Reformed Church Greifensee

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Reformed Church Greifensee

The Reformed Church Greifensee , also called St. Gallus Chapel , is a Gothic small town church with the unusual floor plan of a quarter circle and is a listed building.

The fortified church , which was built in 1344, was given its floor plan as it was included in the city ​​wall . The facade is dominated by a pointed tower with a clock tower . The interior has a single central pillar that unfolds into a star vault with magnificent keystones . The wooden gallery dates back to 1638, the baptismal font from the year 1603 and the pulpit in rococo style dating from 1780. On the inner walls are Bible verses painted on.

  • Facade, part of the former city wall

  • Keystones

  • pulpit

literature

  • Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1 , Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005.
  • de la Riestra, Pablo: Gotik - Die Gothic Architektur in Schweiz , rothus Verlag, Solothurn 2002.

Web links

Commons : Reformierte Kirche Greifensee  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '53.8 "  N , 8 ° 40' 37.1"  E ; CH1903:  693,539  /  246748