Holy Trinity (Dürnten-Tann)
The Church of the Holy Trinity is the Roman Catholic parish church of Rüti , Dürnten and Bubikon -Dorf in the Zurich Oberland . It is in Dürnten in the Tann district at Kirchenrainstrasse 2 .
history
Catholicism in Rüti up to the Reformation
Before the Rüti monastery was founded , there was already a chapel in the village, which was consecrated to St. Nicholas and was a branch of the parish of Busskirch . This chapel was taken over by the monastery Rüti when it was founded. Liutold (Lütold) IV. Von Regensberg founded the Rüti Monastery in 1206 and called Probst Ulrich and Prior Luther from the Premonstratensian Monastery of Churwalden to build the monastery. In 1208 a wooden church was built, which was replaced by a stone structure in 1214. In the same year this church was separated from the parish of Busskirch and raised to its own parish. In 1217 the monastery church was consecrated to Our Lady Mary. The church was built with three naves and based on the model of the Zurich Great Minster. In 1315 and 1386 it was used as a burial place for Austrian knights and fallen soldiers, as well as the last Toggenburg Frederick VII. The church was plundered by the Zurich and Schwyzers in 1351–1355, and again in 1443 by the Schwyz and the Eight Old Places . The church was rebuilt in the years 1300 and 1379–94 as well as after the looting by the Eight Old Places in 1490–1499. In the course of the Reformation , the monastery was forcibly abolished in 1525. The burial place of the Toggenburgers was also filled in, the nave of the church shortened and built with a single nave. The miraculous image of Our Lady from the monastery church in Rüti was transferred to the church in Dreibrunnen near Wil SG , where a pilgrimage was made from then on. Since Catholic services were banned in the area of today's Canton of Zurich from the Reformation in Zurich, the former monastery church was used as the Reformed Church Rüti from then on .
Diaspora Catholicism in the 19th century
The Edict of Tolerance of the Zurich Government Council of September 10, 1807 allowed a Catholic community in Zurich for the first time. In the course of industrialization, numerous Catholics from central and eastern Switzerland , but also from neighboring Catholic countries, moved to the canton of Zurich in the first half of the 19th century . In the Zurich Oberland, the newcomers found employment in the newly established industrial companies. The proximity to the Catholic canton of St. Gallen was important for the Catholics in the Zurich Oberland . In particular, the nearby Rapperswil SG made possible the pastoral care of the first Catholics in the Zurich Oberland. In September 1861, the episcopal ordinariats of Chur and St. Gallen signed an agreement “on the future pastoration of Catholics living in the Reformed communities of the cantons of Zurich and Appenzell Ausserrhoden”. The Catholics in Bubikon were assigned to the parish of Jona, those of Rüti to the parish of Eschenbach and those of Dürnten to the pastor of Busskirch. The so-called First Zurich Church Law in 1863 recognized the Catholic parishes in Zurich as well as in Winterthur , Dietikon and Rheinau (the last two were traditionally Catholic places). On the basis of association law, Catholic branches could then be established throughout the canton. With the help of associations such as the Piusverein (founded in 1857) and the Inland Mission , which was founded by Johann Melchior Zürcher-Deschwanden in 1863 with the aim of building up Catholic pastoral care in the diaspora area of the canton of Zurich, emerged in quick succession in the 1860s other pastoral care stations and later parishes in the canton of Zurich, including the Pilgersteg mission station on the Jona on the ground of the community of Dürnten. On June 17, 1866, the first Catholic service in the Zurich Oberland since the Reformation was held here. The pastoral care was entrusted to the Capuchins of the Rapperswil Monastery . From then on, the region's Catholics moved to the pilgrim's footbridge, where church life was initially concentrated. In 1873, a separate parish was established in Wald and the remaining Catholics celebrated their services in the chapel of the Ritterhaus Bubikon .
Reconstruction of the parish and building history
In 1877 the Guardian of the Rapperswil Monastery in Tann auf dem Sandbühl bought the building site for the future Catholic Church in Rüti. The foundation stone was laid on September 22, 1878, and the church was consecrated on November 23, 1879. From 1883 the pastoral care was taken over by secular clergy. In the same year the Catholic parish bought three bells from the Reformed Church; almost half of the money for this came from a non-denominational collection. In 1887 the rectory was built. On September 14th the finished church was consecrated to the Holy Trinity by the Bishop of Chur , Johannes Fidelis Battaglia ; St. Wendelin, who had been the church patron of the pre-Reformation church in Dürnten, was chosen as the second patron. In 1889 the church received an organ. From 1892 the Ingenbohl sisters took over the nursing and later also a toddler school; with the recall of the sisters in 1908, both charitable activities were stopped again. In 1899 it was decided to build a church tower, which was completed on July 29, 1906 and had a height of 54 meters. In 1915 the church received its second organ. In 1933 a new ring with five bells was consecrated by Bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz and then raised in the church tower. On May 2, 1948, Bishop Christian Caminada consecrated a copy of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Rüti . 1948–1949 a club house with a weekday chapel was built. In 1950, land behind the rectory was purchased for the construction of a Catholic retirement home. After the Zurich electorate recognized the Catholic Church under public law on July 11, 1963, the money from the church tax made it possible to plan and build the second, today's parish church, including the rectory and parish center. The last service was held in the old church on October 17, 1965. On August 21, 1966 Vicar General Alfred Teobaldi laid the foundation stone for the construction of the new church. It was the same foundation stone that had been used when the first church was built. On June 21, 1967, the rebuilt bells from 1933 were lifted and on October 8, 1967, Bishop Johannes Vonderach consecrated the newly built church.
The parish of Rüti with its 5'427 members (as of 2017) is one of the medium-sized Catholic parishes in the canton of Zurich.
Building description
The first church
The church, built in the years 1878–1879, was a single-nave building with a rectangular floor plan. The nave was completed with a retracted choir , which also had a rectangular floor plan and was raised from the church interior by several steps. The church had romanizing windows and was sparsely furnished at the beginning. Until the church was consecrated in 1887, the interior of the church was completed. In addition to the high altar , which was consecrated to the Most Holy Trinity, the church received two side altars, which were located on the walls to the left and right of the choir. The left side altar was dedicated to Our Lady, the right to St. Joseph . Paintings and stained glass windows rounded off the furnishings of the church. Up until 1906 the church had a roof turret , which was removed after the church tower was built. In the following decades the church was also adapted to the needs of the parish and the tastes of the time. The high altar received a new altar painting in 1914 and the church received a large church organ in 1915.
The organ of the first church
The first Dreifaltigkeitskirche received an organ in 1915 , which was built by Orgelbau Kuhn . It was a pneumatic membrane drawer organ with 22 sounding registers and two transmissions on two manuals including a pedal . The organ was inaugurated on August 30, 1915. Together with the demolition of the old church, this first organ was also demolished.
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The second church
Church tower and exterior
The second church in the parish was built according to plans by the architect J. A. Weber, Rüti. It is a concrete church with a square floor plan. The rectory and the parish center are directly connected to the church. Located on the Sandbühl , the ensemble uses the topographical location, whereby the church tower with its tower clock and the tower cross is clearly visible from all sides and refers to the location of the Catholic Church. The five bells were cast in 1933 by the Egger bell foundry in Staad near Rorschach for the previous church and taken over by it.
| number | Weight | volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2400 kg | c |
| 2 | 1300 kg | it |
| 3 | 930 kg | f |
| 4th | 620 kg | G |
| 5 | 350 kg | b |
Interior and artistic equipment
The church implements the requirements of the liturgy constitution of the Second Vatican Council by positioning the chancel in the southwest corner of the square room and the pews in a semicircle aligned with the altar. The artist Albert Wider, Widnau , writes about the design of the church: “If up to modern times a church has primarily been referred to as the house of God, the council now recognizes it as a house of the community. The arrangement of the individual parts must be functional so that a church can become the house of the people of God. ”The popular altar forms the center of the choir and the benches for the worshipers are aligned towards the altar. The lighting in the church underlines the central importance of the altar. The tabernacle was set up separately from the altar according to the specifications of the council and has the shape of a stele. The chalice and host are on the tabernacle doors, the tree of life on the back door . The ambo was designed as the second important place of worship. It should enable "the dialogue between priests and people". Between the ambo and the altar there was originally the lecture cross , which in this arrangement indicated that both the altar and the ambo preach Jesus Christ . The lecture cross only shows the head, heart, hands and feet of Jesus Christ. All other body parts are fused with the cross. This cross emerges from the symbols of the Trinity and refers to the consecration of the Church to the Trinity. The back of the cross shows seven bowls and refers to the seven sacraments. To the left of the choir is the baptismal font , which, according to the liturgy constitution, was no longer placed in a separate baptistery in the back of the church, but in the front in the middle of the faithful. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are inscribed on the baptismal font , which according to Isaiah 11: 2 are wisdom and understanding, advice and strength, science, piety and fear of God. In 1994, a symbolic representation of human life was attached to the rear of the church on a blue background. The rectangular panels consist of a stone in the lower part, in each of which another stone or crystal is inserted. The upper part of the rectangular board is made of wood and shows a tree with symbols, e.g. T. worked as inlay , are embedded. In 2009 the interior of the church was renovated, with the tabernacle also receiving a new, shortened base. There is a newly created cross on the wall of the choir room.
organ
From 1967 to 1972 the newly built second Holy Trinity Church did not have an organ because delivery was delayed. The organ built by Orgelbau Späth was inaugurated on March 12, 1972 . The instrument has 30 registers on three manuals including a pedal. The action is mechanical, the registration is electrical, the wind chests are slider chests. A general overhaul was carried out in 2013 by Orgelbau Wälti, Gümligen . Two stops have been added, the Unda maris 8 'in the swell and the acoustic 32' Grand-Bourdon stop on the pedal. The 16 ′ bassoon pipes in the pedal have been renewed.
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- Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, III / I 16 ′, I / P, II / P, III / P, III / P 4 ′
literature
- Engelmar Egli: The parish of Rüti-Tann. Uznach 1955.
- Catholic parish Rüti (ed.): Trinity Parish Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. Zurich 1968.
- Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
- Martin Müller: The Catholic parishes in the Zurich Oberland. History of their reconstruction in the 19th and 20th centuries. Zurich 2007.
- Alfred Borter (among others): Catholics in the Canton of Zurich. Immigrated, recognized, challenged. Zurich 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Episcopal Ordinariate of the Diocese of Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. P. 240.
- ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989, p. 192
- ↑ a b Catholic parish Rüti (ed.): Trinity Parish Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. P. 70.
- ^ Christian Renfer: Catholic Church Bülach. Pp. 4-5.
- ^ Catholic parish Rüti (ed.): Trinity Parish Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. Pp. 70-75.
- ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich (Ed.): Annual Report 2017. p. 84.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Catholic Church Rüti-Dürnten-Bubikon-Tann ZH. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ↑ Bell data on YouTube. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Catholic parish Rüti (ed.): Trinity Parish Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. Pp. 147-148.
- ^ Albert Wider, in: Katholische Kirchgemeinde Rüti (Hrsg.): Dreifaltigkeitspfarrei Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. P. 147.
- ^ Catholic parish Rüti (ed.): Trinity Parish Rüti-Dürnten. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Oberland. Pp. 146-148.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Catholic Church Rüti-Dürnten-Bubikon-Tann ZH 1972. Retrieved on July 6, 2014.
Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '45.9 " N , 8 ° 51' 0.3" E ; CH1903: 706 820 / 235610