Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Neuchâtel)
The Catholic Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (German Assumption of Mary), also known as the Red Church, in Neuchâtel , Switzerland , was built by Catholics in the Reformed Canton of Neuchâtel . It is the most important spiritual place for Catholics in the canton capital. In the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg lying neo-Gothic church was built by Guillaume Ritter planned and ordained on March 25, 1906th After the major renovation between 1984 and 2000, it was recognized as a national monument in 1986 and in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the minor basilica .
It is not only the Catholic parish center for 62,000 Neuchâtel Catholics, but also the most important pilgrimage church in the canton. The Swiss theologian and mystic Maurice Zundel is buried in the church.
The interior has three naves and is decorated with polychrome painting. In addition to large stations of the cross, five choir windows and a large rose window, there is a vault here, which was designed as a night sky with almost 10,000 stars.
literature
- Claire Piguet, Gilles Barbey: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture - 1850–1920. Neuchâtel. Chapter from Volume 7 of the complete series. Bern: Society for Swiss Art History 2000. P. 194 f., P. 225. doi : 10.5169 / seals-8385 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ GCatholic
- ^ Marc Donzé: Zundel, Maurice. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 41 " N , 6 ° 56 ′ 29" E ; CH1903: five hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred eighty-six / 204959