Brig Reformed Church
The Reformed Church Brig is a listed Protestant - Reformed church in the Brig district of the Upper Valais capital Brig-Glis .
Location and geography
The church is located in the Tunnel Road and is the only Predigtkirche the very Diaspora nearby parish Brig-Glis and the surrounding area , which extends from Gamsen in the west to Upper Forest in the east, in the south to Gondo extends and the north nor the Lötschental includes .
History and equipment
The building originally served as a hospital for the construction workers of the Simplon Tunnel . After its completion, the young Reformed parish acquired it in 1918 and converted it into a place of worship with an adjoining parish apartment.
At the suggestion of the pastor David Last , in 2001, following a resolution by the parish assembly, the name Lukaskirche was given in memory of the church's past as a hospital and of the evangelist Lukas , who, according to tradition, was a doctor.
The interior of the church is clad in wood with elements of Art Nouveau on the baptismal table , on the gallery and on the ceiling paneling. The stained glass windows were added in the 1990s and deal with biblical female figures in an abstract form.
Church organization
The parish with the church building belongs to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Valais .
Web links
- Brig Reformed Church on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the Reformed parish Brig-Glis and the surrounding area
- A brief outline of the history of the Brig parish and the church building
Coordinates: 46 ° 19 '1.3 " N , 7 ° 59' 31.8" E ; CH1903: six hundred forty-two thousand six hundred and thirty-five / 129664