The best walks and hikes around Gams

01_2026 - free parking, in front of the bus stop, a few minutes' walk to the village center.

to be worshipped.

Beautiful living space with grounds and a good view.

The main tower and one wall are still standing. The rock is very striking, and the surrounding area, with several barbecue areas, is very beautiful!

A beautiful stream with a small ford that needs to be crossed.

Chapel of the Passion of Christ Rotenberg, Gamserberg The Chapel of the Passion of Christ has been here on the Gamser Rotenberg since 1936. Text / Source: Catholic Church Werdenberg / Gams https://www.kathwerdenberg.ch/gams/pfarrei/unsere-kirche

Müntschenberg Grotto, Gamserberg Müntschenberg Grotto: The grotto and the Stations of the Cross to the grotto were built by Pastor Müller. Pastor Müller worked in Gams from 1934 to 1944. Unfortunately, it is not known exactly when the grotto was built. Text / Source: Catholic Church Werdenberg / Gams https://www.kathwerdenberg.ch/gams/pfarrei/unsere-kirche

Chapel "Maria hilf", Gams The chapel "Maria hilf" in Gasenzen was rebuilt in 1821 in honor of the late Gothic, crowned Madonna from the 15th century. It was financed with its own funds and through compulsory labor. The church community acted as the sponsor together with the local community. According to legend, this statue of the Mother of God was forgotten in a barn after it survived the iconoclasm of 1529 - hidden there by a devout farmer from Grabs. At the beginning of the 18th century, a Catholic farmhand asked for the dusty Madonna as a farewell gift for his many years of service. After a time in Wildhaus, the saint's figure found its place in a shrine in the hamlet of Gasenzen after the death of the "new" owner. Twice, however, a night watchman observed the Madonna miraculously floating to a certain place in a meadow. At this destination of her nightly wanderings, she now found her permanent "home" through the construction of a chapel. The chapel has been the sole property of the Catholic parish since 1875. Because the building was in a precarious condition, the chapel was converted into a simple, flat-vaulted baroque church with a five-sided choir in 1877 under the direction of architect Karl Reichlin. A second renovation took place in 1922/23 under the direction of architect Adolf Gaudy, Rorschach. The current interior paintings by the Vitznau artist J. Schneider and the baroque altar were created during this restoration. He also had the two bells recast in Staad. The exterior painting on the gable front above the entrance was only created in 1957 by Pastor Schnüriger from Maladers. In order to preserve the structural integrity of this very beautiful building in the Gasenzen district, a gentle overall restoration was carried out in 1994 under the supervision of the old monument conservator Benito Boari from Mörschwil. The work on the pictures, statues, stucco and altars was very time-consuming. A restorer carried out a thorough examination of the statue of the Mother of God and identified three not very successful overpaintings. Only a few relics of the Gothic version were found. An unexpected donor made a restrained restoration of the Madonna possible, which has since shone even more beautifully with its expressive face above the baroque high altar. In 2010 and 2019, due to heavy street dust and soot emissions, an interior cleaning was necessary, at the end of which the walls were repainted. In 2020, the Mother of God was cleaned again. In 2021, the restoration of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim will follow. Text / Source: Catholic Church Werdenberg / Gams https://www.kathwerdenberg.ch/gams/pfarrei/unsere-kirche