Reformed Church Erlenbach ZH
The Reformed Church Erlenbach is a historicist church building on Lake Zurich .
history
A church consecrated to St. Agnes in Erlenbach was first mentioned in 1275 . Today's church was built in the neo-Gothic style from 1888–1891 according to plans by Friedrich Wehrli . Interior restorations were carried out in 1935 and 1972, followed by an overall restoration in 2004.
description
The hall church has a front tower with a pointed spire and a retracted polygonal choir . The silver bell Agnesli from 1371 hangs in the tower , but it is only rung at the turn of the year.
The interior is a well-preserved evidence of Reformed neo-Gothic in Switzerland. The trapezoidal strip ceiling still contains parts of the Gothic ceiling from 1497. The stalls, pulpit , table for gifts and organ prospectus are richly carved ( Orgelbau Kuhn , 1903, work from 1973).
In addition to the carvings, the rich ornamental paintings and the colored glass windows are typical elements of neo-Gothic sacred space design. The baptismal font from 1703 comes from the old church.
The cemetery is south of the church. There are several sculptures and a postmodern funeral hall made of glass and exposed concrete.
literature
- Art guide through Switzerland. Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2005, p. 883.
- Rolf Zangger (ed.): From church lords, people priests and the St. Agnes bell. Erlenbach 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ HM Gubler: The new church building in Erlenbach ZH, 1888-1891. In: Our Art Monuments , No. 3, 1973. S. 189ff.
- ↑ Erlenbach - Reformed Church. In: Walter Drack (Red.): Zürcher Denkmalpflege, 7th report, 1970–1974 , 2nd part. Zurich 1978. P. 47. Online (PDF file, 9.9 MB. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ^ Organ portrait on the website of the builder company, accessed on April 22, 2014.
Web links
- Website of the reformed parish Erlenbach
- History of the Church of St. Agnes on a private website about the Unterdorf Erlenbach ZH
- Complete restoration of the Reformed Church in Erlenbach 2004 on the website of the architects responsible