Matthew Church (Basel)

Matthew Church

The Matthäuskirche in Basel is an evangelical reformed church in the neo-Gothic style, which stands free on the Matthäusplatz in the Matthäus-Quartier . With its 80 meter high church tower, it is the tallest church in Basel, higher than the Basel Minster (62.7 meters), the Antoniuskirche (62 meters) and the Elisabethenkirche (72 meters). However, the latter three are topographically higher.

The exterior of the church, built between 1893 and 1895 according to plans by Felix Henry from Breslau, consists of sandstone , which was often used at the time , which was mined in the nearby Vosges . The base is made of Gotthard granite , on which quarry stone and brickwork are built. The exterior is based on the German Gothic style, while the influences of the Wiesbaden program are clearly visible in the interior . The conspicuously large roof areas were covered with Ardennes slate.

A comprehensive exterior renovation was completed in 2001.

literature

• GK: The new Protestant St. Matthew's Church in Basel. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . Vol. 29 (1897), No. 11, p. 74, doi: 10.5169 / seals-82452 ; No. 12, pp. 83 f., Doi: 10.5169 / seals-82456 ; No. 13, p. 92 f., Doi: 10.5169 / seals-82458 .
• Alexander Schlatter: The restoration of the St. Matthew Church - aspects of monument preservation. In: Basler Stadtbuch 2003 , pp. 164–166.

Web links

Commons : Matthaeuskirche Basel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Othmar Birkner , Hanspeter Rebsamen: Basel. In: Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): INSA 1850–1920. Volume 2, Orell Füssli, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-280-01716-5 , pp. 25–241, here p. 151 ( digitized version ).
2. ^ Dorothee Huber: Architectural Guide Basel. The building history of the city and its surroundings. Architekturmuseum Basel, Basel 1993, p. 229.

Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '1.9 "  N , 7 ° 35' 35.2"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and eleven thousand six hundred and twenty-five  /  two hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred and nine