Church of the Resurrection (Konolfingen)

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The Konolfingen Resurrection Church. Entrance front with tower

The Church of the Resurrection is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of the Resurrection in Konolfingen , built in 1967 . The Roman Catholic parish Konolfingen following residents communities include: Arni , Biglen , Bowil , Brenzikofen , Freimettigen , Grosshöchstetten , Häutligen , Herbligen , Konolfingen, Landiswil , Linden , Mirchel , Niederhünigen , Oberdiessbach , Oberhünigen , Oberthal , Oppligen , Schlosswil , Walkringen and Zäziwil .

Parish history

Even before the canton of Bern recognized the Roman Catholic parishes of the Konolfingen district in 1939, the Thun parish had set up a teaching station there in 1916. After the recognition, Konolfingen belonged to the parish of Burgdorf , but was still looked after by the parish of Thun. In 1951, the Konolfingen Parish Rectorate, established in 1949, was recognized by the Canton of Bern as an auxiliary parish office. The first pastor was Paul Engler. The Roman Catholic religious association of the offices of Konolfingen and Signau , founded in 1948, decided to build a Resurrection Church with a tower, classroom and parsonage in Konolfingen in 1966. The financial plan was approved by the responsible parish of Burgdorf and the contract was placed with the Burgdorf architect Adrian Keckeis. The foundation stone was laid on September 4, 1966 and the church was ceremonially consecrated on November 25, 1967. After the founding of the independent parish, the Kultusverein was dissolved in 1970. With the neighboring parish of St. Johannes in Münsingen BE , the parish of Resurrection has formed the pastoral area Bern-Süd since 2012 and is now connected to the pastoral area of ​​the Bern region established by Bishop Felix Gmür on May 25, 2018.

The church

View from the west

Acute triangles are the most striking architectural features of the Church of the Resurrection. In the tent-like roof, which is covered with dark slate, three high dormer windows are installed on both sides. With the gable walls bent outwards, space is created inside for the organ and gallery as well as for the choir. The free-standing bell tower is shaped like a pointed triangle on an irregularly square floor plan. The parish hall and the rectory are attached to the church as side wings.

inner space

Interior with choir

Through the high walls that rise to the ridge, the colored, refracted daylight falls through the triangular windows on both sides of the nave. The concrete glass windows were created by Karl Hausherr . In the center of the choir hangs a wooden cross with a larger than life figure of Christ from the beginning of the 17th century , supposedly from the area around Sachseln . The sculptor Ludwig Stocker designed the altar, the ambo and the base blocks of the tabernacle and the statue of the Madonna, as well as the baptismal font at the entrance, from red lava stone.

organ

Roman Catholic Resurrection Church Konolfingen. organ

The organ building of Wälti, Gümligen, 1977 created organ has 16 registers on two manuals and pedal . It has mechanical actions and slide chests .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Flat flute 2 ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Spanish trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
Dumped 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3 
Principal 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5 
Cymbel 1 ⁄ 2
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Pointed flute 8th'
Schwiegel 4 ′
bassoon 16 ′

literature

  • Hans Schmocker: Konolfingen, texts and pictures about a Bernese community . Residential community Konolfingen, Konolfingen 1983, p. 128 .
  • Konolfingen local council: Konolfingen, the chronicle: 1983–2008 . Konolfingen local council, Konolfingen 2010, p. 94-95 .

See also

List of Roman Catholic churches in the canton of Bern

Web links

Commons : Church of the Resurrection  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grand Council resolution on the delimitation of the parishes. In: Website of the Government Council of the Canton of Bern, April 4, 2012 (PDF; 111 kB)
  2. ↑ Parish chronicle PDF
  3. ↑ Pastoral area of ​​the Bern region
  4. ↑ Geoportal Canton of Bern PDF
  5. ^ Organ profile Kath. Auferstehungskirche Konolfingen In: Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '36.1 "  N , 7 ° 37' 26.9"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred and forty-one  /  191747