Saatlen Church (Zurich-Schwamendingen)

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Tower of the Saatlen Church
Saatlen Church

The church Saatlen is a Reformed church in the city Zurich . It is located at Saatlenstrasse 240 in the Schwamendingen district .

history

Because the Schwamendingen district grew rapidly after the Second World War , the Reformed parish of Schwamendingen built the historic St. Niklaus Church at Schwamendingerplatz in 1955, the Stefanskirche Hirzenbach and in 1964 the Saatlen church. A public competition took place as early as 1956, from which the project by Claude Paillard , who had also built the St. Gallen Theater and the expansion of the Zurich Opera House , emerged as the winner. In the years 1962–1964 the church was built as an expressive , cubic concrete structure. In 1965 the church received the City of Zurich Award for Good Buildings .

Building description

On Saatlenstrasse, not far from the busy Wallisellenstrasse , the Saatlen church rises on an almost square building site. Because the area is rather narrow, the church center rises on two floors, with the actual church on the upper floor. The structure is complex and has an expressive effect due to the staggering of the flat roofs and the church tower . Around a forecourt, the components are laid out like a wreath, whereby the church space stands out from the other structures as a pure cube. The church tower dominates the ensemble.

organ

The organ of the Saatlen church was built in 1965 by Metzler Orgelbau . It is a mechanical organ with 25 registers .

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
Quintatön 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 / 3 '
Octave 2 ′
mixture 1 1 / 3 '
Trumpet 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Gemshorn 2 ′
Larigot 1 1 / 3 '
Cymbel 2 / 3 '
Sesquialtera II
Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave 8th'
Pipe pommer 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
mixture 2 2 / 3 '
bassoon 16 ′
Clarine 4 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Various shelves as footsteps

See also

literature

  • Building Construction Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, p. 186.
  2. ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, p. 186.
  3. ↑ Zurich organ directory, section Metzler Organ Church Saatlen. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '36.9 "  N , 8 ° 33' 50.7"  E ; CH1903:  684,942  /  251658