Holy Cross Church (Chur)

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The Holy Cross Church in Chur

The Holy Cross Church is the youngest of the four Roman Catholic houses of worship in the Grisons capital, Chur , after the Cathedral of St. Maria Himmelfahrt , St. Lucius Church and the Church of the Redeemer . It is located in the Masans district at Masanserstrasse 161 .

history

The church was built between 1967 and 1969 by the architect Walter Maria Förderer as a striking building with a continuous exposed concrete construction.

Furnishing

The dark interior of the church is designed in a semicircle around a wooden folk altar with asymmetrical shapes. The semicircle is angled without any curves and interspersed with 12 niches on the south wall and 14 on the east wall.

The polygonal tower connects to the building in the southwest. Four bells hang in his belfry: the Trinity bell (tone: des '), the cross bell (tone: es'), the peace bell (tone: f ') and the Marien bell (tone: as') . All four bells were cast by the Eschmann bell foundry in Rickenbach TG.

organ

The organ was built in 1974 by Orgelbau Th. Kuhn AG . The slider chests -instrument has 26 registers on two manual works and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Pointed flute 4 ′
6th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
10. Dumped 8th'
11. Salicet 8th'
12. Unda maris 8th'
13. Principal 4 ′
14th Coupling flute 4 ′
15th Schwegel 2 ′
16. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Sharp IV 1'
18th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
19th Principal bass 16 ′
20th Sub bass 16 ′
21st Octavbass 8th'
22nd Gemshorn 8th'
23. Octave 4 ′
24. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
25th trombone 16 ′
26th prong 8th'

literature

  • Hans Batz: The churches and chapels of the canton of Graubünden . Volume 4: District of Chur, District of Churwalden, District of Schanfigg, District of Five Villages, District of Maienfeld, District of Seewis i. Pr., District of Schiers, District of Luzein . Desertina, Chur 2004, ISBN 3-85637-290-3 , pp. 29–31.
  • Luzi Dosch: The Holy Cross Church in Chur. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 451). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1989, ISBN 978-3-85782-451-7 .
  • Catholic Church Heilig-Kreuz Chur-Masans, in: Das Werk, 58 (1971), issue 12, pp. 812–815.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chur, Kath. Heiligkreuzkirche on the website of Orgelbau Kuhn, accessed on September 15, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Heiligkreuzkirche (Chur)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '51.1 "  N , 9 ° 32' 4.2"  E ; CH1903:  759 789  /  one hundred ninety-two thousand four hundred and seventy-four