Martinskapelle beim Giernhof, Chapel in Graun im Vinschgau, Italy
The Martinskapelle beim Giernhof is a whitewashed brick chapel on a small rise beside the Giernhof farm in Graun im Vinschgau, on the western shore of Lake Reschensee. It has a rectangular nave with a rounded apse, a gabled roof, and a slender open ridge turret holding a small bell rung by a rope from the entrance. Two square windows flank the round-arched doorway, and round-arched windows light each side wall.
The chapel was built during the baroque period and maintained its original structure over the centuries. When the reservoir was created in the late 1940s, the structure survived the flooding and remained on the western shore of the lake.
The chapel displays a neoclassical main altar depicting Saint Martin in its interior. Beside it stands a smaller baroque altar that may have come from the former St. Catherine's parish church.
The chapel is located along the Adige cycling route that runs between Landeck and Verona, providing good accessibility by bike. Visitors can explore the building and its interior during daily opening hours.
The wooden cross beside the chapel carries a German and Italian plaque reading: "Mein Freund, wo gehst du hin, vergess nicht, dass ich dein Erlöser bin..." — a rhyming call to pause and greet Christ. The chapel itself has no Mass licence and was designed purely as a wayside chapel; it was placed under monument protection on 3 June 2014.
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