Feldkapelle, Chapel in Sonnenberg district, Wiesbaden, Germany

The Feldkapelle is a modern prayer house in the Sonnenberg district with transparent glass walls and a trapezoidal floor plan. The steel framework supports the light structure, which sits naturally within its surroundings.

Planned from 2003 by architect Hans-Peter Gresser with the Matthäus 7,12 foundation, the chapel required a lengthy approval process because the site lies in a protected landscape area. The foundation stone was laid on 27 October 2010, and the chapel opened on 25 August 2012.

The chapel is interdenominational and belongs to the Matthäus 7,12 foundation, whose guiding principle is the Golden Rule from Matthew 7:12, shared by Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Inside the glass cube stand a bronze burning bush by Gernot Rumpf, a candle holder and a bench; bronze sandals of Moses by Georg Rumpf stand before the door.

The chapel and its walled garden stand at the end of the Tennelbach valley, at the forest edge, a short walk from the Sonnenberg residential area. Both are open to visitors and barrier-free. The paved path rises gently through the opening beneath the tilted steel cross to reach the glass door.

The foundation embedded an olive branch and olive oil from the Sea of Galilee in the chapel's foundation. The bronze sculpture "The Sandals of Moses" stands before the entrance door, and together with the burning bush inside the glass cube it evokes Moses' calling on Mount Horeb.