Reformed Church (Rüti near Lyssach)

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The little church of Rüti

The Reformed Church Rüti is a small village church in Rüti near Lyssach and a branch church of the Evangelical Reformed parish of Kirchberg BE .

history

There is no written evidence of the time the church was built. For the first time in 1275 in a list of all the churches of the Diocese of Constance, a people priest from Rüti was mentioned, whose annual income of no more than six silver marks allowed him to be exempt from taxes. Presumably a local nobleman was the founder and builder of the church. In 1242, Berchtold von Rüti is mentioned in a document, who was provost of Solothurn and in 1275 owner of the parishes of Kirchberg BE , Koppigen , Wynigen , Oberburg BE , Steffisburg and Kirchlindach . The von Rüti family was probably the founder of the church, which consequently came into being at the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century. From its inception until 1874, Rüti formed its own parish, which only had its own pastor until the Bernese Reformation of 1528. After that, for 410 years, from 1528 to 1938, the parish helper from Burgdorf , who lived in Kirchberg, provided church services more or less reliably. After the establishment of a second pastor's office, the pastoral duties were transferred to Kirchberg in 1938.

The church set was sold in 1350 by Cuno am Ort, Burger von Burgdorf, including a farm in Rüti and 4 Jucharten land to Johann von Aarwangen for 420 pounds . Eight years later he sold the same thing for the same price to Peter Fries von Solothurn, Burger zu Bern. The right of patronage was given as a donation to the Teutonic Order House in Bern in 1360 and, after its abolition, in 1485 to the Vinzenzenstift of the Bern Cathedral . After the Reformation in 1528, it fell to the City and Republic of Bern . The palm branch reminds of this as an attribute of Saint Vincent in the municipal coat of arms . On May 15, 1874, the church with its turnaround, burial place and all movable goods went to the Kirchberg parish by contract. After that, the cemetery was transferred to the community of Rüti and in 1898 the new owners of the church sold the sacrament implements to an old goods dealer because they were not in use. After several renovations, the little church is currently in good condition and is particularly popular for weddings.

description

The interior of the church

The little church with the wooden vestibule facing the valley is clearly visible on a hilltop above the few houses in the village. A ridge clad with wooden shingles for two bells stands in the middle of the roof ridge. Inside there is a church room with a retracted choir, which has a bulge on the north side that suggests a smaller chapel as the previous building. Due to the arrangement of the walls and windows, several construction phases can be assumed. In 1703 a lounge for the pastor and the baptismal people was added to the northwest side. A small gallery is accessible next to the gate on the south side. The building below the church used to be called the parish house, today it is a parish room.

Furnishing

Underfloor heating is installed under the clay slab floor. In addition, the sparse furnishings consist of old wooden benches that can seat around 50 people. The first grinding disks with the coats of arms of two Burgdorf mayors from 1752 and 1753 have been in the knight's hall in Burgdorf since 1880. Since the 1930s, four donated heraldic disks have been inserted in the slug glass windows.

  • Donors coat of arms from Kirchberg 1930

  • Rüti founder coat of arms 1930

  • Donors' coat of arms Baertschi v. Sumiswald 1930

  • Founder's coat of arms Glauser v. Rüti 1930

organ

Church organ

The small organ from the 19th century with one manual and six registers has a mechanical playing and register action . The wind chest is designed as a sliding chest.

The disposition is:

I Manual C – e 3
Praestant (from a) 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 1 ′ (2 ′ from c 1 )

Bells

Roof turret with two bells

As a result of a lightning strike, the two bells fell from the tower in 1666 without being damaged. In 1711 one of the bells was stolen from the church tower and then replaced by a larger one. As a reminder of the disaster, it bears the inscription:

“In the thousand and sib hundred and eleven years
I was completely poured out of new
because d'Kilchen-
Gmeind wanted to replace what the thieves had taken away.
That (s) to the word I called out fine,
I wanted to be poured bigger. "

The bells are still being rung by hand.

literature

  • Ernst Glauser: A contribution to the history of the municipality of Rüti near Lyssach . In: Burgdorfer yearbook . tape 32 , 1965, pp. 89-97 .

Web links

Commons : Reformed Church (Rüti near Lyssach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Glauser: A contribution to the history of the community Rüti near Lyssach. In: Burgdorfer yearbook. Charitable Society Burgdorf, 1965, accessed on December 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Directory of organs

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '24.2 "  N , 7 ° 34' 36.9"  E ; CH1903:  610507  /  211752