Fatimakapelle

In the year 1931/32, the farmer Johann Werner, a widower at the age of 63, built a wayside shrine to the Mother of God on his property, about 2 km from Schillingen.

Every evening, he prayed the rosary here, and soon other men from the village joined his rosary prayer.
Following the example of Klaus von der Flüe, he built himself a simple hut in which he lived during the summer. When he died in October 1933, the men from the village continued the rosary prayer. They replaced the wayside shrine with a grotto made of stones. On Trinity Sunday 1936, a statue of the "Beloved Lady of Fatima," obtained from Fatima (Portugal), was placed in the grotto and consecrated.

After the war, especially with donations from two daughters of Johann Werner, who had already emigrated to America in 1926, the chapel in front of the grotto was built from solid stones. On Pentecost Monday, May 14, 1951, the chapel was consecrated.
In 1972, the chapel with the entire property was transferred to the ownership of the church community.

The chapel has remained a place of contemplation to this day.

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