Parish Church of St. Otmar (St. Gallen)

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Parish Church of St. Otmar in St. Gallen

The Catholic parish church of St. Otmar in the city of St. Gallen was built between 1905 and 1908 in the then still independent community of Straubenzell . It is named after St. Otmar , city patron and first abbot of the prince abbey of St. Gallen .

history

St. Otmar Church with the Appenzell Railway (approx. 1910)

As early as 1891 it was suggested that a Catholic branch church be built for the western quarter . The building decision was made in 1892 and a plot of land was purchased west of St. Leonhard's Church on the hill of the pleasure garden.

The two preliminary studies by August Hardegger , one in the neo-Romanesque style and one in the neo-renaissance style , met with opposition from the Protestant urban population. The consulted expert Karl Moser suggested a tender in close competition, but this was not done. It was decided to move the building site to the so-called Wetzelgut, which was considered a Catholic area and would therefore have less opposition to a Catholic Church.

Hardegger was again given the task of working out a new project. Of the three styles received - neo-baroque, neo-renaissance, neo-Gothic - the neo-Gothic project was chosen. Construction began in November 1905 and the church was consecrated in April 1908. In 1913 an organ by Carl Theodor Kuhn was installed, in 1968 it was replaced by an instrument from Rieger Orgelbau .

During a renovation, the pegs on the tower and ship were removed . Renewed renovations took place in 1966/1967 and 2007/2008.

Building

It is a three-aisled basilica with a transept, with the tower being built on the western face, i.e. opposite the choir.

The high altar was designed by Johann Nepomuck Neumann from St. Gallen-St. Georgen, while the side altars were made by Karl Glauner from Wil. Fritz Kunz from Einsiedeln made the altarpieces, the altarpieces from Meinrad Bächtinger from Gossau were removed. The glass windows were supplied by the Mayer'schen Hofkunstanstalt in Munich.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hansjörg Gerig: Organs in St. Otmar - considerations on the Rückpositiv. In: Bulletin of the St. Gallen Organ Friends, 33, No. 1, 2015, pp. 5–15. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '1.1 "  N , 9 ° 21' 35.4"  E ; CH1903:  744971  /  253570