Evangelical Church in Steckborn

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Evangelical Church in Steckborn
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Basic data
Place: Steckborn
Canton: Thurgau
Country: Switzerland
Altitude : 403  m
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '0.2 "  N , 8 ° 59' 0"  E ; CH1903:  716017  /  280708
Use: Observation tower
Accessibility: Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : 1835
Building material : Bricked up
Total height : 50  m
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Evangelical Church in Steckborn (Canton Thurgau)
Evangelical Church in Steckborn
Evangelical Church in Steckborn
Localization of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland

The Evangelical Church Steckborn is a village image formative Evangelical - Reformed church in Thurgau Steckborn at the Untersee . It has been a listed building by the Swiss Confederation since 1968 .

history

Beginnings

The monks of the Reichenau monastery are likely to have founded the parish of Steckborn and the first church in town. The oldest demonstrable building structure goes back to the 9th century. The church, which was under the patronage of James the Elder and followed the architectural style of the Romanesque , had about a quarter of the floor space of the present church and was expanded in the High Middle Ages at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1209 a separate pastor was mentioned for the first time, and in 1344 the parish was formally incorporated into Reichenau. The citizens of Steckborn tried to secure the church's right to have a say by means of early measurement pounds and a Marienkaplanei. For this reason, a Lady Chapel was added to the north of the church in the 15th century. A late Gothic renovation before the Reformation extended the nave to the west to its present-day dimensions.

Phase of equal usage

Since the Reformation in Steckborn was accepted by a majority of the population in 1534, the church has been used equally by both major denominations . In the years 1766–1768, the episcopal building director Franz Anton Bagnato built today's church. The new building was preceded by a dispute between the majority Protestant citizens, who had commissioned a counter-project from the master builder Johannes Grubenmann from Teufen AR , and the Bishop of Constance, who was able to prevail in the new building.

Until 1803, when the last monks left the island, the monks of the Reichenau monastery exercised rights over the Steckborn parish. After the abolition of the monastery, a parity church building fund was set up for the maintenance of the church, which existed until the 20th century. This made it possible that in the years 1833-1835 the previous choir tower in the east of the church could be replaced by today's classicist front tower in the west. The builder of this tower was Rudolf Hoffmann from Islikon TG .

In 1962–1963, the Catholics built their own church, the Church of St. James , so that the town church was completely owned by the Protestant parish.

Todays use

Since 1962 the church has been used exclusively by the Evangelical parish of Steckborn . This is an independent parish within the Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau and there part of the Deanery III Untersee . In the years 1968–1970 the church was renovated under Ernst Oberhänsli, and in 2015–2016 the interior of the church was renovated.

Exterior and steeple

Located in the center of the old town, the Evangelical Church rises on an elevated ground. The church consists of three buildings: In the east is the choir , which is adjoined by the wide, baroque church area, which is closed off by the classical front tower.

On the west side of the church, just as the church is raised from the old town, three buildings from the 18th century are grouped: the former wash house (today the parish secretariat), the former old school house (first mentioned as a school in 1525, now the parish hall) and the Rectory . These three buildings were built over the western city wall and encompass the church square.

The four-storey church tower attached to the church building has an octagonal pointed helmet . With its cantilevered terrace and cast iron railings, the tower has become a symbol of the city. The viewing platform can be climbed at a height of approx. 35 meters via 176 steps. You have a view of Steckborn , the Untersee , the Höri and the Seerücken . The visitor enters the church through the portal in the front tower.

Four bells hang in the church tower:

  • The big bell weighs 2300 kg and dates from 1524. It bears the inscription: Laudo Deum verum, plebum voco, congrego clerum. defunctos ploro, festa decoro, pestem demonesque fugo. (German: I praise the true God, call the people, gather the clergy. I lament the dead, decorate the festivals, drive away the plague and demons. )
  • The eleven o'clock bell weighs 647 kg and dates from 1843. It bears the inscriptions: Just as the sound fades in the ear, the mighty resounding sound, so they teach that nothing exists, that everything earthly fades away and what is below The changing fate brings deep to the earthly son, that strikes the metallic crown, which it continues to sound edifying.
  • The third bell is the prayer time bell. It weighs 358 kg, dates from 1843 and has the inscription: To pray late and early, I urge you, never forget it.
  • The christening bell is the smallest bell with a weight of 151 kg. It dates from 1843. Its inscription reads: Dear Peace, Thy hand, always bless the Fatherland.

  • Stairs in the church tower

  • Viewing platform
    (view to the west)

  • Bells

Interior and artistic equipment

The interior of the church consists of a wide, bright room, which corresponds to the ideal of a Protestant, transverse preaching room as well as a Catholic longitudinal building, as the choir follows the east wall of the church, in which the high altar was set up until the end of the equal use . The choir was closed off with a curtain from the ship for the duration of the Protestant services . Above the basket arch that connects the choir to the church space into which is stucco a cartridge inserted. It bears the inscription Soli deo gloria (Eng. God alone glory ). Two more cartridges on the east wall show the coats of arms of the Labhardt (left) and Hanhart (right) families involved in the construction . The stucco was probably made by Konstanz artists. The pulpit dates from 1767 and was decorated with Rococo ornaments. The tapestry in the choir was embroidered by parishioners from 1974 to 1975 and shows a cross .

  • View to the gallery

  • cartridge

  • pulpit

organ

In 1910, the company Orgelbau Th. Kuhn , Männedorf, built a pneumatic organ with 21 sounding stops. The instrument was rebuilt from 1923 to 1924 and remained in existence until 1968. In 1970, the Kuhn company again created today's instrument, which was again erected on the horseshoe-shaped western gallery. The housing follows the color scheme of the church interior and is kept in white. Two free-standing pedal towers flank the organ's main prospect. In 1992 a revision was carried out by Markus Wagenbach (Kuhn company). The chamfered fifth was set from 1 1 ⁄ 3 to 2 2 ⁄ 3 and the third ninth was converted to the third 1 3 ⁄ 5 ; the highest choir was shut down by the intoxicating bass in the pedal. In 2017 another revision was carried out by Uwe Schacht from Kuhn, with the assistance of the local organist. Here, of the mixtures in the main and upper works, the highest choir was shut down and the tempering according to Vallotti was carried out.

Kuhn organ from 1970

The disposition of the organ:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Pommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Tube bare 8th'
Viola da gamba 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Sesquialtera 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Octav 2 ′
Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Upper structure (swellable) C – g 3
Oak covered 8th'
Quintatön 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
recorder 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Scharff III  2 ⁄ 3 ′
Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
Rauschbass IV 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Dolcan 4 ′
trombone 16 ′
prong 8th'

literature

  • The Protestant town church St. Jakob. In: Alfons Raimann, Peter Erni: The art monuments of the Canton of Thurgau, Vol. VI, Steckborn district. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2011, pp. 335–344. Digitized
  • Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. Frauenfeld 2007, pp. 432-435.
  • Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (Ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn. Flyer. Steckborn 2015.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Steckborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  2. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (Ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 2.
  3. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  4. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (Ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 2.
  5. ^ Website of the evangelical parish, section From the building history . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  7. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (Ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 2.
  8. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  9. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (Ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 2.
  10. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  11. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 3.
  12. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. P. 432.
  13. ^ Website of the evangelical parish, section The church bells . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Steckborn (ed.): Welcome to the Evangelical Church in Steckborn , p. 3.
  15. ^ Website of the Protestant parish, section The organ and its disposition. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  16. ↑ Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Churches and organs in Thurgau. Pp. 433-434.
  17. ^ Community news February-March 2017. p. 1. Retrieved on February 3, 2017.
  18. ^ Inventory of the church art of the parish of Steckborn - inventory of organs in Thurgau - Evangelical Church of Steckborn. PDF file, accessed February 3, 2017.
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