This chapel was donated by various members of the Lichtenfels-Krozingen families. The upper part of the chapel grille indicates ‘1538’ as the year of completion, even though the label moulding that was above the windows until it was destroyed during the Second World War displayed the earlier year of ‘1524’. The families’ coats of arms appear on the bosses: that of the Krozingen family in the ambulatory and that of the Lichtenfels family inside the chapel.
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Stained-Glass Windows
von Lichtenfels
The sinistral stained-glass windows portray members of the von Lichtenfels family: Cornelius, Canon at the Basel Minster and Dean of the Moutier-Grandval Abbey in Switzerland, who kneels before St Germanus on the left. To the right of him, Cornelius’ brother Hans, arrayed in knightly armour, and his two wives bow to Christ as the Man of Sorrows.
von Krozingen
The dextral window shows members of the Krozingen family: on the left is Christoph, Chaplain at the Freiburg Minster, in front of St Christopher. On the right, his brother Trudberth, a Knight and Schultheiss (Mayor), and his two wives kneel in front of the apostle St James the Elder.
Coats of Arms
In the centre of the vaulted ceiling in front of the chapel, the coat of arms of the von Krozingen family is depicted on the vault keystone. An eight-spoked black wheel on a silver escutcheon is crowned by a clasped helmet with crest.
The vault keystone in the chapel shows the coat of arms of the von Lichtenfels family. A golden axe and a golden wing on a black shield are crowned by a helmet above which is a golden crown with two swan necks entwined.
urther coats of arms can be seen attached to the chapel grille: The one with the two roses is the coat of arms of the Basel cathedral custodian Göldlin von Tieffenau, who was buried opposite the chapel.
Dettinger Chörlein
In front of the chapel, the brothers Peter († 1615) and Reinhard von Dettingen († 1617) are interred. In 1918, their grave slabs were mounted on the rear wall of the chapel, which is also referred to as the ‘Dettinger Chörlein’ (Dettingen chancel).
Both Cornelius von Lichtenfels († 1535, rear floor grave slab) and Christoph von Krozingen († 1563, front floor grave slab) are buried in the chapel.
The Annunciation altarpiece
The Annunciation altarpiece was donated by the Basel Domkustos (Cathedral Custodian) Wilhelm Blarer von Wartensee, a maternal descendant of the Lichtenfels. The many saints depicted in a lavish frame around the altarpiece painting are all namesakes of the donor’s relatives.
The Latin inscription on the predella states the name of the founder and the year of foundation as well as the consecration of the altar "in honour of God, the Virgin Mary and the patron saints of the family, St Andrew, St James, St Christopher, St Magdalene and St Ursula".
The chapel grille
With their semi-circular arches and the twisted iron bars and clamps integrated into them, the chapel grilles differ from most other chapel grilles. These round Renaissance shapes are in contrast to the Gothic pointed arches that otherwise dominate the cathedral. The year in which the grilles were made, 1538, is inscribed in four fields in the round arches of the grilles.
Bernahrd Boll
The statue of the first Archbishop of Freiburg, Bernhard Boll, († 1836, buried in the North Aisle) was made by the artist André Fischer (Strasbourg, France) was placed in the chapel much later in 1936.
