Merligen Church

Merligen Church
Data
architect	Jacques Wipf
Client	Sigriswil parish
construction time	1936 - 1937
Coordinates	622 868  /  172001 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '55.8 "  N , 7 ° 44' 15.5"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred twenty-two thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight  /  172001

The Merligen Church is a church in the village of Merligen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . It belongs to the Reformed parish of Sigriswil .

history

In the 1930s, an initiative committee was founded which called for a separate church for the village of Merligen, which is part of the Sigriswil parish. A visit to the Sigriswil church meant a one-hour walk for the residents of Merligen. On October 25, 1936, the Sigriswil parish approved the construction of a new church. The Thun architect Jacques Wipf was responsible for the project . The building materials used are stones from the Balmholz quarry and local spruce wood . The bell lifted on June 25, 1937, and the church was consecrated on September 26, 1937.

In 1948 a cemetery was added to the church . In 1960 she received a two-manual organ from Orgelbau Geneva AG, which replaced the previously existing harmonium .

Web links

Commons : Kirche Merligen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Merligen Church. Reformed Parish Sigriswil, accessed on July 12, 2020 (Swiss Standard German). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Merligen then and now. In: merligen.ch. Merligen Tourism, accessed on July 12, 2020 (Swiss Standard German). 
3. ↑ Ref. Church Merligen BE. Orgelverzeicnis Switzerland-Liechtenstein , accessed on 14 July 2020.