Island Ufenau in Lake Zurich Chapel St. Martin WOODCUT from 1871

Description: Ufnau Island in Lake Zurich Original wood engraving from a magazine from 1871 (no reprint) One sheet printed on the reverse.Sheet size approx. 21x29cm. Condition: Paper slightly browned due to age. stained, otherwise good - see scan! The shipping is of course fast and kink-proof packaging! Shipping: - please send an email.Please also note my other offers! I offer many other wood engravings and lithographs - please use the SHOP search. Shipping costs only apply once for multiple items purchased! Documentation: Ufenau or Ufnau (Island of Ufo, Offo or Ubo[1]) is located in Lake Zurich and is the largest island in Switzerland that is not connected to the mainland by a bridge. The island is close to Pfäffikon SZ with its neighboring island of Lützelau. While the Einsiedeln monastery uses the original name Ufnau as the owner, the state topography and the shipping company write Ufenau. The island belongs to the area of the political municipality of Freienbach and is the property of Einsiedeln Abbey. Due to the idyllic location, the scenic beauty and biological diversity as well as the extremely rare cultural and historical continuity, the Ufenau enjoys protection that is unique in Switzerland: the island is part of object no. 1405 "Frauenwinkel-Ufenau-Lützel" of the federal inventory of landscapes and natural monuments of national importance BLN and part of object no. 351 "Frauenwinkel" of the federal inventory of moorland of particular beauty and national importance. The "Site of national importance Ufenau" is part of the inventory of sites worthy of protection in Switzerland ISOS. The nature and landscape of the Ufenau are also under the special care of the Canton of Schwyz via the "Ordinance for the Protection of the Frauenwinkel". Archaeological diving research has brought to light prehistoric and early historical cultural landscapes around the nearby Seedamm. South of the Ufenau came piles from the 14th-13th. century B.C. Chr. to the fore, prehistoric pottery shards prove the presence of humans, although clear settlement evidence is missing. Around the year 200, during Roman times, a Gallo-Roman temple stood on the island.[1] Its foundations are contained in the foundation walls of the Church of St. Peter. A first church was probably built in the year 500 on the site of today's St. Martin chapel. St. Martin was the center of a large parish that stretched from Altendorf to Wädenswil and from Feldbach and Hombrechtikon to Erlenbach, but which had its administrative seat on the mainland in Pfäffikon (Phaffinchova = priest's court). The first written mention (Hupinauia) is a document from the year 741, in which the Alemannic landowner Beata donated the monastery on the neighboring Lützelau. It is not known whether the Ufnau also belonged to Beata's family.[1] In 965, Emperor Otto gave the island, which at that time belonged to the Säckingen convent,[2] to the Einsiedeln monastery. Still in the 10th In the 19th century, the Swabian Duchess Regelinda had the Church of St. Peter built, along with a residential building in which she lived with her youngest son, Adalrich, who was later canonized. He died on the island around 973. His relics lay in a shrine in St. Peter's until the Toggenburg War in 1712. Auf der Ufenau died on 29. August 1523 the humanist Ulrich von Hutten. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer mentions her in the cycle of poems Hutten's Last Days. When all the monasteries were abolished for a short time during the Helvetic period, the canton of Linth sold the island to a private individual. With the mediation constitution, the Einsiedeln monastery was restored, which bought back the island in 1805. From 2003 it was planned to rebuild the excursion restaurant with a project by Peter Zumthor. At the end of 2011, the federal court ruled that it should not be rebuilt in the moorland. In 2017 the restaurant was restored and renewed, the island was closed to visitors for a year and a half. Source: Wikipedia If combined shipping via eBay doesn't work, I will of course refund the overpaid shipping costs! Ufenau or Ufnau (Island of Ufo, Offo or Ubo[1]) is located in Lake Zurich and is the largest island in Switzerland that is not connected to the mainland by a bridge. The island is close to Pfäffikon SZ with its neighboring island of Lützelau. While the Einsiedeln monastery uses the original name Ufnau as the owner, the state topography and the shipping company write Ufenau. The island belongs to the area of the political municipality of Freienbach and is the property of Einsiedeln Abbey. Due to the idyllic location, the scenic beauty and biological diversity as well as the extremely rare cultural and historical continuity, the Ufenau enjoys protection that is unique in Switzerland: the island is part of object no. 1405 "Frauenwinkel-Ufenau-Lützel" of the federal inventory of landscapes

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