Reformed Church Binningen
The Reformed Church Binningen (also: St. Margarethen Church ) is a church building in Binningen near Basel , Switzerland .
history
The church is located on the St. Margaret -Hügel at the site of a former beguines - monastery . Predecessor churches from the 9th – 11th centuries could Century can be proven. The church was enlarged in the 14th century. After the Reformation , the monastery was converted into an estate in the 17th century .
Today's church was built by Jakob Meyer in 1673 and, besides the Wintersingen church, is the only example of an angular hook church in Switzerland.
The pastor Jonas Breitenstein , who was also active as a writer, worked here between 1852 and 1870 , and a plaque by the church commemorates him.
description
The simple baroque church with a turret is attached to the buildings of the estate. She has two ships at right angles to each other . The pulpit , positioned centrally in the corner of the nave, dates from the construction period. The furnishings also include stalls and epitaphs from the 18th century. The galleries were built in 1721. Various coats of arms from the 17th century are let into the windows .
gallery
Southern ship
Eastern ship
Epitaph for Nicolaus von Diesbach
literature
- Art guide through Switzerland. Volume 3. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2006, p. 57.
- Hans-Rudolf Heyer: St. Margarethen Church Binningen. 2nd revised edition, (Swiss Art Guide, No. 135). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1996, ISBN 978-3-85782-135-6 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '35.3 " N , 7 ° 34' 46.3" E ; CH1903: six hundred and ten thousand six hundred and eight / 265835