New Catholic Church (Spreitenbach)
The new Catholic church in Spreitenbach was built in 1903/04. It is dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian .
history
In a confirmation of ownership of the Engelberg monastery, which Lucius III. was issued in 1184, Spreitenbach is mentioned with "cum ecclesia" (with church). It is a very small church, which was probably the chapel of a vicar who was dependent on the parish of Dietikon. In 1275 it was endowed with a benefice. When Count Rudolf von Habsburg-Laufenburg bequeathed the Dietikon mother church to the Wettingen monastery in 1310 , the donation also included the chapels of Spreitenbach and Urdorf. When the Dietikon parish spoke out in favor of the Reformation in 1529, this also included Spreitenbach. The majority of the population were Reformed after the peace treaty of 1531. From then on, the Dietikon branch church was used simultaneously by the Catholic and Reformed believers. In 1798 the Catholic Spreitenbach was separated from Dietikon by the Abbot Sebastian Steinegger with episcopal approval and converted into a vicarie , which was led by the Wettinger monks. From this an independent Catholic parish developed in 1861 , which in 1903 built its own church. The Reformed believers stayed with Dietikon until 1940 and have since been organized in the Spreitenbach-Killwangen-Bergdietiokon parish. The old parity church remained in the possession of the Reformed parish in 1903.
In 1887, the first attempts were made to create a house of worship. However, in 1890 an attempt was first made to rebuild the existing church. The plans for it came from the architect Wilhelm Hanauer . However, the plans failed because the Reformed parish refused to bear the costs. In 1900 the Catholic parish decided to build a new building on the initiative of Pastor Emil Leonard Guidi . Wilhelm Hector from Saarbrücken was won over as the architect .
The foundation stone was laid on July 6, 1903. The church was consecrated on September 27, 1904.
Building history
The architect Arthur Betschon from Baden was in charge of the building supervision, the builder was Joseph Zini from Zurich.
Building
The neo-Gothic church has a cross-shaped floor plan with a three-bay nave and a narrow transept. The main axis of the church is oriented to the southeast. The choir with a narrow front yoke ends over five corners in a half octagon. The sacristy is built on the southwest side of the choir, while the square tower protruding slightly from the transept is on the north side. At the northwest end of the nave there are two turrets on both sides, which house the stairs to the gallery. In the first third of the eaves height, the whole building is covered with a strap. This also leads over the buttresses. The window ledges of the nave and transept windows merge seamlessly into this belt. On the front side, this belt is interrupted by the main portal, where the end pieces of the belt act as fighters. The interior floor structure can be seen from the elaborate windows on the front wall.
The roof maintains a uniform eaves and ridge level over all parts of the building. While it ends in a gable on the front, it is hewn over the transverse front houses and the choir polygon.
The tower shaft has a steep octagonal pointed helmet, which rises around 50 meters high. He wears a weathercock on his head. In the corners of the first floor, directly under the tower roof, there are fake corner turrets with blind pointed arched windows.
literature
- The Art Monuments of Switzerland , Volume 87 Art Monuments of the Canton of Aargau. Volume 7 Der Bezirk Baden II., 1995, ISBN 3-909164-44-7 , pp. 115-117
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Freiburg Diocesan Archives I (1865) s. 235
Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '59.9 " N , 8 ° 21' 59.3" E ; CH1903: 670 019 / 252171