Rikon Chapel

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Rikon Chapel (view from the west)

The Rikon Chapel ( Stephanskapelle ) is in the Rikon district of the Illnau-Effretikon community and belongs to the Reformed Parish . It was probably built in the 12th century, but only mentioned in a document in the 14th century. The frescoes made around 1370. The chapel stands Rikon since the restoration in 1970/1971 under monument protection .

literature

Lettering to the right of the main entrance
  • Chapel of St. Stephan in Rikon. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz , Vol. 3, 1978, pp. 91–94.
  • Walter Drack , Thea Vignau-Wilberg: Chapels Breite (Nürensdorf) and Rikon (Illnau-Effretikon). Swiss Art Guide GSK No. 226. Ed. Switzerland. Society for Art History. Basel 1977.
  • Walter Drack: Rikon: chapel. Archaeological and structural analysis and restoration. In: Zürcher Denkmalpflege, 7th report 1970–1974, 1st part (PDF; 15.4 MB), pp. 76–85.
  • Wilfried Meili. The renovation work on the Rikon chapel has been completed. In: Kiebitz, April 15, 1971.
  • Wilfried Meili. For the inauguration of the renovated Rikon Chapel. In: Der Landbote, April 17, 1971.
  • Walter Drack. Early medieval, Romanesque and Gothic discoveries in the Zurich Oberland. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 8, 1971.
  • Ueli Müller: Rikon (Illnau-Effretikon). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KGS inventory of B properties in the canton of Zurich, status 1.1.2017. (No longer available online.) Federal Office for Civil Protection , January 1, 2017, archived from the original on January 7, 2017 ; Retrieved on February 15, 2017 (No direct link to PDF, as the name of this was provisional at the time of receipt.). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.babs.admin.ch

Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '57.7 "  N , 8 ° 41' 23"  E ; CH1903:  694 384  /  254297