St. Laurentius (Winterthur-Wülflingen)
The St. Laurentius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Winterthur district of Wülflingen . It is the third youngest of the seven territorial parishes in Winterthur.
history
History and naming
A church in Wülflingen was first mentioned in 1239 . Archaeological excavations, however, already show a first wooden building from the 2nd half of the 6th century, a stone building around 650–700, then a late Carolingian building from the 9th century and other later church buildings. Today's reformed church is a baroque building from 1681, the tower dates from 1757. The church of Wülflingen is mentioned in the 10th century as the property of the Lords of Wülflingen . The collation was with the Counts of Habsburg around 1239 , then with the Lords of Lakes and in 1455 with the Lords of Rümlang . In 1515 the city of Winterthur bought the patronage for the city's hospital.
The church was named after St. Laurentius , who was the first patron of the now reformed city church in Winterthur .
Development and construction history
In the second half of the 19th century, Catholics returned to Wülflingen for the first time since the Reformation in 1523. In the course of industrialization , they had moved to the Winterthur region from eastern and central Switzerland , but also from Catholic countries abroad. In 1900 their number reached almost 500 in Wülflingen alone. The parish of St. Peter and Paul in Winterthur-Neuwiesen was responsible for them at that time . When the number of Catholics in Wülflingen had grown to 1242 in 1950, the construction of a church in the quarter became a priority. Fundraising began to raise money for the future church. In 1953 the building commission was convened and entrusted with a project planning contract. The winner of the architecture competition was the chalice project (the people's room and the chancel penetrate each other through two interlocking ellipses ) by the architect Hermann Baur . The project included the church, tower, parish center and rectory. However, the latter had to be dispensed with for cost reasons. Instead, the neighboring property on Oberfeldweg was acquired.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 29, 1957, four months later the foundation stone was consecrated by Vicar General Theobaldi from Zurich. On 7./8. March 1959 the bishop of Chur , Christian Caminada , consecrated the church. Until 1970 St. Laurentius was a parish rectorate of the mother parish of St. Peter and Paul Winterthur-Neuwiesen, then St. Laurentius was raised to an independent parish. In the 1970s, the altar area of the church was adapted to the requirements of the liturgy constitution of the Second Vatican Council : the tabernacle and the statue of Our Lady were moved to the front right, an ambo was placed on the left and the communion pews were removed from the church. In 1976 the parsonage was expanded and in the years 2008–2009 the parsonage, its annex building and the property at Wülflingerstrasse 181 were converted, the latter into a parish office.
The parish of St. Laurentius, along with the other Catholic parishes in the city, belongs to the parish of Winterthur. With 25,882 members (as of 2014), this is the largest Catholic parish in the Canton of Zurich. The parish of St. Laurentius is responsible for 4,347 Catholics (as of 2017).
Building description
Building construction and church tower
24 pillars stand on the floor of the church and support the 800 square meter concrete ceiling, which was concreted in thirty hours of continuous work by the builders. For the formwork of the concrete structure alone, 1,600 m² of wood was required, which corresponds to an area of more than six double tennis courts. After the scaffolding had been removed, the exposed brickwork of the church was built.
The 35 meter high church tower has housed four bells since November 19, 1958, which were cast in the Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau. These are the Christ, Mary, Apostle and Guardian Angel bells. The tower is completed by a tower crown designed by artist Albert Schilling , which also adorns the front of the church in a two-dimensional design.
| number | Weight | diameter | volume | dedication |
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| 1 | 1730 kg | 1450 mm | cis | Christ |
| 2 | 1100 kg | 1230 mm | e | Ave Maria |
| 3 | 770 kg | 1100 mm | f sharp | apostle |
| 4th | 520 kg | 970 mm | g sharp | Guardian Angel |
Interior and artistic equipment
Well-known artists worked on the design of the St. Laurentius Church: Ferdinand Gehr created the glass paintings and the ceramics, Albert Schilling the altar area in the church and the baptismal font under the organ gallery. Hans von Matt designed the reliefs in the entrance areas of the church (about St. Lawrence and St. Anthony) as well as the reliefs in front of the entrance doors to the church (crucifixion and creation). The Madonna with the baby Jesus comes from Albert Wider, Widnau SG.
Works by Ferdinand Gehr
The large windows of the church were designed purely decorative so that the daylight illuminates the church discreetly. The stained glass window above the baptismal font depicts the theme God gives life . The bottom of the picture is occupied by the soil from which a plant sprouts like a bud. Above that, on the left, the cloud of God is shown, from which the hand of God comes out. With this design Ferdinand Gehr emphasized that baptism gives people new and eternal life . Above the side entrances and the confessionals as well as on the parapet of the gallery and above the sacristy door there are black and white ceramic panels, which were also designed by Ferdinand Gehr. They show John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God with the cross, then the rice that sprouts from the root of Jesse , on the street side the parable of the prodigal son who comes out of the dark into the bright house of the father, and Jesus with the parable of the birds of the sky and the lilies of the field. Above the sacristy door, Laurentius is depicted as a deacon and evangelist. The balustrade of the gallery is decorated with trumpet angels and the sign of the Son of Man , who will come to the perfection of redemption on the clouds of heaven .
Works by Albert Schilling
Altar, baptismal font, lecture cross, tabernacle and the four holy water basins are by the artist Albert Schilling. The altar made of white marble has a symbol and an inscription on each of its four sides. A loop with three circular formations is shown facing the community, symbols of the Trinity . The corresponding text in Latin is translated: Through him and with him and in him God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit is to you all glory and honor. It is the praise at the end of the prayer of the Eucharist . The side facing the priest's seat is consecrated to God the Father and shows the burning bush , underneath the inscription means: I am. The accompanying script contains the beginning of the Our Father : Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. The narrow side facing the sacristy door is adorned with a chalice and a host , both of which are surrounded by two circles. The text says: Whenever you do this, do it in memory of me. This side of the altar is dedicated to Jesus Christ . The fourth side facing the street is consecrated to the Holy Spirit and shows wavy lines with a tongue of fire. This refers to the creation account , where it says that the Spirit of God has floated over the waters of the primordial flood. The text is translated into German: Come, sanctifying, eternal God, and bless this sacrifice that has been prepared for your holy name. This is the prayer for the preparation of gifts , which was spoken silently by the priest before the reform of the liturgy. The baptismal font, like the altar, is consecrated to the Trinity and this is made clear in the script: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. A hand for God the Father, a fish for Jesus Christ and a dove for the Holy Spirit complete the design of the baptismal font. The tabernacle is adorned with angels made in enamel. Round openings on the lecture cross indicate the stigmata of Christ.
Altar by Albert Schilling
Altar, south elevation
tabernacle
Baptismal font
organ
The first organ from St. Laurentius was an electronic one, which was replaced in 1970 by today's pipe organ made by Neidhart and L'Hôte, Neuchâtel . The instrument has 27 registers , which are divided into two manuals and pedal .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
crypt
The lead glass windows in the crypt were made by Ferdinand Gehr and represent the revelation of God's glory in creation and salvation history. Above the altar, the revelation of God in Jesus Christ is thematized, represented as the Christ child to whom the holy kings worship . On the left side you can see Moses in front of the burning bush, while on the right side there is a Pentecost picture with the apostles and Mary as well as a picture of the flood with Noah's ark and the rainbow. Crystalline forms, plants and animals (e.g. birds) surround this design. On the far right is a window depicting the glory of eternal life. The Easter candlestick and the cross in the crypt are early works by Josef Caminada .
In 1972 the crypt received its current organ positive . It comes from the Mathis company , Näfels.
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In 2009 the crypt was renovated and the liturgical furnishings were supplemented by the installation of a fixed anvil and an Easter candlestick.
literature
- Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
- Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. Winterthur 2009.
- Peter Niederhäuser: From Diaspora to Ecumenism. 150 years of the Roman Catholic parish of Winterthur and the parish of St. Peter and Paul. Winterthur 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Chur (Ed.): Schematismus des Bistums Chur, p. 266.
- ↑ Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. P. 17.
- ^ Kurt Münch: The 1950s and the building of St. Laurentius. In: Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. Pp. 14-17.
- ↑ Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. Pp. 34-35, 39.
- ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich (ed.): Annual Report 2014. Zurich 2014, p. 79.
- ↑ Katholische Kirchgemeinde Winterthur, counting of Catholics as of December 31, 2017.
- ^ Kurt Münch: The 1950s and the building of St. Laurentius. In: Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. Pp. 15-16.
- ↑ [1] Retrieved November 22, 2013
- ↑ [2] Retrieved November 22, 2013
- ^ Albert Mantel: On the artistic design of our church. In: Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. P. 22.
- ^ Albert Mantel: On the artistic design of our church. In: Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. Pp. 23-25.
- ↑ Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. P. 26.
- ^ Albert Mantel: On the artistic design of our church. In: Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. P. 21.
- ↑ Roman Catholic Parish St. Laurentius (Ed.): Festschrift St. Laurentius 1959–2009. Offe and with Fröid mitenand wiitergah. P. 38.
Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '34.6 " N , 8 ° 42' 8.6" E ; CH1903: 695 201 / 262861