Sihlfeld Crematorium D
The Sihlfeld D crematorium was the successor to the oldest crematorium in Switzerland and was in operation from 1915 to 1992. Today it serves as a cemetery chapel in Zurich's Sihlfeld Cemetery , Sector D. The Sihlfeld D crematorium has been replaced by the Nordheim crematorium , which is the largest crematorium in Switzerland.
History of origin
When the city of Zurich took over the Sihlfeld A crematorium, which had been privately operated since 1889, in 1900, it undertook to build a new crematorium and columbarium within five years . In 1903 Zurich commissioned city architect Arnold Geiser to work out plans and cost estimates for a second crematorium in Sihlfeld. However, this project was not implemented. In 1906, City Councilor Wyss initiated a competition for ideas for a crematorium in the abandoned cemetery next to Neumünster . Albert Froelich won the competition. In 1907 Froelich was commissioned by the city council for this crematorium. In 1911, however, the city council changed the location for the new crematorium, so that the building was erected on an area northwest of the previous Sihlfeld cemetery, where the cemetery was expanded under the name Sihlfeld D from 1917 . In 1932, the two ovens that had previously been heated with coke were replaced by two gas ovens. In 1935 the entrance portal in the forecourt was extended and the two side halls were converted into a columbarium for the urn burial. In addition, additions were made to the rear for the laying out, visitor and plant rooms. A third gas furnace was also put into operation. Between 1937 and 1938 waiting rooms for the mourners were added on both sides of the main entrance. In 1940 the older two ovens were replaced. In 1942, the urn halls were set up so that more seats were available for large abdication ceremonies. In 1953 the crematorium was renovated. Various renovations took place in the following decades until the crematorium was closed in 1992.
Building description
Location and appearance
In contrast to its predecessor, the Sihlfeld D crematorium is not designed as a modest Greek temple , but as a monumental complex with a symbolic design language. A chestnut avenue leads from a free-standing archway at the entrance to the cemetery from Albisriederstrasse in a straight line to the symmetrically designed structure of the crematorium. Two sphinxes by Hans Markwalder guard the portal to the crematorium. Via a reception courtyard with a water basin, the visitor reaches the outside staircase that leads to the portal of the crematorium. The forecourt is flanked on both sides by open urn halls, which are closed off by corner pavilions.
inner space
The mourning hall of the crematorium has a square floor plan and is closed off by a flat dome . Daylight penetrates the hall through windows in the drum . Ornamental paintings and sgraffito - gusset pictures by Werner Büchli, which thematize the afterlife, give the room a dignified character. In the middle of the front there is a portico in a large arched niche , which rests on four pillars . In front of the portico is the pulpit for the funeral orator, including a catafalque with a male and a female Atlas figure by Hans Lehmann-Borges. The coffin has been inserted horizontally in the retirement party by the bier in the incinerator. The catafalque is flanked by two four-foot alabaster bowls that can be illuminated. Two columbaria are attached to the side of the main room, each of which ends with a semicircular niche. In contrast to its predecessor, the Sihlfeld A crematorium, the rooms for the farewell and the actual cremation process are separated from each other.
organ
The organ is located on a gallery above the main entrance of the farewell hall. It was built in 1914 as a pneumatic membrane shutter organ by Carl Theodor Kuhn, Männedorf, with 23 stops on 2 manuals and pedal . In 1945, the renovation and expansion by Orgelbau Kuhn , Männedorf, took place. The instrument received a mechanical action mechanism with a Barker machine and then had 25 sounding stops on 2 manuals and pedal.
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- Normal coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : register crescendo, automat. Pedal, 2 free combinations, 2 fixed combinations (F, Tutti), storage: Manual 16 ', Mixtur, Plein jeu
Lions in the columbarium
Wall design, detail shot
Bench in abdication hall
literature
- Dieter Nievergelt a. a .: The Sihlfeld D crematorium in Zurich. Swiss Art Guide No. 450.Bern 1989.
- Norbert Loacker and Christoph Hänsli: Where Zurich comes to rest. The cemeteries of the city of Zurich. Zurich 1998.
- Nordheim crematorium. Management circle on November 6, 2009. Zurich 2009.
- Frank Imhof: The Nordheim Crematorium. Expert opinion on the protection worthiness. Zurich 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nordheim Crematorium. Management circle. Pp. 5-6.
- ^ Frank Imhof: The Nordheim crematorium. Expert opinion on the protection worthiness. Pp. 22-23
- ^ Frank Imhof: The Nordheim crematorium. Expert opinion on the protection worthiness. Pp. 23-24
- ↑ Dieter Nievergelt a. a .: The Sihlfeld D crematorium in Zurich. Swiss Art Guide, pp. 10–22.
- ^ Frank Imhof: The Nordheim crematorium. Expert opinion on the protection worthiness. Pp. 23-24
- ↑ Dieter Nievergelt a. a .: The Sihlfeld D crematorium in Zurich. Swiss Art Guide, pp. 10–22.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Crematorium Abdankungshalle Zürich-Sihlfeld. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '30.1 " N , 8 ° 30' 34.1" E ; CH1903: six hundred eighty thousand eight hundred and seventy-three / 247684