Notre-Dame (Freiburg)

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Church tower
West facade of the Liebfrauenkirche

The Church of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame) is the oldest church in the Swiss city ​​of Friborg in Üechtland , Canton Friborg . The church belonging to the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg was founded in 1932 by Pope Pius XI. raised to the rank of a minor basilica .

Stained glass with Saints Peter Canisius and the Assumption. Kirsch & Fleckner, Friborg, 1897

The Romanesque church dates from the 12th century and is located near the Zähringer bridge . From 1785 to 1787 the facade was redesigned in a baroque-classical style. The church has often been threatened with demolition, but has always been saved so far. Since 1968 it has been owned by the Fondation Basilique Notre-Dame , on whose behalf extensive conservation work has been carried out. A stained glass window by Kirsch & Fleckner, 1897, depicts Saint Peter Kanisius and the Assumption of the Virgin.

Inside there is a Neapolitan nativity scene with 75 figures, the oldest of them from the 18th century. The Annunciation to the Shepherds is shown on the left, the birth of Christ with Mary and Joseph and the procession of the Magi in the middle, and situations from everyday life on the right, namely a tavern as well as a market and street scene. In the 1930s, monseigneur John Rast (1895–1981), former rector of the Liebfrauenbasilika and canon, set up a “crib fund”. In 1940, a Neapolitan nativity scene was purchased from a Roman antiquarian for 2500 francs. This crib has been expanded with decor.

  • Overview: Neapolitan Christmas crib

  • Birth of Christ with Mary and Joseph and ox

  • tavern

  • Street scene

  • King / sage from the Orient

  • Lord from the train of kings

  • Musicians in the tavern

  • Street scene

Individual notes

  1. ^ Hermann Schöpfer: Friborg. Arts et monuments . Traduit de l'allemand by Charles Descloux. Ed .: Société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse et la Société de développement de la ville de Friborg et environs. Société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse, Friborg 1981 (French).
  2. ↑ Catherine Schweizer: Histoire des crèches de Noël. In: 1700 . No. 110 , 1994, pp. 8-9 .
  3. ↑ Ivan Andrey: Basilique Notre-Dame de Friborg: restauration de la crèche napolitaine = Church of Our Lady in Freiburg: restoration of the Neapolitan crib. Responsable de la publ. Ivan Andrey; trad. française: Ivan Andrey; German translation: Hubertus von Gemmingen, François Guex; photos: Primula Bosshard, Yves Eigenmann. Brochure .

Web links

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Coordinates: 46 ° 48 ′ 25 "  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 42"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred and seventy-eight thousand eight hundred fifty-eight  /  184009