Saalenbergkapelle, Chapel in Sölden, Germany

The Saalenbergkapelle is a church building in Sölden that sits at nearly 460 meters above the Hexental valley. It features a three-sided choir section and a bell tower with a pointed roof that shapes its recognizable appearance from a distance.

The farmer Fides Franz of the Schwabenhof had the chapel built in honour of the Sorrowful Mother of God after all seven of her children and her husband died between 1867 and 1874; it was consecrated on 8 September 1875, the feast of the Nativity of Mary. A comprehensive renovation followed in 1899, when the ridge turret received a bell cast in Karlsruhe bearing the inscription "Trösterin der Betrübten bitte für uns!".

The chapel was built by Fides Franz, farmer at the Schwabenhof, after all seven of her children and her husband died between 1867 and 1874; a text inside tells her story. The left window shows a cross, the right the letters A M for Ave Maria, and memorial plaques name the dead of both world wars.

The chapel is accessible to visitors throughout the year and sits within a hiking area with several established trails. Sturdy footwear is recommended since reaching it requires some climbing and effort.

The chapel's bell, cast in Karlsruhe and hung in the roof turret after the 1899 renovation, bears the inscription "Trösterin der Betrübten bitte für uns!" (Comforter of the afflicted, pray for us). The builder, farmer Fides Franz of the Schwabenhof, had already donated a 7.5-hundredweight bell to the Sölden parish church in 1879; it was requisitioned and melted down in the First World War.