Mollis Reformed Church
The reformed church Mollis is a Glarus country church by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann .
history
A first house of God, consecrated to St. Mary , was first mentioned in 1288. After the Reformation, the Catholic villages of Näfels and Oberurnen split off from Mollis . The dilapidated church of Mollis was replaced in 1760–1761 by a new building by the master builder Hans Ulrich Grubenmann . Grubenmann used the bridge construction method for the construction of the roof structure , as with his other church buildings.
Exterior
The simple exterior is dominated by the bell tower with curved eyelashes attached to the eastern broad side . The west facade is characterized by a lively baroque omen . The long sides are characterized by high arched windows. On the main facade, three rose windows from a neo-Gothic redesign in 1869 have been preserved.
inner space
The building forms a simple hall church . As a counterpart to the original west gallery , an east gallery was built in the classicist style in 1838 . The pulpit and the baptismal font in front of the pulpit come from Johann Josef Moosbrugger . In the gallery there are memorial plaques for those who died in the war. In 1902 the ceiling was fitted with neo - rococo stucco , which complements the remains of the original baroque stucco. The organ dates from 1962.
Battle of Näfels
In 1388, most of the 54 federal victims of the battle of Näfels were buried in the parish church of that time. Today, a plaque installed in 1839 commemorates the Glarus people who died in the battle. The victims on the part of the Habsburgs, however, were initially buried at the Letzi. On November 29, 1389, Abbot Bilgeri of the Rüti monastery dug up about 180 fallen soldiers from the unconsecrated ground in front of the Letzi and transferred the victims to the Rüti monastery.
literature
- Jürg Davatz: Mollis . Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Basel 1976.
- Joseph Killer: The works of the master builders Grubenmann - A building history and structural engineering research work . Federal Technical University. Gebr. Leemann and Co., Zurich 1942. ( doi : 10.3929 / ethz-a-000091759 )