Jesuit Church (Lucerne)

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The Jesuit Church

The Jesuit Church of St. Francis Xavier is one of Francisco de Xavier named Jesuit church on the left bank of the Reuss in the old town of Lucerne .

history

The Lucerne Jesuit Church was the first large Baroque church in Switzerland to be built between 1666 and 1677, possibly according to plans by a Vorarlberger such as Michael Beer or Michael Thumb , or according to plans by the Jesuit father Heinrich Mayer and Father Christoph Vogler . In any case, Mayer designed the stucco work in the side chapels, which are the oldest examples of the style of the Wessobrunn school in Switzerland . The painter Domenico Torriani from Mendrisio created the painting of the main altar (1667/1673). The wall paintings come from the brothers Giuseppe Antonio and Giovanni Antonio Torricelli from Lugano . The church was structurally connected to the college in 1755 . The two towers were added in 1893 by Heinrich Viktor von Segesser . The church was renovated in the 1950s and more extensively in the 1970s. The most recent renovation was completed in January 2017. It is particularly important because of the extensive equipment.

organ

The Metzler - Organ

The organ was built in 1982 by the Metzler organ building company. In it, the original Goll organ from 1897 was partially reused (the stops marked with an h come from the Goll organ). The slider chest instrument has 39 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The actions are mechanical. The disposition is as follows:

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
Bourdon 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Sharp III – IV 1'
Rankett 16 ′
Krummhorn 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′ H
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Gamba 8th' H
Octave 4 ′
Flauto 4 ′ H
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Zimbel III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
III Echowerk C – g 3
Wooden dacked 8th' H
Flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Cornett III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Zimbel II 1 ⁄ 2 ′
shelf 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′ H
Octavbass 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clairon 4 ′

Picture gallery

  • Interior of the church, view of the high altar

  • ceiling

  • Ceiling painting

  • High altar

  • Interior of the church, view of the organ

  • pulpit

  • View of the Jesuit Church from the Rathaussteg

Trivia

In the final scene of the film Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland by Daniel Schmid , the Russian call girl Irina is crowned Empress of Switzerland in a church. From the outside you can see the Lucerne Jesuit Church.

literature

  • André Meyer: The Jesuit Church Lucerne. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 314). Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-092-8 .

Web links

Commons : Jesuit Church Lucerne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Domenico Torriani. In: Sikart
  2. ^ Giovanni Antonio e Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli. In: Sikart
  3. ↑ Hugo Bischof: Jesuit Church opens its gates again . ( luzernerzeitung.ch [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
  4. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '2.4 "  N , 8 ° 18' 18.5"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-five thousand eight hundred and forty-one  /  211432