Amsoldingen Church
The Amsoldingen Church is the Reformed village church in Amsoldingen , Canton Bern , Switzerland .
Which the legend of of Rudolf II. Of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia founded three-aisled basilica that preceded the Bernese Reformation in 1528 the St. Maurice was dedicated, belongs to a well before the year 1000 on Lake Thun incurred church group whose style Lombard shows influences, and was built in place of a previous building from around 700. The establishment fell in an epoch in which the western half of today's Switzerland did not yet belong to the Holy Roman Empire . The border between Swabia, which belonged to the empire, and Hochburgund was defined by the Huttwil-Aarwangen-Basel line. It was not until 1033 that Hochburgund, and thus also the western part of today's Switzerland, was inherited by the Frankish Emperor Konrad II from the House of Salians .
This affiliation to Burgundy probably also explains the significant differences to church buildings in the area of the Holy Roman Empire at the same time. In contrast to most churches in the empire, Amsoldingen has no transept and, at the beginning, a tower in the form of a westwork .
Like the Spiez Castle Church , it is a pillar basilica without a transept, originally with three apses and a high choir . Originally it was built without a tower. The current tower was built later instead of the southern apse, which was demolished for it. Some of the foundations of the former apse can still be seen today.
A secular canon monastery was attached to it, which was devastated when the Zähringers conquered the Bernese Oberland in 1191 and restored around 1200. The church tower was built around 1400 in the Gothic style. In 1484 the canon monastery was abolished and incorporated into the canon monastery of the newly built Bern Minster , and in 1501 the collegiate church became a parish church.
Shortly before the introduction of the Reformation in 1528, Johannes Haller, a colleague of Huldrych Zwingli , was pastor in Amsoldingen , but had to leave Amsoldingen in 1525 because of his marriage. His most famous successor was Samuel Lutz , a friend of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , who lived in Amsoldingen from 1726 to 1738 and made the place a center of Pietism .
In 1812 Johann Jakob Weber built today's organ . Roman spolia from Aventicum and Allmendingen are walled into the crypt from around 1200 . She served until 1876 a. a. as a rectory cellar and cheese store. The colored choir windows by Max Brunner (* 1910) symbolize God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit .
Also worth seeing are a depiction of Saint Christopher on the north wall (around 1300), the baptismal font from the 14th century decorated with a wreath of animal medallions , the wooden ceiling from 1666 (with ornaments from 1908) and the Last Supper table from 1668. The outer facade of the apse is structured by pilaster strips , arched frieze and niche wreath.
From 1978 to 1980 the church was extensively renovated.
literature
- Samuel Rutishauser: Amsoldingen Church. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 296). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1992, ISBN 3-85782-296-1 .
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Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 37.9 " N , 7 ° 34 ′ 43.8" E ; CH1903: six hundred and ten thousand seven hundred eighteen / 175120