Parish Church of St. Rupert (Oberrüti)
The parish church of St. Rupert is the Roman Catholic parish church of Oberrüti in the canton of Aargau . The neo-Gothic building was built in the 1860s, but the history of the parish dates back to the 13th century.
history
The founders of the church, first mentioned in 1275, were the Lords of Hünenberg , who at that time owned the land and Twing rule over Oberrüti. The collature came into the possession of the Lucerne citizen Ulrich von Hertenstein in 1415 , who left it to the Kappel monastery in 1442 . From 1498 to 1798 the city of Zug was in control of the city . The church tower was rebuilt before 1584, as was the choir in 1602 . Despite the lengthening of the nave and the addition of a sacristy in 1773/74, the church turned out to be too small over time.
In 1858 the local community decided on a new building and elected a building commission. In 1862 the local community first approved a design by Joseph Caspar Jeuch in the Byzantine style , with Carl Rothpletz, a canton architect from Aargau, proposing some changes. However, the pastor at the time, Jakob Stammler, rejected the design for aesthetic reasons. The contract was finally awarded to the Mainz cathedral builder Ludwig Metternich , whose neo-Gothic design met with approval. The construction management was carried out by Wilhelm Keller, the costs totaled 71,429 francs. The inauguration took place on October 25, 1865, and the tower was raised in 1883. In 1927 an interior renovation was carried out, whereby the upper gallery was demolished; An exterior renovation followed in 1956.
Building
Apart from the proportions, the floor plan corresponds to the layout of the previous building: the short vestibule is followed by the nave and the recessed polygonal choir, which is flanked by the tower in the north and the sacristy in the south. Flat buttresses structure the outer facade, broken up by two-part pointed arched windows with high Gothic tracery . Further buttresses frame and subdivide the three-part arcade of the vestibule, above which three staggered lancet windows protrude into the gable. The late Gothic tower remained of the old church, with four clock gables between the traditional pointed helmet . The four bells were made by the H. Rüetschi foundry in Aarau in 1883; the largest was cast in 1910 and 1928.
Inside, a rib-less net vault that was installed in 1927 spans the spacious nave, above which Metternich's original wooden ceiling can be seen. The choir, in turn, has a ribbed vault . The equipment is made of painted and sparingly gilded wood. The high altar consists of three staggered pointed arch niches in which there are statues of Saints Rupert, Catherine and Joseph of Nazareth . The side altars consist of a high, flat base, square pictures (painted by Joseph Balmer ) and openwork cracks.
literature
- Georg Germann: The art monuments of the canton Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume V, Muri District. Birkhäuser, Basel 1967, p. 454-460 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '56.2 " N , 8 ° 23' 45.6" E ; CH1903: 672588 / 224 291