Reformed Church Möriken

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Reformed Church Möriken

The Reformed Church Möriken is the Reformed Church in the Aargau community Möriken-Wildegg in Switzerland . It was inaugurated in 1950 and belongs to the Reformed parish of Holderbank-Möriken-Wildegg.

history

Originally there was a Romanesque chapel in Möriken, which was built between the 11th and 13th centuries. It received its first bell around 1400, the Antonius bell. In 1521 a church was built in the place of the chapel, which was reformed by the introduction of the Reformation in Bern and its subject areas in 1528. The church tower and a polygonal choir were built in 1554, and the nave was extended to the north in 1660.

In the first half of the 20th century, discussions about building a new church began. The community that owned the church set up a church building fund in 1922 and the community assembly decided to build a new church in 1942. The Aargau government council overturned this decision , since such a decision was not a matter for the local community but for the parish. In 1944, the Great Council decided to establish the Möriken-Wildegg parish, after which the church became the property of the parish.

In 1946, the government council placed the church under a preservation order, which led to a legal dispute that was brought up to the federal court . The federal court classified the church as not worthy of preservation, whereupon the government council lifted the monument protection in 1948 and issued a demolition permit. So the new church was built and consecrated in 1950. Structurally, this new church is based on the old one.

Furnishing

The Antonius bell from around 1400 is now in the entrance area of ​​the church. There is also a baptismal font from 1554 in the church. The Metzler organ was installed in 1980. The church bell consists of four bells and was cast in 1950 by the Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau . The bells are tuned to the notes B, d ', f' and g '. The largest weighs 3411 kg, the smallest 734 kg. There are inscriptions on all four bells.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '51.7 "  N , 8 ° 10' 50.5"  E ; CH1903:  656 003  /  251769