Reformed Church Reitnau

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Reformed Church Reitnau

The Reformed Church of Reitnau is the village church of the Aargau community of Reitnau in Switzerland .

history

During excavations in 1948, the remains of the wall of a Romanesque church came to light. In the 11th century the church belonged to the property of the Counts of Lenzburg and came into the possession of the Schänis monastery , which King Heinrich III. documented in 1045. The connection to the monastery remained close even after the conquest of Aargau by the Bernese in 1415. When Bern introduced the Reformation in 1528 , the collature remained with Schänis Monastery. Pastor Samuel Eggenstein acquired it in 1807 and finally sold it to the canton of Aargau in 1850. In its current form, the church was built in 1522, the steeple was built in 1900.

Buildings and equipment

The east- facing church is in the upper village, raised above the Suhrental . A continuous gable roof combines the nave and the retracted choir . These parts of the building are built in the late Gothic style, plastered and without wall structure. The neo-Romanesque church tower is built on the west side of the main entrance . Inside the nave, the gallery takes up almost half the length. A round arch forms the transition to the choir, which has been raised by two steps and whose plaster ceiling has a lightly gilded stucco decoration .

In the church there are stained glass from 1522. These illustrate the relationship between the then newly built church and the founders of the new building, the Schänis monastery and the Bern and Lucerne estates .

literature

  • Michael Stettler: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume I: The districts of Aarau, Kulm, Zofingen. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1948, p. 288-292 .

Web links

Commons : Reformierte Kirche Reitnau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '16.2 "  N , 8 ° 2' 30.7"  E ; CH1903:  645661  /  233907