Reformed Church Oberrieden

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Oberrieden Church
inner space
Interior with Kuhn organ
Stucco detail

The Reformed Church of Oberrieden ZH is a late baroque church building by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann in Oberrieden ZH .

Building history

The church was built in 1761 in an elevated position above Lake Zurich based on plans by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann . It is a simple rural hall church with a polygonal choir . The front tower of the church is finished with elegantly curved eyelashes for the clock faces of the tower clock and a pointed helmet. The roof structure in the nave and spire, built according to the bridge construction method, is considered a milestone in Grubenmann's work, which culminates with the bold roof structure of the Wädenswil church .

Furnishing

The interior is kept entirely in the Rococo style. The stucco work is by Andreas and Peter Anton Moosbrugger . The pulpit and baptismal font also date from the time the church was built and are decorated with ornaments . Above the middle choir window is the coat of arms of the builder Grubenmann. The words of the Reformed baptismal liturgy are engraved on the baptismal font from 1761 . The door lunettes are decorated with neo-Gothic glass paintings from 1877.

In addition to the Kuhn organ from 1962 on the gallery, the Oberrieden church has had a five-room chest organ built by Peter Meier since 2010 .

The church was renovated for the anniversary year 2011, with the stucco painted in salmon-colored pastel.

Surroundings

To the southeast of the church is the cemetery. To the north-west of the church, opposite the tower entrance, the Zürcherhaus rises , which the Reformed parish serves as an event building.

literature

  • Reformed church maintenance Oberrieden (Ed.): Oberrieden. Church and village. , Oberrieden 1967.
  • Joseph Killer: The works of the master builders Grubenmann - A building history and structural engineering research work . Dissertation. Federal Technical University. Gebr. Leemann and Co., Zurich 1942, pp. 119–125. doi : 10.3929 / ethz-a-000091759
  • Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005, p. 817.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Organ description on the website of Orgelbau Kuhn, accessed on May 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Description on the company website (→ Work → Oberrieden chest organ). Retrieved May 13, 2012.

Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '37.1 "  N , 8 ° 34' 36.3"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-six thousand one hundred eleven  /  236853