Wollishofen old church
The old Wollishofen Church is an Evangelical Reformed church building in the Wollishofen district of Zurich . It is on Kilchbergstrasse not far from the Morgental district center.
history
In the Middle Ages, the then farming village of Wollishofen belonged to the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Kilchberg , which stretched from Rüschlikon and Adliswil to Enge . A first chapel in Wollishofen is attested in 1281. The current church was built in 1702. In the second half of the 18th century, a brick porch was added to the church and the belfry was rebuilt. From 1862 to 1863 the choir was lowered and the old wooden ceiling was replaced by a plaster ceiling. In the years 1890 and 1916 construction work was carried out on the tower. 1935–1936, the new Wollishofen Church was built on a hill not far from the old church . Extensive interior work was carried out on the old church in Wollishofen from 1945 to 1948: the paneling, the seating and the renovation of the floor as well as the lowering of the gallery. Today, however, the old church functions again as the main church space for the congregation, as the new church with its 700 seats has become too big.
description
The rectangular hall church has a recessed polygonal choir closure in the east and a porch in the west. A striking roof turret from 1916 with a clock tower and a pointed onion dome sits on the gable roof in the west . There are various epitaphs on the church walls . The church is accessed via the south open vestibule or via the east side portal.
Inside, with is inlaid ornate pulpit of walnut remarkable. It dates from 1702 and bears the inscription: "How vil Eüwer were baptized in Christ, who put on Christ. Gal. III A 1702". The cycle of stained glass , created by Max Hunziker from 1948 to 1958 , includes all windows. The gallery can be reached via the anteroom of the church .
The original bells of the church were cast by Moritz Füessli in 1702. The smaller one is now in the Landesmuseum Zurich , the middle one was melted down and the largest is at the west entrance of the church. Today three bells from the H. Rüetschi foundry in Aarau are ringing .
organ
On the gallery is a two-manual organ with 22 sounding stops , built in 1948 by Ziegler-Heberlein (Uetikon am See) . Their first predecessor instrument was a harmonium, purchased in 1875, which itself replaced a lead singer who had previously instructed the congregation singing. In 1906 a pneumatic membrane shutter organ was built by Carl Theodor Kuhn with 11 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The instrument was in the choir of the church. In 1948 on the occasion of the church renovation, the choir was cleared again and today's organ was erected on the gallery. In 1985 an overhaul by Orgelbau Ziegler took place. The gaming table was replaced here. In 1996 there was a general overhaul by Orgelbau Trost (successor to Ziegler). The membranes and the electro-pneumatic ballast were replaced and the instrument was re-voiced.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Register crescendo , 4-way setting system, various storage units
See also
literature
- Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005, p. 787.
- Building Construction Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, p. 82.
- ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, pp. 80–82.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Old Church Zurich-Wollishofen. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '36 " N , 8 ° 31' 58.5" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eighty-two thousand six hundred ninety-two / 244184