Parish Church St. Burkard (Beinwil)
The parish church of St. Burkard is the Roman Catholic parish church of Beinwil (Freiamt) in the canton of Aargau . The building was built in the early 17th century. While the choir , crypt and main portal were built in the Renaissance style, the nave has classicist features. The church is a cultural asset of national importance and is dedicated to the local saint Burkard von Beinwil , which is why it also has a certain importance as a pilgrimage church .
history
Burkard von Beinwil, who died in 1192 and was canonized in 1817, worked as a priest in the second half of the 12th century and is said to have performed numerous miracles in Beinwil . The parish church, which was consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul , was first mentioned in 1239. At that time, Knight Hartmann Visilere ceded an acre to the parish in order to use the proceeds to maintain a lamp near Burkard's grave. At that time the church was probably a simple structure made of wood. The parish collator was Kappel Monastery from 1239 , the City of Zurich from 1415, the Holdermeyer family from Lucerne from 1586 and finally Muri Monastery from 1614 . The parish included all the hamlets and farms of today's parish, with the exception of Wallenschwil, which until 1856 belonged to the parish of Muri .
In 1567 the church tower burned down and had to be renewed. In 1618 Abbot Johann Jodok Singisen ordered the construction of the choir , the nave , the church tower and the Burkard Chapel. Master mason Victor Martin from Beromünster carried out the work in 1619/20. The construction costs amounted to 2385 guilders , the collator used a further 941 guilders for the equipment. The church was consecrated on April 21, 1621 . Since the church tower had structural defects, it had to be replaced as early as 1645. The tower clock was added in 1652 . Prince Abbot Gerold Haimb had the choir repaired in 1742, ten years later Prince Abbot Fridolin Kopp donated a new burcard altar. In 1784 Burkart's bones were placed in a new tomb.
Due to its dilapidation, the nave was completely rebuilt in 1797/98. There were also a pulpit , confessionals and a two-story gallery . The construction work under the direction of Franz Joseph Rey cost 6,500 guilders. On August 14, 1808, a new inauguration took place in honor of the new main patron Burkard. An extensive interior renovation took place between 1882 and 1885, as well as in 1913. In 1976/77 the exterior was restored for the first time. In 1995/96 the church windows were renovated, in 2000/01 the interior fittings, and in 2007 the facade was renovated.
Building
The east-facing church building stands on a terrace in the lower eastern part of the village of Beinwil. The cemetery, the Burkardsbrunnen (1757) and the parsonage (1969, replaced the original building from 1671) are also located here. The nave and choir each have their own saddle roof , which come from two different building eras and are clearly separated from each other. The ship has four axes with arched windows . A three-arched sign with a small gable roof and Tuscan columns protects the main portal, a strongly cranked composite free-column aedicula without a gable and with fully formed entablature . A frieze with flower tendrils and cherubim figures as well as other winged angel heads in the arches adorn the portal. The entrance facade has niches arranged in a triangle, in which there are life-size figures of Petrus, Paulus and Burkard (dated 1771).
Belt cornices subdivide the shaft of the church tower, which connects to the north to the choir. The tower has sound holes with round-arched tracery windows. The four triangular clock gables carry an octagonal lantern with an onion dome on top. Four bells hang in the tower, which were cast by H. Rüetschi in Aarau in 1940 . They replaced older bells from 1639 and 1679.
Furnishing
Corinthian pilasters , which carry a hollow in the ceiling cut into by stitch caps , structure the interior of the church. The two-storey gallery rises on the west side above the entrance. Stucco work in the form of rose garlands stretch across the ceiling . Two of the three ceiling paintings on the ship are by Joseph Anton Messmer. The oval central picture, surrounded by a rectangular frame, shows Saint Burkard in a rocky landscape. In the western picture the handover of the keys to Peter is shown. In 1913 Georg Troxler painted the eastern picture in front of the choir arch , a representation of the Assumption of the Virgin .
The altarpieces of the two inclined side altars were made by Hans Burkardt in 1893. The main leaf of the Gospel page is a rosary, the upper leaf shows Saint Cecilia . On the epistle page, Mary , Mary Magdalene and John are depicted on the main page , and Saint Anthony of Padua on the top page . From the tower one reaches the pulpit via a footbridge, which is decorated with white angels on the base ring and with gold-plated reliefs; the symbols of the evangelists can be found on the cover . The chalice-shaped font , created in 1836, is made of black stucco marble .
The staircase to the east of the nave is in three parts: in the middle eight steps lead down to the crypt , on the sides twelve steps up to the choir. Four Tuscan columns with wide volute consoles support a cross vault in the ground-level crypt . Three arched windows provide the lighting, and a door on the north wall leads to the basement of the church tower. Since 1752 there has been a small altar on the east wall with an ocher-colored marbled column retable , surrounded by statuettes of Saints Burkard and Mauritius . The altarpiece painted by Joseph-Marcellin Combette shows Burkard surrounded by sick people. In the middle of the crypt is the marble tomb of St. Burkard, on the west wall there are four-seated oak stalls .
A semicircular barrel, cut into the pointed arches, vaults the choir, the ceiling image depicts Holy Communion. The approaches of the vault rest on consoles with an egg stick . The altarpiece of the high altar is made of black-gray stucco marble and has the shape of an aedicula with a double column, which is flanked by life-size figures of Saints Benedict and Bernhard. Our Lady and the Prince of the Apostles can be seen on the main sheet, and Saint Burkard on the upper sheet. On the north side an entrance leads into the interior of the church tower, in which the sacristy is also located.
literature
- Georg Germann: The art monuments of the canton Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume V, Muri District. Birkhäuser, Basel 1967.
Web links
- Roman Catholic parish of Beinwil (Freiamt)
- Parish church of St. Burkard (Beinwil) in the inventory of the canton of Aargau
Individual evidence
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P. 40.
- ^ Anton Wohler: Beinwil (Freiamt). In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on September 25, 2012.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. Pp. 41-43.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. Pp. 44-46.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P. 46.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P. 52.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P.56.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P. 47.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. P. 48.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. Pp. 48-50.
- ^ Germann: Art monuments of the Canton of Aargau. Pp. 50-51.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '48.7 " N , 8 ° 20' 46.5" E ; CH1903: 668,733 / 231428