Holy Family (Schöftland)
The Church of the Holy Family is the Roman Catholic church in Schöftland in the canton of Aargau . It was built between 1979 and 1980 by the architect Walter Moser .
History and parish structure
prehistory
In the decades of the Kulturkampf and the separation of the Christian Catholic from the Roman Catholic Church, it was not easy for the latter in the canton of Aargau. Not until 1882 was a Roman Catholic parish re-established in the canton, namely St. Peter and Paul in Aarau. The clergy of this parish looked after the Roman Catholic Christians in 27 political parishes. Therefore, efforts were made to set up further pastoral care offices or parishes, which was only possible gradually due to lack of money. In 1916 a teaching station was set up in Muhen and two years later in Schöftland. On February 2, 1930, the first Roman Catholic service took place in Schöftland Castle . Since a number of industrial companies and craftsmen settled in the central Suhrental after the construction of the Suhrentalbahn , more and more Catholic workers and their families moved to the region to find work here. In 1930, only 385 people were Catholic, around 2 percent of the total population. But it was foreseeable that the number of Catholics would continue to increase. That is why the Bishop of Basel , Joseph Ambühl , appointed Schöftland as a parish vicariate on August 1, 1930. And they quickly began to plan the construction of a simple hall church with a rectory . On 26 June 1932, the first simple church of Catholics in Schöftland was the Holy Family benediziert . At that time Catholics in 15 political parishes were cared for from Schöftland.
Despite its simplicity, this first church building with the rectory next to it was committed to the architectural style of New Building , a variant of modernism : the building had a flat roof and was built by Adolf Studer (1894–1938). It was initially planned to rededicate this first church as a parish hall when building a later, larger church. B. also happened at the church of St. Mauritius Regensdorf . Instead, a parish hall was added to the church soon, namely in 1933.
Development of the parish and structure
After the Second World War , the number of Catholics in Kölliken grew rapidly. Therefore a second church was built there in 1964, which was consecrated to Our Lady . In order to take account of the growing importance of the community, Bishop Anton Hänggi elevated Schöftland together with Kölliken to an independent parish within the Aarau district parish. The number of Catholics continued to increase in these years, which led to space problems, especially in Schöftland. In 1976 a competition for a new church was held; the rectory, however, was to be preserved. Walter Moser's project initially only achieved second place, but was then carried out anyway. In 1979 the new building of the church began and on August 31, 1980, Bishop Anton Hänggi inaugurated the new Schöftland parish center.
In 2002 the architects Werner Schibli, Aarau, and Marcel Haller, Schöftland, carried out a first renovation with concrete refurbishment at the Church of the Holy Family Schöftland. The components originally created as fair-faced concrete elements, such as the bell tower and areas of the gable facade, were also painted white so that the original color and material contrast was lost.
Today the parish has enough space with the two church centers in Schöftland and Kölliken. A good 21 percent of the population are Catholic, a total of over 4,660 people. The proportion of foreigners in the parish is 26 percent, which is a lot higher than in the total regional population (approx. 10 percent). Today the parish is part of the pastoral area of the Aarau region.
Building description
Church tower and exterior
The Holy Family Church was built a little north of the center of Schöftland on a quiet side street. Walter Moser planned the church, including the parish center, as a uniform structure, which had both exposed concrete elements and plastered masonry. The free-standing bell tower, which was built on the street side, indicates the location of the church on Birkenweg. Shed roofs close off the building parts at the top. These roofs all converge roughly in the middle of the building. The original fair -faced concrete tower is made up of two unevenly thick pillars , which are then connected to each other at the level of the bell chamber by a U-shaped concrete shell. The open sides of the bell house are clad with thin, vertical bars. To the south of the tower is the church, to which the actual parish center is attached to the east. You enter the building under a canopy .
Interior and artistic equipment
The church interior has an L-shaped floor plan and can be subdivided several times using partition walls as required. This multifunctionality was typical of the church buildings of the 1970s. For example, B. the church of St. Petrus Embrachertal also has a fairly large church space, which can be separated into a sacred chapel part and a larger part that can also be used profanely by means of a partition . Unlike in Schöftland, this concept was not convincing in some other churches from that time, so that the partition walls were removed again, since in practice the believers each wanted their own sacred space and a separate parish hall, e.g. B. at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Zurich-Höngg . The eastern, more profane part of the hall is provided with a stage and consists of walls built at right angles. The western, sacred part of the room contains the altar area, separated by two steps and clad with light marble slabs. In order to distinguish the sacred area from the profane part of the hall, Walter Moser designed the walls in this part of the hall to be curved, which can also be clearly seen from the outside on the facade. The wood-paneled ceiling pulls deep into the room in undulating movements. This movement is interrupted by strips of skylights embedded in the roof. In the western, sacred part of the room, light strips are also embedded in the walls, in which the glass windows from the previous church are installed. This was created by the artist Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953). The confessional and sacristy are built to the north of the hall at the level of the chancel.
organ
In 1988 Armin Hauser, Kleindöttingen , built the church organ. It is an instrument with 19 registers on 2 manuals and pedal.
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literature
- Parish Vicariate Schöftland (Hrsg.): Inauguration of the Catholic Church to the Holy Family in Schöftland. Schöftland 1932.
- Christian Holliger: Schöftland. History and stories. Schöftland 1992, pp. 100-101.
- Cantonal Monument Preservation Aargau, online inventory, section Schöftland, Catholic parish church of the Holy Family with parish hall. [8] Retrieved August 19, 2017.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the parish of Schöftland, section history. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ Parish Vicariate Schöftland (Ed.): Inauguration of the Catholic Church to the Holy Family in Schöftland , pp. 9–15
- ↑ [1] Website online inventory of the Cantonal Preservation of Monuments Aargau, section Catholic parish church of the Holy Family with parish hall. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ [2] Website of the Schöftland parish, history section. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ [3] Website online inventory of the Cantonal Preservation of Monuments Aargau, section Catholic parish church of the Holy Family with parish hall. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ [4] Website of the parish Schöftland, section parish area. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ^ [5] Website online inventory of the Cantonal Preservation of Monuments Aargau, section Catholic parish church of the Holy Family with parish hall. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ [6] Website online inventory of the Cantonal Preservation of Monuments Aargau, section Catholic parish church of the Holy Family with parish hall. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ^ [7] Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Section Catholic Church Holy Family Schöftland AG. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
Coordinates: 47 ° 18 '26.2 " N , 8 ° 3' 11.2" E ; CH1903: 646 468 / 239780