Maria Krönung (Zurich-Witikon)

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Church of Maria Krönung, exterior view
Sanctuary
Altar and ambo by Georg Malin
View from the chancel into the nave

The Maria Krönung Church is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Zurich district of Witikon . After the Church of All Saints (Zurich-Neuaffoltern), the coronation of Mary is the second new Catholic church in the city of Zurich, in which the Constitution on the Holy Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council was implemented.

history

backgrounds

Until its incorporation in 1934, Witikon was an independent farming village located 200 meters above the city of Zurich. The location on the slope of the Adlisberg with the associated view of Lake Zurich and the Limmat Valley makes Witikon a popular residential area that also attracts wealthy strata of the population.

The parish of Maria Krönung is a subsidiary parish of the neighboring parish of St. Anton (Hottingen) . When the Vinzenz old people's home on Loorenstrasse was built on behalf of this parish in 1938 , a chapel for 110 people was also created. With this chapel, Witikon had a Catholic worship room for the first time since the Reformation . This was also open to the Catholics of the quarter.

After the Second World War, the number of Catholics in Witikon skyrocketed. In 1960 the Catholic community numbered 1,400 and in 1965 already over 2,000 souls. Under these circumstances the St. Vincent's Chapel became too small. A building commission was formed from the church council of St. Anton and some representatives of Witikon, which put together a program and at the end of 1958 commissioned five architects to work out a project. The jury, consisting of experts and representatives of the building commission, recommended Justus Dahinden's project for further processing, after which this work was commissioned on June 15, 1959. Rejected objections delayed the start of construction by two years and, among other things, resulted in a reduced height of the tower and the choir pyramid.

Building history and naming

In 1954, the parish church of St. Anton was able to acquire the building site for today's Maria Krönung church on Carl-Spitteler- Strasse. The bishop of Chur , Christian Caminada , appointed the area of ​​Witikon as a parish vicariate in 1957, as a parish rectorate in 1958 and in 1961 also incorporated the extra-urban places Ebmatingen , Binz and Pfaffhausen into the parish . His successor, Johannes Vonderach , appointed Maria Krönung to a parish on January 19, 1964.

The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 30, 1963 and it was built between 1963 and 1965 according to plans by the architect Justus Dahinden. On September 5, 1965, the church was consecrated in honor of the Queen of Heaven . The Coronation of Mary is the festival of the Queen Mary's feast day on August 22nd. This feast was from Pope Pius XII. introduced in 1954 at the close of the Marian year.

In addition to the rectory, the church building complex also includes the parish hall, in which the Paulus Academy Zurich was housed. In 1980 Justus Dahinden built a connecting roof in the courtyard of what was then the Paulus Academy, and in 1990 Jürg R. Herter designed a new entrance and an office extension for the building of the former Paulus Academy. In 2000, a lift and a new staircase leading to the lower church were installed. The fixed seating was also removed and cabinets were installed in place of the confessionals. These modifications were carried out by Justus Dahinden.

The church was renovated twice: in 1989/1990 by the architect Rainer Kaelin, Zurich and in 1999/2000 by his son, architect Peter Kaelin.

The parish of Maria Krönung has 2,732 members (as of 2017), making it one of the smaller Roman Catholic parishes in the city of Zurich.

Building description

The Maria Krönung Church is located in Witikon in the middle of a district that was built between the 1940s and 1960s. Together with the Reformed Church of Witikon, 200 meters to the west, and the shopping center on the other side of Witikerstrasse, it forms the spiritual and secular center of the quarter.

The architect Justus Dahinden describes the exterior of the church as follows: "The roof (steel construction with wooden rafters) towering over the church like a mountain is covered in Eternit slate."

Church tower and bells

The steeple

The steeple, which points into the sky, marks the entrance to the church. The tower houses four bronze bells that were cast in 1964 by the bell foundry Emil Eschmann , Rickenbach near Wil SG. In honor of the church patroness, the bell was cast in the tone sequence es, g, b and c, the starting notes of the Salve Regina . The bells were consecrated on September 13, 1964 and raised in the tower on September 16, 1964.

number Weight diameter volume dedication
1 1628 kg 137 cm it' Trinity
2 776 kg 109 cm G' Mother of God
3 413 kg 91 cm b ' Brother Klaus
4th 303 kg 81 cm c " Guardian Angel

inner space

Maria Coronation, interior
The bundling of light above the altar
Tabernacle by Georg Malin
Baptismal font

Robert Schönbächler writes about Maria Krönung: "The church captivates with its simple beauty in the form of a huge tent that towers over the chancel." There are three elements that characterize the interior of the church: the tent shape, the Trinity symbolism and the lighting .

The shape of the church was influenced by the Second Vatican Council , which took place in Rome at the same time as the construction of the church. The liturgy constitution of the Vatican, which emphasized the communion of the community and priests, shaped the church architecture of this time. Architect Justus Dahinden writes: "The first task of the new church building is to enable the close crowd of the faithful united in the service around the liturgical center, the meal table, and to achieve the spontaneous assignment and classification of all those involved in the ritual events."

The Church of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary with the Catholic Academy of St. Paul is accessed in a split-level system from two sides and heights through district streets. The main entrance leads via an inner courtyard directly to the room-dominating light funnel above the liturgy center, which is raised like a podium. Flattened parts of the room are connected on both sides and encourage private prayer. The introverted church interior has a capacity of 500 seats and does not have any supports. The brightness flowing down over the visitors like in a room vessel already forces them to look upwards from the entrance. All visual connections to the outside are blocked. The church interior is like a breathing organism that draws air "in heaven".

The architect Justus Dahinden describes the interior with the following words: “The sloping ceilings and walls slide into and against each other like backdrops, allow the space to increase in height towards the altar and reflect the light in a variety of ways that is hidden from view - The window above the cafeteria illuminates the altar areas. The raw wood gives the room warmth and a certain comfort reminiscent of a living room. "

Crypt and central rooms

In the basement of the church there is the crypt , which can also be used as an auditorium for 180 people, and the parish hall with 300 seats and club rooms. Seen from the Carl-Spitteler-Strasse on the left side of the church the rectory was added. On the right side of the church is the building that was built for the Paulus Academy , the first Catholic academy in Switzerland. In addition to reception and office rooms, this building also includes conference rooms, a dining room for 90 people and a residential wing with 10 single rooms.

The architect writes about the building complex: “The buildings are held together by the same design language and the same material. Exposed concrete is predominant (heat-insulating walls made of lightweight concrete) ... »

Furnishing

The Liechtenstein artist Georg Malin created the liturgical elements of the chancel from Noir Français , a dark marble that is quarried in northern France: ambo and altar , baptismal font , sedia for the ministry. The tabernacle on an iron stele also comes from Georg Malin .

Malin writes about the design of the choir: “The altar stands very clearly in the ideal center of the room. The architecture gathers all means here to underline the statement: the space here is widened, the light falls on the altar, the lines that mark the seams of the various wooden surfaces refer to the altar. "

The floor of the church is made of slate and rises a few steps in front of the altar. The altar was made from three blocks of marble. The ambo and the sedia are two more steps higher than the altar and are positioned so that they can be seen from any point in the church. A stone mouth is worked into the front of the anvil. To the right of the altar is an iron stele with the tabernacle. The baptismal font is on the right edge of the sanctuary, one step lower than the altar.

In honor of the church patron, there is a baroque statue of Our Lady on the left side of the church entrance. The faithful have the opportunity to light a candle by the statue.

organ

Edskes Hauser organ from 1983

The church received its organ on October 30, 1983 . Bernhardt Edskes , Wohlen and Armin Hauser, Kleindöttingen created the instrument based on the north German organ tradition around Arp Schnitger .

I main work C–
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Fifth 3 ′
Super octave 2 ′
mixture
Cornet (from c 1 ) 8th'
Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C–
viola 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 / 3 '
octave 2 ′
Forest flute 2 '
third 1 3 / 5 '
Dulcian 8th'
Pedals C–
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
octave 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
mixture
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Tremulant

crypt

On Corpus Christi 1964, the first service took place in the shell of the crypt. From Christmas 1964 until the completion of the church, a provisional church service room was set up in the crypt, as the chapel of the Vinzenz-Heim had become too small for the parishioners.

The simply furnished crypt is characterized by the gray exposed bricks. Due to the low height of the room and the exposed concrete, the crypt appears more compact and cooler than the church, but has a similar light distribution as the upper church. Since the church was consecrated, the crypt has provided space for 180 people as a second worship room. Originally the crypt had a second function as an auditorium for the Paulus Academy, but this was given up over the years. In 2000, the fixed seating was removed so that the crypt can be used for different types of worship.

Appreciation

Myriam Brunner writes about the church: "The overall architectural concept of the facility is characterized by a sophisticated interplay of symmetry and asymmetry ... The room atmosphere is determined by a seemingly mystical incidence of light." Architect Justus Dahinden used the tent symbolism - as a reference to the Israelite tent sanctuary for the ark - in several church buildings, such as the Church of St. Paulus (Dielsdorf) and the Church of St. Franziskus in Hüttwilen.

See also

literature

  • Roman Catholic Church Care Zurich Witikon (ed.): Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. Zurich 1965.
  • Walter Brander: On the becoming and growing of the parish and church Maria Krönung. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 4, 1965.
  • Justus Dahinden: thinking, feeling, acting. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart 1973.
  • Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. Zurich 1974.
  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
  • Justus Dahinden : architecture. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987.
  • Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989.
  • Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2012.
  • Justus Dahinden: Architecture - Form and Emotion. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 2013 (preprint).
  • City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014.
  • Christine Schnapp, Andreas Nentwich: The tent of departure . In: Sunday 01/17, Baden-Dättwil 2017.

Web links

Commons : Maria Krönung Zurich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. P. 198.
  2. ↑ See article in Wikipedia on Witikon
  3. ↑ Walter Brand, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 5.
  4. ^ Rev. Walter Brander, in: On becoming and growing of the parish and church of Maria Krönung. NZZ of September 4, 1965
  5. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 82.
  6. ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. P. 198.
  7. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. P. 86.
  8. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 81.
  9. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. P. 86.
  10. ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich: Annual Report 2017. p. 84.
  11. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 82.
  12. ↑ Justus Dahinden: Thinking, Feeling, Acting. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart 1973, p. 286 and: Justus Dahinden: Parish Church of Maria Krönung in Zurich-Witikon. In: Architecture. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987, p. 204
  13. ↑ Walter Brander, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 10.
  14. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. P. 86.
  15. ^ Rainald Fischer, in: Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. P. 198
  16. ^ Justus Dahinden, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 26.
  17. ↑ Justus Dahinden: light funnel - Church Maria coronation with Catholic St. Paul Academy in Zurich Witikon, 1960-1965. In: Architecture - Form and Emotion. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 2013 (preprint), p. 34
  18. ↑ Justus Dahinden: Thinking, Feeling, Acting. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart 1973, p. 286 and: Justus Dahinden: Parish Church of Maria Krönung in Zurich-Witikon , in: Architecture. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987, p. 204
  19. ^ Paul Teiler, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 22.
  20. ^ Paul Theiler, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. Pp. 22-24.
  21. ↑ Justus Dahinden: Thinking, Feeling, Acting. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart 1973, p. 286 and: Justus Dahinden: Parish Church of Maria Krönung in Zurich-Witikon. In: Architecture. Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987, p. 204
  22. ↑ Georg Malin, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 34.
  23. ↑ Georg Malin, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. Pp. 34-38.
  24. ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. P. 199.
  25. ↑ Walter Brander, in: Maria Krönung. Festschrift for the solemn consecration of the 24th Roman Catholic Church of Zurich. P. 10.
  26. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 84.
  27. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. P. 84.

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