Redeemer (Zurich-Riesbach)

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Church of the Redeemer, exterior view

The Church of the Redeemer is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Riesbach district of Zurich . It was built in the New Building style.

history

The parish of Redeemer is a daughter parish of St. Anton (Hottingen) . The rapid increase in the residential population in the Riesbach district caused the need for a church to grow after the First World War . Since in 1933, which was celebrated by the Catholic Church in honor of Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of mankind, the Kultusverein von St. Anton was able to buy a building plot on Zollikerstrasse for the construction of a new church in the Riesbach district, this Church of the Redeemer was named.

On this building site in the historic center of Riesbach, the house "Altenhof", which once housed an inn , stood initially . In this house, a pastoral care station including an emergency church was built in 1933 , which was set up in the vaulted cellar of the house.

The Bishop of Chur , Laurenz Matthias Vincenz , laid the foundation stone for the construction of the church on February 21, 1937 . This was built according to plans by the architect Karl Strobel (1889–1966). He had also designed the first church of the parish Heilig Geist (Höngg) and the parish church of Stansstad . On September 26th, the newly built church was consecrated by the diocesan bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz. By decree of December 22, 1937, the bishop separated the redeemer parish from the parish of St. Anton and made it an independent parish.

1972 to 1976 the basement was redesigned by the architect Benito Davi (1929–2008). The original lower church was converted into a parish hall and a chapel was set up to replace it . From 1984 to 1987 the interior of the church was renovated and in 1993 the exterior was renovated. In the course of the renovation from 1984 to 1987, the church forecourt was also redesigned.

The parish Erlöser has 2,689 members (as of 2017) and is the fourth smallest of the 23 Roman Catholic parishes in Zurich after St. Martin (Fluntern) , Maria Hilf (Leimbach) and Dreikönigen (Enge).

Building description

Church tower and bells

The steeple

The tower height with the cross is 38 meters. On June 25, 1950, Christian Caminada, Bishop of Chur, consecrated the bells, which were financed through a collection campaign. They were cast by the Albert Junker company in Brilon, Westphalia . The planned 6th bell (es1) did not take place for unknown reasons. Since the ringing with a special alloy (Briloner special bronze and copper - silicon - alloy ) was cast, it represents a rarity in the Swiss bells landscape.

number Weight diameter volume dedication
1 4100 kg 187 cm B. Redeemer
2 2430 kg 157 cm of Mother of God
3 1200 kg 125 cm f St. Rita
4th 720 kg 103 cm a Brother Klaus
5 510 kg 94 cm b Guardian Angel

Outside and inside

Side view with one of the two outside galleries

The architect Karl Strobel designed a "decidedly simple building that sets an urban accent with its towering tower". A high staircase leads to the front wall of the church, into which a large window is let, which is raised by three crosses on the roof. These crosses symbolize the Calvary and refer to the patronage of the church, the redemption of humanity through Christ's death on the cross. The three entrance portals represent the Trinity .

The church gives the impression of a hall church , but has two low aisles, which are separated from the nave by hexagonal pillars . The side walls of the church are staggered in section: the pillars that delimit the aisles from the nave in the interior continue above the base wall in the exterior space and support the protruding roof. In this way, a gallery is created in the outside space along the side walls. Inside, the church interior consists of seven almost identical yokes , which symbolize the seven sacraments .

Furnishing

inside view

Significant artists could be won over for the decoration of the church: Toni Schneider-Manzell , Salzburg, designed the stations of the cross in bronze , who also realized the bronze portals of the cathedral of Salzburg , the Speyer cathedral and the Essen cathedral . The large mosaic on the choir wall, which was created in 1963, is also attributed to him. It represents Christ the Redeemer, to whose glory the Church is consecrated. The depiction of Christ is flanked on the left by that of Pope Pius X (1835–1914) and on the right by one of the pastor of Ars (1786–1859) and St. Rita of Cascia (1381–1447).

The colored windows from 1964 come from the French-speaking Swiss artist Paul Monnier . He had also designed the stained glass windows in the Dreikönigen (Enge) , St. Konrad (Albisrieden) , Sainte Famille (Hottingen) and Maria Frieden (Dübendorf) churches . The windows show old, basic images of Christian iconography (deer, dove of peace , fish, ship, rainbow).

As part of the interior renovation by architect Benito Davi from 1984 to 1987, a confessional room was built under the organ loft instead of the original baptistery. By using wood in warm tones, Benito Davi gave the church a friendlier gesture and thus took away from the church its originally sober character of the architectural style Neues Bauen. As part of this interior renovation, Susana Polac (1915–1991), Avila (Spain) also designed a new tabernacle , an Easter candlestick and a candle holder.

organ

View of the Mathis organ

The first organ in the church was built by the organ construction company Gebrüder Späth , Rapperswil SG . It was bought in 1939 by the Thurgau municipality of Sirnach. It had 23 registers and two transmissions. During installation, the organ was equipped with new wind chests, the console was replaced and placed in the middle of the prospectus . At the beginning of the sixties the organ was renewed, whereby the company Späth expanded the instrument to three manuals with electric action and 36 registers and set up the console at the side.

In 1956 the church also received a choir organ with nine registers, also built by the Späth company.

In 1986, following the extensive church renovation, the first organ was replaced by a new building with 32 registers from the organ building company Mathis , Näfels. Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini designed the work arrangement in collaboration with Max Lütolf . Andreas Heinzle and Benito Davi designed the prospectus. The new organ was inaugurated on September 21, 1986.

The disposition of the organ:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 '
Octave 2 ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Cornet 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
Reed flute 8th'
Suavial 8th'
Pifaro 8th'
Principal 4 ′
flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
flute 2 ′
third 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Plein Jeu 2 ′
oboe 8th'
Tremulant
III Oberwerk C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 1'
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Krummhorn 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

chapel

The chapel, which was built to replace the lower church that was converted into a large parish hall, received two stained glass windows by the artist Christoph Zünd, Guntershausen , as jewelry in 1976 . They show the following motifs: “Water”, “Sun”, “Moon and Stars”. The tabernacle of the chapel was also designed by Zünd. The Corpus Christi from 1981 comes from Albert Wider (1910–1985), Widnau .

See also

literature

  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
  • Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989.
  • Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2012.
  • Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. Passau 2012.
  • Parish Redeemer (ed.): Soli Deo Gloria . Booklet from the organ CD on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Church of the Redeemer. Zurich 2012.
  • City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014.

Web links

Commons : Erlöser Zürich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 12.
  2. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 6.
  3. ^ Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. P. 160.
  4. ^ Parish website, History section. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  5. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 6.
  6. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 87.
  7. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 87.
  8. ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich: Annual Report 2017. p. 84.
  9. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 87.
  10. ^ Parish website, History section. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  11. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 10.
  12. ^ Parish website, History section. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  13. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 13.
  14. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 193.
  15. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 8.
  16. ^ Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. P. 160.
  17. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 23.
  18. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. Pp. 18-19.
  19. ^ Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. P. 160.
  20. ↑ Booklet of the CD Soli Deo Gloria , p. 10.
  21. ^ Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. P. 160.
  22. ^ Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. P. 161.
  23. ↑ Booklet of the CD SOli Deo Gloria , p. 10.
  24. ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Organ directory Switzerland . Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  25. ^ Parish website, History section. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  26. ^ Jutta Betz: Zurich Church of the Redeemer. P. 31.

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '17.1 "  N , 8 ° 33' 40.4"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-four thousand eight hundred thirteen  /  245486