Trachselwald Church
The Trachselwald Church is the Reformed village church of Trachselwald in the canton of Bern ( Switzerland ).
The new baroque building took place in 1685 according to plans by Abraham Dünz . In the center of the painted wooden ceiling a medallion gives an illusionistic view of a stone balustrade and a blue sky with white clouds; this motif goes back to Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in Mantova and was created in 1686 by the painter Christian Stucki. He also created the four corner medallions that offer a view of the starry sky.
The pulpit and font are also from 1686 . The gallery was built in 1783 when organ builder Peter Schärer delivered the first organ. It was replaced in 1896 by a new building from Goll, Lucerne. Today's organ in a case that is modeled on the Schärer organ was built by Peter Ebell, Kappel am Albis, in 1982. It has 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal.
From 1707 to 1725, pastor at the Trachselwald church was Johann Rudolf Gruner , who later became dean of the Burgdorf town church and is known as the founder of the Burgdorf solemnity .
Epitaph for Anna Margaretha May
A monumental epitaph in the choir of the church, for Mrs. Landvogt Anna Margaretha May , b. von Wattenwyl , bears the following inscription:
- If you ask, reader what this is,
- A funerary inscription from Landvögtin von Mey,
- Mrs. Anna Margret von Watenweil called,
- A virtuous man,
- The whole of your tribe Adelich
- Has received Prize-worthy.
- So here your life has ended
- And sent your soul to heaven
- Since she now lives in full joy
- And raise God's praise with praise.
- Born June 7, 1657, died May 14, 1695
literature
- Manuel Kehrli: Chronos and crying putto. Bernese grave monuments of the 17th and 18th centuries . In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland, Bern, vol. 54 (2003), pp. 37–43.
