Johanneskirche (Vaduz)
The Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church is located in the municipality of Vaduz in the Principality of Liechtenstein . It is the only sacred building of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Principality of Liechtenstein .
history
The Swiss chalet factory Eblinger built the wooden structure in 1947 as an emergency church for the Stuttgart area. From there it was transferred to Vaduz in 1956 and rebuilt on the western edge of the “Bartlegrosch” quarter. The building was consecrated as the "Evangelical Lutheran Church" on December 16, 1956. In the following year, the Evangelical Reformed parish of Zurich-Altstetten donated a roof turret to the church .
A small, protective porch was attached to the entrance side in 1962, and the outer walls were clad with Eternit panels. In the years 1983 to 1985 interior renovations and a renovation of the roof were carried out. On the east side, where the sacristy had been since 1956 , a parish hall was added in 1990 . The name was changed to "Johanneskirche" in 1996.
architecture
The wooden church building rests on a concrete base. The flat gable roof is covered with copper plates . The wooden roof turret with a small bell and a pointed helmet is crowned with a cross. The church interior has the design of a hall with an open roof structure. The long sides of the building are divided by four lattice windows. The chancel with a simple altar table and a lectern is separated from the rest of the nave by a wooden parapet. The church interior, designed in white and gray, offers space for around 100 people on its wooden benches.
Interior
The wooden panel painting «St. John in prison »from the 17th century shows the namesake of the church, John the Baptist . The work of an unknown painter was donated to the parish in 1967 from a private source. On the side walls of the interior hang five small round medallions, also from a donation, with scenes from the New Testament painted in oil on wood , the time of which is also dated to the 17th century. The baptismal font made of roughly hewn wood with a copper bowl and the crucifix hanging on the wall behind the altar were made in 1967 by the Lower Bavarian wood sculptor Erich Schiffner from Oberharthausen . In the northeast corner of the church there is a small organ that is remarkable in terms of art history .
organ
The baroque organ from the first half of the 18th century is one of the most valuable pieces of equipment in St. John's Church. Its builder, presumably from Toggenburg , is not known by name. The instrument was acquired from private ownership for the newly built church in 1956. It has a three-part brochure with a continuous framing. The two wings are painted with figurative representations, and at their upper end there is the saying: "When the organ sounds lovely, the heart should sing happily / and think of the joy that is ready for us in heaven". In the course of a restoration of the organ by the Metzler & Sons company , the paintings on the case were also restored in 1961. The pedal received the register Subbass 16 ′ in an earlier modification . Today the instrument has six registers and the following disposition :
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literature
- Cornelia Herrmann: The art monuments in the Principality of Liechtenstein . S. 248-250 .
- Cornelia Herrmann: Johanneskirche. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
- Hand in Hand Institution (Ed.): Christian Liechtenstein. Churches, chapels and signs of faith . Balzers 2019, ISBN 978-3-03307125-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. John's Church. The organ. Evangelical Lutheran Church Liechtenstein, accessed on June 17, 2019 (with photos of the organ).
Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '54.8 " N , 9 ° 30' 34.3" E ; CH1903: seven hundred fifty-seven thousand and fifty-two / 224025