Reformed Church Peist

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Peister Church

The Reformed Church in Peist in Schanfigg is a Protestant - Reformed church under the monument of the canton of Grisons .

History and equipment

The church is first documented in 1487 under the patronage of Saints Calixt and Florinus . Peist accepted the Reformation relatively early in 1530 and bought himself off from the episcopal court in Chur after the turmoil in Graubünden in 1657 .

The Peister Church is the only one in Schanfigg with an onion dome on the church tower .

The focus of much of the nave remote choir standing font , at the same time as a communion table is used. By a sound cover spruce pulpit , both embellished with rich carving is attached to the border of choral and ship. The Metzler - organ from 1924 has nine register on two manuals and pedal , it has pneumatic tracker action .

Church organization

The Evangelical Reformed Regional Church of Graubünden leads Peist, which is in pastoral fellowship with St. Peter-Pagig and Molinis , as a parish within the Colloquium VI Schanfigg-Churwalden .

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literature

  • Hans Batz: The churches and chapels of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume 4: Chur / Churwalden / Schanfigg / Five Villages / Maienfeld / Seewis / Schiers / Luzein. Chur 2004, pp. 91-93.

Web links

Commons : Church Peist  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ref. Church Peist GR. In the organ directory Switzerland-Liechtenstein , accessed on November 4, 2018.

Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '58.6 "  N , 9 ° 40' 25.4"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred seventy thousand four hundred and ninety-nine  /  189295