof. Of its exterior, noteworthy are the double-winged door with colorful glazed skylights with a curved outline and the trellis. In the flat-arched interior, there is a large and finely executed wrought iron grille with neo-Gothic touches. Behind the grille on the front wall, there is the cult image, a painting of the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus in the manger.