Reformed Church Richterswil

View from the east

View from the northwest

Interior with organ

View from the pulpit

The Reformed Church of Richterswil is a neo-Gothic village church in the canton of Zurich .

history

A first church in Richterswil , consecrated to St. Martin , was first mentioned in 1265. The previous building of today's church can be seen on numerous vedute . In 1902–1905, the current building was built by Jacques Kehrer on a hill above the village .

Exterior

The church has a floor plan of a Greek cross typical of the Reformed church building of historicism at this time , as was provided for in the Wiesbaden program . In the main facade and in the side arms of the church there are large tracery windows . Buttresses and finials enhance the building's Gothic look. The 75 meter high tower with a pointed spire and eyelashes for the dials corresponds to a scheme popular on Lake Zurich. The polygonal choir is flanked by two stairwells for the gallery entrances .

inner space

A circumferential gallery fills all four cross arms. The richly carved pulpit in neo-Gothic style and the pews of the church are made of dark wood. The walls and balustrades are decorated with painted plant tendrils. In addition to ornamental glass paintings , the large rose windows also contain images of Christ (southeast) and the reformers Huldrych Zwingli (northeast) and Martin Luther (southwest).

organ

The main organ built by Orgelbau Kuhn AG in 1971 is located in the south-eastern cross arm, which has been extended to form the choir . The instrument has 42 registers on three manuals and a pedal . His disposition is:

I breastwork C – g 3 Wooden dacked 8th' Quintatön 8th' Principal 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp IV 1' Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 Pommer 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Hollow flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ prong 8th'

III Swell C – g 3 Silent 16 ′ Ital. Principal 8th' Metal covered 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Unda maris 8th' Octave 4 ′ Coupling flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Night horn 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Plein jeu V 2 ′ Basson 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Hautbois 8th' Tremulant

Pedals C – f 1 Principal bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Octavbass 8th' Pointed flute 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Capstan whistle 4 ′ Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clarine 4 ′

• Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Two other organs (a positive after Matthäus Abbrederis 1717 and a chest organ by Ferdinand Stemmer) are also available in the premises.

literature

• Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the instrument on the website of the builder, accessed on June 4, 2012.
2. ↑ Our organs on the website of the Reformed parish of Richterswil, accessed on June 30, 2013.

Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '29.5 "  N , 8 ° 42' 2.9"  E ; CH1903:  695,621  /  229352