All Saints' Day (Basel)

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Röm.kath Church of All Saints from the outside
Roman Catholic Church of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Roman Catholic church in the Swiss city ​​of Basel . It is located in Neubad - quarters in the district Bachletten and the Feast of All Saints consecrated.

history

The church was built by the architect Hermann Baur from 1947 after he had won a competition for a parish church and a parsonage in the Neubad district. In 1950 the foundation stone for the church was laid, the church is largely single-nave with concrete as a design element . Chiselled elements stand out in the interior. The Baurs window construction with prefabricated concrete elements in the upper area of ​​the nave is glare-free. It is considered exceptional and was later adopted in a similar form by other architects. The stone altar was created by Albert Schilling with relief decorations on all four sides, including a scene from the Lord's Supper and a seven-armed candlestick . The tabernacle at the end of the choir was made by Alexander Schaffner. A black and white marble existing sculpture is also from Schilling and was in their representation of Mary initially controversial. Some glass windows in bright basic colors were created by the French painter Alfred Manessier . The marble font was created by Hans Arp , the ceiling fresco by Ferdinand Gehr .

According to information from the city of Basel on March 5, 1996, the building was added to the city's list of monuments after consultation with the owner and based on a city law of December 1994.

In addition to the Catholic neighborhood parish , the Slovak , Filipino and Polish parishes also hold services in the church.

Ferdinand Gehr painted the ceiling of the chapel with the tri-shape in fresco, as if the voice of the Lord over the waters of the Jordan would sound at the baptism of Jesus by the forerunner John.
Interior with a ceiling painting by Armin Hofmann

Bells

The bells could only be realized much later after the opening of the church with donations from the church building association. It was not until 1976 that the All Saints' Day bells could be inaugurated. The pastor Anton Benz was able to carry out his last official act here.

The free-standing bell tower houses four bells from the Rüetschi foundry in the open upper part .

  • Bell 1 Marienglocke, tone of the 1 , weight 2100 kg
  • Bell 2 Kaiserheinrichsglocke tone es 1 , weight 1450 kg
  • Bell 3 brother claw bell tone total 1 , weight 920 kg
  • Bell 4 guardian angel bell, tone as 1 , weight 650 kg

literature

  • All Saints Church Basel

    All Saints Church Basel

  • Church tower of the Roman Catholic Church of All Saints

    Church tower

  • Interior with the stone altar by Albert Schilling

    Interior with the stone altar by Albert Schilling

  • Gallery with organ

    Gallery with organ

Web links

Commons : All Saints Church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1952/53 All Saints Church planned by Hermann Baur
  2. ↑ Window of the All Saints Church on bauforschungonline.ch
  3. ^ All Saints Church ( memento from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on Basel Tourism
  4. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Basel (PDF)

Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′ 52 "  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 5"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and nine thousand seven hundred forty-four  /  two hundred and sixty-six thousand three hundred and forty-eight