Paulus Church (Davos)

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Pauluskirche

The Pauluskirche in Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden is a neo-Romanesque Evangelical Methodist church . It stands on a small hill between Promenade and Bahnhofstrasse .

Architecture and interior design

The lower part of the building is made of Cyclops masonry . A column-supported arched portal opens in the main facade. Above it is a three-part Romanesque group window that ends in a rose window . To the right of the portal rises a graceful church tower with a bell. The two sides of the nave are broken through by three Romanesque double windows each. The church has a semicircular apse . There is a wooden communion table in the choir . On it stands the cross with silver inlay and with the four evangelist symbols. The glass windows by the painter Kuhn from Bad show the knocking Savior in the middle (Revelation 3:20), on his sides Peter with the key and Paul with the sword. The choir arch is adorned with the inscription "We preach Christ the crucified" (1 Cor. 1:23).

history

Ms. Langmesser is the founder of the "Evangelical Association for Inner Mission Davos"

The St. Paul's Church in Davos is a neo-Romanesque building with an outwardly largely unchanged appearance for over 100 years. It was built in 1902/1903 in six months by the architects Nikolaus Hartmann, St. Moritz, and Heinrich Flügel, Basel, in Davos. A stately building in a strict Romanesque style was built on a hill on Bahnhofstrasse.

St. Paulus Church was consecrated on February 22nd, 1903. The builder was the “Evangelical Inner Mission Davos”, which was founded by the Langmesser couple. In 1919 the widow E. A. Langmesser-Crothers bequeathed the church to the Evangelical Society of St. Gallen and Appenzell as a debt-free donation. Then in 1935 the Pauluskirche was sold to the Methodist Church in Switzerland, in whose possession it has remained to this day. In 1937 the former side entrance from the garden to the pulpit was closed. Various roof structures were dismantled and various repairs were carried out. In 1953/54 the wet foundation on the mountain side was renovated. For this purpose, an air duct was concreted - from Bahnhofstrasse to the entrance and around it.

In 1958 the Pauluskirche was completely renovated inside for the first time. Various decorations on the vault base have been removed. Wrought iron lighting fixtures in the nave have been replaced by contemporary lamps. The original decorative painting from 1902 was then painted over with an unsuitable white plastic paint. This plastic skin formed a vapor barrier on the inside of the entire masonry. In 1964 a new organ was purchased.

A divine service, 2012

In 1977 the outer facade was painted with a plastic paint that hermetically sealed the existing hydraulic facade plaster, which led to structural damage. The facade masonry is still in a compact, quite good original condition today. The roof was re-covered with Eternit slate. In 1983 floor heating was installed along with a new floor covering. This was made possible by the renovation of the old heating system. The oil heating was converted to an electric storage heater. In 1992 the parish apartment on the ground floor and the church rooms in the basement were renovated, renovated and rebuilt.

In 2001/02 the Pauluskirche was renovated inside and outside under the direction of the Davos architecture office Albert Mathis. For financial reasons, the interior could not be restored to its original condition from 1902. The original decorative atmosphere could not be restored, but the building fabric was saved. The lighting was intensified, the walls were painted white, the benches were replaced by chairs. The wall paneling of the church interior was vacuumed and the room was brightened.

Since April 2013, the Davos Pentecostal Congregation has been celebrating its Sunday evening services in St. Paul's Church as a subtenant of the EMK Davos.

literature

  • Yesterday and tomorrow - 100 years of St. Paul's Church in Davos (1903–2003). Buchdruckerei Davos AG, Davos 2003.
  • Heinz Weidkuhn: Inspired by Basel. Stories and Buildings. Over 60 buildings in Basel, the surrounding area and in Graubünden. A homage to the Basel architect Heinrich Flügel. Informationslücke-Verlag , Basel 2011, ISBN 978-3-905955-24-8 .
  • Art guide through Switzerland . Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Volume 2, Bern 2005.

Web links

Commons : Pauluskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Weidkuhn: Buoyed by Basel. Stories and Buildings. Over 60 buildings in Basel, the surrounding area and in Graubünden. A homage to the Basel architect Heinrich Flügel. Informationslücke-Verlag , Basel 2011, ISBN 978-3-905955-24-8 , p. 192 f.
  2. ↑ Hanspeter Rebsamen, Werner Stutz: From the landscape of Davos. In: Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): INSA Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture 1850–1920: Cities. Biel, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Chur, Davos. Volume 3. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-280-01397-6 , p. 317 f.
  3. ↑ Interior and exterior restoration, Pauluskirche, Davos Platz ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on the website of the architecture firm Albert Mathis @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mathis-architekt-davos.ch
  4. ↑ Pfimi Davos, St. Paul's Church, Davos Platz

Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '27.1 "  N , 9 ° 49' 8.1"  E ; CH1903:  781 715  /  184 945