Wettingen monastery church
The monastery church Wettingen is the church building of the former Cistercian monastery Wettingen in the canton of Aargau . It consists of the monk's and the Konversenkirche , which are separated from each other by a grid and a picture wall behind.
history
The first monastery church was built in the 13th century when the monastery was founded and consecrated in 1256. This church has been rebuilt and expanded several times. In 1507 the church and most of the monastery were destroyed by fire. In the 18th century the nave was redesigned in Baroque style . With the abolition of the monastery during the Aargau monastery dispute in 1841, the monastery church became the property of the canton of Aargau. The canton allowed all regional churches to use the church, so the Reformed church services also took place in the monastery church until its own church was built in 1939. Today, Roman Catholic and Christian Catholic services are celebrated weekly , while the Reformed parish renounced its right to worship in 1939 vis-à-vis the canton. Today the monastery church can also be rented for weddings.
Furnishing
Bells
The monastery church is equipped with eight bells that form a C major scale. Seven of these bells were cast by the Rossier bell foundry in 1639. The eighth bell, which is tuned in G ', dates from 1938 and was cast by the H. Rüetschi company in Aarau . In the onion dome of the church there are four bells (G ', A', H 'and C'), the others behind the blinds in the roof of the church (see photo on the right).
Organs
The monastery church received its first organ on the rood screen as early as 1475. At the beginning of the 17th century, two new organs were built under Abbot Peter Schmid, one of which replaced the previous instrument on the rood screen. It was made by organ builder Hans Werner Muderer from Freiburg i. Br. For 300 guilders. The second organ was built on the gallery by Muderer's son Hans and used from May 1610. The price for this organ was 3,100 guilders, which were paid in installments. A repair for the organ on the rood screen, carried out by Samuel Furter from Ammerswil , is only documented for the year 1860 . The repair of the organ on the gallery is documented for the year 1865. This organ was replaced around 1904 by a new one, which was built by Friedrich Goll from Lucerne . The existing Rückpositiv from the previous organ was used as a dummy. Since the church was in bad shape around 1949, the Goll organ had to be replaced. The new organ was built by the Metzler company. Since the organ was prone to failure and often out of tune due to the direct exposure to light and the open pipework, the former Bossard organ was reconstructed by Armin Hauser from Kleindöttingen during the renovation of the church from 1990 to 1995 . During this renovation, a new organ was built on the rood screen by the Graf company from Sursee .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Wettingen From monastery village to garden city, p. 25
Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '23.6 " N , 8 ° 18' 56.4" E ; CH1903: 666,136 / 256566