Reformed Church of Splügen

View from the west

Splügen church from the east

Look at the choir

The Reformed Church in Splügen in Rheinwald is a Protestant - reformed listed church .

History and equipment

The current church is a new baroque building. It was created after the end of the turmoil in Graubünden in 1687–1689 and is astonishing because of its unusually large dimensions for Graubünden . The builder was Peter Zaurr, who five years later was also to build the Alte Landbrugg in Hinterrhein. The final bill dates from November 6, 1690 and was for 2,830 guilders and ancillary services in the form of wine. Instead of the master Peter Zaurr, who could not write, the first pastor of the church, Maximilian Vedrosius, signed.

In 1815 the church was renovated and the walls secured with tie bars. In 1922 the roof was covered with copper sheeting. Renovations take place in 1932, 1978 (outside) and 1983 (inside). The font dates back to 1689, the pulpit dates back to 1690.

The choir room is equipped with family stalls from the most important Splügen families of the time, such as von Schorsch, and several epitaphs . The organ is more recent and was installed in 1985.

On the left side wall a plaque with a book page with traces of fire reminds of the fire in a house in January 2008, in which two women were killed. The book page comes from the youth novel Die Rote Zora .