La Brévine Reformed Church
The Reformed Church La Brevine ( French Temple de La Brévine ) is a church building in the municipality of La Brévine , Switzerland .
history
The church was built in the post-Gothic style between 1604 and 1610 as one of the first reformed new buildings in today's Switzerland. The conversion to the transverse church and the installation of the U- gallery probably took place in the late 17th century.
description
From the outside, the church with its massive, neo - Romanesque front tower from 1891 and the post-Gothic nave appears as a simple hall church without a choir .
The interior is vaulted by a wooden barrel. In 1713 and 1729 oculi were installed in addition to the post-Gothic tracery windows , which were decorated with stained glass in the 20th and 21st centuries . The central pulpit dates from 1837, the organ from 1874. Due to the extreme cold in the region, the church has two independent heating systems.
literature
- Guide artistique de la Suisse. Volume 4a. Berne 2011, p. 225.