Mühlenkapelle Haslach

Since the first half of the 17th century, a chapel has stood in the former "Aue" district at the eastern end of the town of Haslach. It was originally called the "Aue Chapel". It has long been called "Mühlenkapelle" after the neighbouring mill.
The chapel was built in 1622 on the initiative of the Haslach bailiff Simon Finkh (1580 - 1648). While it was still very small and modest at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, it was extended in 1652. The reason for this was the vow made by the wife Margaretha Dorothea Finkh, née Gebele (1600 - 1663) and her brother, the Landschaffner Jakob Gebele (1601 - 1675), at the outbreak of the plague in 1635, but this could only be honoured years after the Great War.
Due to troubled times, the chapel could only be consecrated in 1661 by Auxiliary Bishop Gabriel Haug from Strasbourg. At the consecration, it was given the title of "Immaculate Conception of Mary" (8 December) and Saint John Nepomuk as a further patron saint. The front of the chapel is adorned with a picture of the famous bridge saint, who was canonised by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729. Another image can be admired inside the chapel together with that of St Francis Xavier. The latter is mentioned as early as the 17th century as the patron saint of a male brotherhood that bore his name. According to the records of the Haslach monastery's agenda (work book) from 1753, the Capuchins looked after the mill chapel. They celebrated mass there twice a week. The Franz Xaverius Brotherhood led by them held their devotions and meetings there.
According to the visitation report on the parishes of the Lahr district chapter from 1666, the mill chapel had three altars. After repair work in the 19th century, unfortunately only the high altar remained. Due to the ever-increasing road traffic, the mill chapel was demolished in 1974. Fifteen years later, it was rebuilt in almost the same place in its previous size.
The mill chapel plays an important role in the customs of the Haslach population on the Feast of St Peter (22 February), the traditional Stork Day. Here, after the prayer of the "Angel of the Lord", the procession of children through the town begins.

Opening times

Monday	10:00–17:00
Tuesday	10:00–17:00
Wednesday	10:00–17:00
Thursday	10:00–17:00
Friday	10:00–17:00
Saturday	10:00–17:00
Sunday	10:00–17:00