Friedenskirche (Bern)

The Peace Church

Portal of the Friedenskirche with a flight of stairs

The Reformed Church of Peace is located at Friedensstrasse 9 in the Mattenhof district of the city of Bern .

history

It was built by Karl Indermühle from 1918 to 1920 and inaugurated on November 21, 1920. It was given its name to commemorate the peace treaty after the First World War . The Indermühle project, which won a prize in 1915, had previously been called "Landmark".

The Friedenskirche crowns a hill, visible from afar, which until the middle of the 19th century was called Pastetenhubel (pastry hill ) due to its shape and then Vejelihubel (violet hill ). As it was assumed that once there was a shrine of the Germanic god Balder , a street on this hill was named Balderstrasse in 1914 . In 1917, the remains of graves were found during the construction of the church, but could not be dated.

Above the portal, to which a monumental flight of steps leads, is a quote from Isaiah 32:17 : "The fruit of righteousness will be peace". Around the neoclassical church building was built between 1916 and 1930 in the local style .

organ

The organ of the Friedenskirche was built in 1970 by the organ building company Theodor Kuhn AG. The slider chests -instrument has 46 registers on three manual stations and pedal. The action actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I positive C-g 3 Dumped 8th' Quintatön 8th' Principal 4 ′ Pointed flute 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 1' Mixture IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′ Rankett 16 ′ Krummhorn 8th'

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 Tube bare 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Viola da gamba 8th' Octave 4 ′ Hollow flute 4 ′ Super octave 2 ′ Mixture major IV-V 2 ′ Mixture minor III-IV 1' Cornet v 8th' Trumpet 8th'

III Swell C – g 3 Principal 8th' Coupling flute 8th' Salicet 8th' Unda maris 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Flageolet 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture IV 2 ′ Zimbel IV 1 ⁄ 2 ′ Basson 16 ′ Trompette harmonique 8th' Clairon 4 ′

Pedals C – f 1 Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Principal 8th' Pointed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Gemshorn 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ trombone 16 ′ prong 8th' shawm 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, IIII / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Web links

Commons : Friedenskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Parish of Peace Bern
• Building inventory worthy of protection City of Bern (PDF download 649 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the builder company

Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 30 "  N , 7 ° 25 ′ 24"  E ; CH1903:  598,835  /  198953