Barfüsserkirche (Basel)
The Barfüsserkirche (formerly also the Franciscan Church ) is located in the Swiss city of Basel , is a former monastery church and now houses the Museum of History of the Basel Historical Museum . Centrally located in the city center of Grossbasel , the church building dominates Barfüsserplatz .
prehistory
Since 1231, the brothers of the Franciscan mendicant order , also known as Barfüsser in German-speaking countries , were based in the city of Basel. First they were outside the city wall at today's Petersgraben, where the Gnadental monastery was built after them . In 1250 they received the right to settle within the city walls from Bishop Berthold von Pfirt . A first monastery church was built there between 1253 and 1256. In 1298 it burned down.
Monastery church
After the fire of 1298, with the support of the Bishop of Basel , the late Gothic Barfüsserkirche was built in the style of a mendicant order church. The church got a flat-roofed nave and a choir with glass paintings and a rood screen . The choir of the Barfüsserkirche is one of the most exciting spatial creations on the Upper Rhine with its height and the close sequence of windows . Apparently, a new building for the church was planned before the fire. After the fire, a comprehensive new building took place: the church was moved towards the city, but old parts of the building were integrated. The inclusion of old components with the simultaneous narrowing of the central nave resulted in the asymmetry of the front side towards Barfüsserplatz, which is still visible today.
In October 1975, the mummy of a woman who could be identified as Anna Catharina Bischoff was discovered in a grave .
Goods and salt storage
Like many other monastery churches, the Barfüsserkirche suffered during the Reformation in 1529 with the iconoclasm of Basel. It was looted and partially demolished. The stained glass windows and the rood screen were destroyed and the church had to be abandoned by the monastery. The Lainen cemetery belonging to the Barfüsserkirche was redesigned to a public square in 1529 and the church was gradually profaned . The city used the Barfüsserkirche as a warehouse and later as a salt warehouse, which caused great damage to the building fabric . The church was supposed to be demolished in 1882, but the Grand Council decided to keep it with a narrow majority.
Historical Museum Basel
Between 1890 and 1894, the Keltenborn architects converted the Barfüsserkirche into the Historical Museum of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. The aisles were reduced in size, the roof was rebuilt and, among other things, the west gable was increased. In order to gain floor space, galleries were also moved into the aisles .
Between 1975 and 1981, the building had to be restored because of the salt residue that was still in effect and the previous modifications were reversed. The lateral galleries were torn out again, the central nave pillars were replaced, the rood screen , which was broken off in 1843, was reconstructed and the church interior was rededicated . The basement was expanded and additional exhibition rooms were installed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanation of the asymmetry at www.altbasel.ch, accessed on August 9, 2014
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Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '16 " N , 7 ° 35' 26.1" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eleven thousand four hundred thirty-nine / 267 094