Church Oberburg BE
The Oberburg Church is a Reformed church building in Oberburg BE , Switzerland .
The parish church of St. Georg , which dates from the Middle Ages , was the parish church for Oberburg and Burgdorf BE until 1401 . The slightly elevated church on the eastern slope of the Rothöchi was given its current appearance during the new building, which was started in 1497 under Leonhard Hüpschi. The current shape of the tower helmet goes back to a renovation from 1938 to 1940; underneath hangs u. a. a bell dated 1504 with reliefs.
The stone pulpit from 1673 has a sound cover from 1683; the Lord's Supper table was created in 1675 and the baptismal font in 1799. On the south wall there is a fresco, dated 1517 and signed with the monogram “E”, depicting the holy clan . Two choir windows from 1878 and 1905 are by Karl Wehrli and three nave windows by Robert Schär (used from 1949 to 1960).
literature
- Michael Gerber: Church and parish village Oberburg, Canton Bern. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 621). Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997, ISBN 3-85782-621-5 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '22.4 " N , 7 ° 37' 14.3" E ; CH1903: 613,832 / two hundred and nine thousand eight hundred fifty-one