Saint Brice Chapel

Located between Schwoben and Hausgauen, in a bucolic, leafy setting, Saint-Brice chapel is currently dated 1695, but its origin could be traced back to the year 1000 CE, which would make it the oldest shrine in the valley alng with Knoeringue church. Behind the chapel, on the hillside, lay the village of Dennach which was probably destroyed in the fifteenth century. A hermitage was built In 1753 during the extension of the chancel. Tasked with guarding and decorating the chapel, successive hermits lived austerely on alms from the faithful and the generosity of the community. When the last one died in 1879 it is said that the bell of the small shrine sounded the death knell by itself.

According to legend, sometimes at midnight a demonic dog with bulging eyes sits near the chapel. The ghosts of soldiers who burned the ancient village of Dennach then roam the scene of the crime. When the first hour of the morning tolls in the neighboring village, all of them disappear and the chapel returns to its peaceful state. Text Marc Glotz

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