Maria Lourdes (Zurich-Seebach)

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Maria Lourdes Church, exterior view
View of the chancel with fresco by Richard Seewald

The Maria Lourdes Church is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Seebach district of Zurich . The Attached to the church chapel of the Lourdes grotto inspired and is the Marien - pilgrimage to the city of Zurich. In addition to the St. Antonius Church in Egg, the Maria Lourdes Church is the only Catholic pilgrimage church in the traditionally reformed canton of Zurich.

history

Of St. Peter and Paul (Zurich Aussersihl ), the mother parish of all Catholic churches in the city of Zurich, was the parish on January 11, 1893 Heart of Jesus (Zurich-Oerlikon) founded. In 1914 she bought a building site in Seebach. This was necessary because a building boom set in in Seebach at the end of the 19th century, so that the village recorded a population increase from 1,410 inhabitants in 1888 to 6,243 inhabitants in 1933. In 1930 the area where the church is located today was bought. In the architectural competition for the construction of the Maria Lourdes church, the Zurich architect Fritz Metzger (1898–1973) was able to prevail, according to whose design the construction of the church and the parsonage was realized between 1933 and 1935. On June 30, 1935, the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chur , Laurenz Matthias Vincenz , and made an independent parish.

In addition to Seebach, the parish Maria Lourdes initially also included other parishes, which were later elevated to independent parishes: Kloten (pastoral care station founded in 1942, first church Christ-König built in 1948), Rümlang (pastoral care station founded in 1945, church St. Peter built in 1964) and Opfikon- Glattbrugg (building site purchased in 1948, St. Anna church built in 1956).

In 1967 the rectory of Maria Lourdes was raised by one floor and in 1975 the church in the western part was built with a basement to build club and assembly rooms, this as a replacement for the "Nationalhof" bought in 1946, in which the club rooms had been located until then. The interior of the church itself was extensively renovated in 1960, 1984/1985 and 2008/2009. In 1985 the Maria Lourdes Church was included in the inventory of art and cultural-historical objects and archaeological monuments of regional and cantonal importance.

For the whole city of Zurich and the surrounding area, the parish of Maria Lourdes is important as the seat of the Zurich Marian pilgrimage site. The Lourdes Chapel, which was built onto the left side wall of the church in autumn 1935, houses a replica of the Massabielle grotto.

With 7,099 members (as of 2017), Maria Lourdes is the third largest Roman Catholic parish in the city of Zurich after Heilig Kreuz (Altstetten) and Herz Jesu (Wiedikon) .

The social institutions of Maria Lourdes were important for the parish: The Baldegger sisters ran a nursing ward from 1936 to 1981 and a kindergarten from 1959 to 1981. Since 1939, the parish has also been home to the Capuchins in the city of Zurich, who work in the parish's pilgrimage care.

Church tower and bells

The church tower of Maria Lourdes

The tower built in 1935 together with the church rises 38 meters high. In 1941 the tower received its clock, which was created by the tower clock factory Mäder, Andelfingen . The dial was retained, but the tower clock was replaced by a digital clock in 2000. Based on a report by the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute , the exposed concrete tower was plastered during the exterior renovation in 1973.

The bells of Maria Lourdes were cast by the H. Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau in 1941 and consecrated on April 27, 1941. A special feature is that the bell is not built into an actual bell cage, but rests on its yoke bearings directly on recesses in the concrete wall. The bell yokes are not made of wood, but of steel. Lead plates are inserted between the yoke bearings and the tower so that the vibrations are not transmitted to the concrete structure.

number Weight diameter volume dedication
1 5030 kg 2010 mm As Christ the King
2 3498 kg 1790 mm B. Maria Immaculate
3 2053 kg 1510 mm of St. Joseph
4th 1013 kg 1200 mm f St. Felix and Regula
5 588 kg 1000 mm as St. Francis
6th 416 kg 890 mm b St. Bernadette

Building description

Exterior

Marienplastik above the church portal

The church is located on Seebacherplatz, from which several streets branch off in different directions. The church is set back from the busy Schaffhauserstrasse and slightly elevated. A flight of stairs leads from Schaffhauserstrasse to the church portal. The facade of the Maria Lourdes church was kept very simple based on the Bauhaus style that was prevalent in the 1930s . The architect Fritz Metzger himself writes about the shape of the church: “The real architecture of our time [...] does not aim for effects - carefree about these it works solely through its existence. Desired representation is alien to her [...] She is looking for transparent clarity, inner stability and wholeness. ”Following the principle of her architect, the Maria Lourdes church presents itself as a simple building cube. The Maria Lourdes church is an orthogonal building with a vestibule that was integrated into the structure and raised round windows. Both the church tower and the Lourdes chapel and baptistery were attached to the side facade facing the Höhenring in such a way that their corners lie directly on the building line. This results in a graduation of the individual components in the view.

Marian sculpture

In Maria Lourdes, Fritz Metzger took up the tradition that a representation of the Virgin Mary can often be found above the portal of church buildings . The church patroness is carved in stone and shows the moment of Mary's encounter with the angel Gabriel. If you follow Mary's gaze, the angel is - invisible to the viewer - roughly above the tram tracks on Schaffhauserstrasse. The facial features and the slim figure of Mary in the long dress are reminiscent of stone carvings from Gothic cathedrals . The artist of this representation of Mary is anonymous; The documents only say that the statue was made by Tardecini's workshop.

inner space

Under the statue of Mary on the front of the church you can enter the interior through the church portal. This is designed as a hall with slim concrete pillars and moving transverse barrels . The structure by Maria Lourdes is an example of the exposed reinforced concrete technology for which Fritz Metzger was pioneering. The church was built as a road church and is reminiscent of an early Christian basilica . The slender, square pillars have been moved towards the outer wall so that the aisle becomes a narrow corridor. In this way, the room is perceived as a unit, which underlines the community character of the worshipers and priests, similar to the church of St. Karl (Lucerne) built by Fritz Metzger . The positioning of the baptistery next to the choir is remarkable. Architecturally, this creates the relationship between baptism, the Eucharist (altar) and the word of God (pulpit or ambo).

Furnishing

Chancel and nave

The choir painting was created using the fresco technique and was created by Richard Seewald , Munich, in 1942. It represents the Immaculata, the immaculate received Virgin Mary, in the midst of pleading people.

The tabernacle was created in 1942 and shows on the gilded reliefs depictions of the sacrifices of Abel and Abraham , the wonderful multiplication of the bread ( Mt 14 : 13-21  EU ), the wedding of Cana and the Lord's Supper with the apostles . The tabernacle was designed by the Swiss goldsmith August Büsser.

On June 15, 1985, Bishop Johannes Vonderach consecrated the new people's altar on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the church.

In the niches of the side walls are the Stations of the Cross , which were made in 1944 by the artist August Bläsi (1903–1979) in bas-relief technique from English cement .

Stained glass window

In 1959, the church windows designed by Ferdinand Gehr were built into the round windows of Maria Lourdes . Exclamations from the Lauretanian litany are shown . The windows in the baptistery were created by the then 91-year-old Ferdinand Gehr on the occasion of the parish's 50th anniversary in 1985 and show the seven sacraments . The round window in the side gallery was designed by Emil B. Vetterli, Zurich in 1948 and depicts the Holy Spirit .

organ

View of the organ

Since the mother parish Herz Jesu Oerlikon was able to take over the previous organ from the Reformed Church Oerlikon in 1935 , the predecessor organ from Herz Jesu was donated to the daughter parish. It was an organ with 22 registers made by the Mayer brothers, organ builders in Buchs and Feldkirch. This first organ, built in 1909, was then replaced by today's organ.

The company Gebr. Späth , Rapperswil SG , built the organ in 1951 and revised it in 1963. The organ was renewed in 1985 by Orgelbau Kuhn , Männedorf and equipped with a new console . In 2006, Kuhn comprehensively revised the organ and rebuilt the console so that it is now mobile. The game and stop action is electro-pneumatic. The organ has three manuals , 39 registers and 3202 pipes .

Disposition :

I main work C–
Tube bare 16 ′
Principal 8th'
flute 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture V-VI 2 '
prong 8th'
II positive C–
Suavial 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Prefix 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III-IV 1'
Krummhorn 8th'
III Swell C–
Dumped 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Salicet 8th'
octave 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Sharp IV – V 1'
Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 4 ′
Trumpet harm. 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C–
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Echo bass 16 ′
Octave 8th'
Capstan flute 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′
Clarino 4 ′
  • Pairing :
  • Playing aids : 2-fold programmable crescendo, typesetting system with 5 blocks of 1000 combinations each (4 of which can be locked with a key switch, sequence switching forwards-backwards), automatic pedal switching

Lourdes grotto

The Chur bishop Georg Schmid von Grüneck had made a promise in Lourdes in 1928 to create a place of devotion to Mary in the city of Zurich. The Lady Chapel with a replica of the Massabielle grotto was consecrated on October 7, 1935 by his successor, Bishop Laurenz Vinzenz. Two wooden statues represent the meeting between Bernadette and Maria. They were created in 1953 by the artist Claire Pletsch and replace the original figures from 1935.

See also

literature

  • Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. Zurich 1974.
  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
  • Otto Seitz: 50 years parish Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. Zurich 1986.
  • Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989.
  • Parish office Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. Zurich 2010.
  • Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2012.
  • 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.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto Seitz: 50 years of Maria Lourdes parish in Zurich-Seebach. P. 21.
  2. ^ Wernerkarl Kälin and Otto Seitz, in: Otto Seitz: 50 Years Parish Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 14.
  3. ^ 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. 90.
  4. ^ Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 117.
  5. ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. P. 172.
  6. ^ Parish office Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. Pp. 133-134.
  7. ^ Otto Seitz: 50 years of Maria Lourdes parish in Zurich-Seebach. P. 21.
  8. ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich: Annual Report 2017. p. 84.
  9. ↑ Wernerkarl Kälin and Otto Seitz, in: 50 Years Parish Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 18.
  10. ^ Rainald Fischer, in: Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. P. 197.
  11. ^ Parish office Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. Pp. 132-133.
  12. ↑ Herbert Schöttl, in: Pfarramt Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. Pp. 119-124.
  13. ^ Information from the parish of Maria Lourdes
  14. ^ Fritz Metzger, in: Pfarramt Maria Lourdes (ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 15.
  15. ^ 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. 92.
  16. ^ Website on the renovation of Maria Lourdes in 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  17. ^ Website on the renovation of Maria Lourdes in 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  18. ^ Rainald Fischer, in: Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. P. 197.
  19. ^ Otto Seitz: 50 years of Maria Lourdes parish in Zurich-Seebach. 1986, p. 21.
  20. ↑ Heinz Horat, in: Pfarramt Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 80.
  21. ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Pp. 92-94.
  22. ↑ a b c d Otto Seitz: 50 years parish Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 25.
  23. ^ Parish office Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 133.
  24. ↑ Festschrift 100 Years of the Herz Jesu Parish. Zurich-Oerlikon, pp. 51 and 120
  25. ^ Church of Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. 2010, p. 116.
  26. ↑ Martin Piller, in: Pfarramt Maria Lourdes (Ed.): Church Maria Lourdes Zurich-Seebach. P. 111.

Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '11.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 49.6"  E ; CH1903:  683 646  /  252715