Belp Reformed Church

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Belp Church (2011).

The Belp Church is the Reformed Church of the communities of Belp and Toffen in the canton of Bern , Switzerland .

history

The Belp church appears for the first time in a cartular form of the diocese of Lausanne from 1228, it was consecrated to the apostles Peter and Paul. Clara von Waldberg, widow of the indebted Ulrich von Belp, had to sell the church set to the Interlaken monastery in 1334 . After the 1453 visitation, the church had three altars. With the Reformation, the parish of Belp, to which the villages of Belp, Belpberg, Englisberg (until 1699), Ober- and Niedermuhlern (until 1699), Toffen and Zimmerwald (until 1699) belonged, came to the city ​​of Bern .

literature

  • Manuel Kehrli: From the village to the civic community of Belp . Ed .: Burgergemeinde Belp. 2007, p. 9-15 . on-line
  • Andres Moser: Belp Church , Swiss Art Guide, Basel 1964.

See also

Web links

Commons : Belp Reformed Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '27 "  N , 7 ° 30' 1.8"  E ; CH1903:  604 714  /  one hundred ninety-three thousand three hundred and five