Gallus Chapel (Oberstammheim)
The Reformed Gallus Chapel in Oberstammheim is the oldest church building in the Stammheimertal. Your Romanesque core building goes into the 11th / 12th. Century back. Its high Gothic frescoes from the beginning of the 14th century make it an important cultural asset. That is why it is also under federal monument protection and is included in the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Zurich .
history
The village of Stammheim or a farm in Stammheim itself is mentioned as early as 761 and 879 in deeds of donation from the St. Gallen monastery . A chapel is also mentioned in the document from 879. However, it is assumed that this chapel will be rebuilt later. Because if there are no written sources for the origin of the Romanesque core building, based on the architectural style, it can be assumed that it was built in the 11th or 12th century. During the time of the Lords of Klingenberg , who took over the post of bailiffs from 1303, the frescoes that are preserved today will also have been painted. They are dated to around 1320 and assigned to a master in the area of the Manessian manuscript . Because around 1320 the chapel was extended to the west.
The place and with it the chapel became part of the canton of Zurich in 1464 . Conversion work can be documented for the year 1504. Pointed arched windows were installed and the interior was painted in the late Gothic style. On the occasion of the Reformation , the entire painting was whitewashed.
The chapel was enlarged in 1706. The ship was lengthened to the west and east. The choir was also given up, and a wooden pillar was drawn in instead of the choir arch. The window in the eastern choir wall was probably also bricked up at that time. The entire building came under the uniform roof with ridge turrets that is preserved today. The wooden ceiling that was built in at the time was replaced by a plaster ceiling in 1814.
During investigations for an upcoming renovation, the priest Alfred Farnen and the art historian Robert Durrer discovered the whitewashed wall paintings in 1896 . These were exposed and secured again during a renovation in 1909. During the restoration between 1964 and 1968, the plaster ceiling was replaced by a wooden ceiling. During this restoration, the bricked-up Romanesque window in the choir was discovered and reopened.
Furnishing
The wall paintings from 1320 can be found on the south wall. They are divided into three picture strips. The top one represents the story of creation , which is rather a rare motif for this time. The middle strip shows scenes from the youth of Christ which are separated by painted architectural parts. And the bottom strip evokes the passion of Christ.
On the north wall there are two fragments of the late Gothic wall painting from 1504. One is the dragon fight of St. George and a scene from the life of St. Eligius .
The hexagonal wooden pulpit was installed in the 19th century. The glass window in the choir wall was made in 1967 by Hans Affeltranger.
literature
- Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): The Gallus Chapel of Oberstammheim. Swiss Art Guides series. 1970.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A-Objects ZH 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 163 kB, 32 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
- ↑ a b Art Guide through Switzerland Volume 1 , 6th edition, page 885.
- ↑ a b c d e The Gallus Chapel in Oberstammheim. Page 2.
Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '2.5 " N , 8 ° 48' 4.1" E ; CH1903: 702400 / two hundred and seventy-six thousand eight hundred twenty