Reformed Church Suhr

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Church Suhr

The Reformed Church Suhr is the Reformed church building in the Aargau community of Suhr . It stands on a hill spur above the village.

history

Originally there was a church on the hilltop, which already existed at the time of the Carolingians . When it was first mentioned in a document in 1045, during the rule of the Lenzburger , Suhr was a large and important original parish . In addition to Suhr, it also included Aarau , Buchs , Gränichen , Hunzenschwil , Muhen , Oberentfelden (partially), Rohr , Rupperswil and Unterentfelden . The church set passed from the Lenzburgers to the Kyburgers and then to the Habsburgs . It was given to the Beromünster Abbey around 1400 and finally came into the possession of the Canton of Aargau in 1857. The area of ​​the parish was gradually reduced through splits and still includes Suhr and Hunzenschwil today.

The present church was consecrated in 1495 in honor of Saint Mauritius, Saint Barbara and Our Lady (Maria), since 1528 it has served the Reformed denomination. On the north side of the choir, the church tower was built in 1497 , in which a room was once used as a prison cell. There were several modifications, for example in 1562–80 and 1814 in the choir . A fire in 1844 and another fire as a result of a lightning strike in 1847 destroyed the interior, including the late Gothic coffered wooden ceiling and the colored church windows from the second half of the 14th century. During the renovation in 1956/57, the stylistic elements of the original church were attempted again allow.

Buildings and equipment

Choir
Gallery with organ

The church is built in the late Gothic style and is considered a classic late Gothic hall church. A continuous gable roof summarizes the nave and the recessed, polygonal closed choir. The walls are plastered and have no structure. Two pointed arches on the outside of the ship lead into the interior, a third pointed arch was bricked up during the renovation in 1956. The sandstone windows are also shaped like pointed arches. In the angle between the nave and the choir, the church tower, divided by cornices , is built on the north side . In relation to the rest of the building, it is unusually high and thus looks like a landmark. The saddle roof of the Käsbissenturm is set across, underneath are pointed-arched sound holes and large dials on the north, east and south sides .

Inside, another pointed arch separates the nave from the choir, which has been raised by four steps. Both rooms were equipped with wooden ceilings in 1957, which are modeled on the original late Gothic coffered ceilings. The ship also contains a gallery on which the organ stands. During the renovation in 1956/57, choir windows by Felix Hoffmann were used, showing scenes from the Passion story, the Easter story and the Acts of the Apostles. In the church tower there are five bells that are tuned in c, e, g, a and c. In 2003 a new organ from A. Hauser from Kleindöttingen was installed.

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. 173-176 .
  • Georg Mayer, Markus Widmer-Dean, ev.-ref. Parish of Suhr-Hunzenschwil, Roman Catholic. Parish Suhr-Gränichen, Parish Suhr (ed.): Church history Suhr . Suhr 2005

Web links

Commons : Reformierte Kirche Suhr  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church history Suhr, p. 65.
  2. ↑ Inscription above the tower staircase
  3. ↑ Church history Suhr, p. 64.
  4. ↑ Church history Suhr, p. 66.


Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '23.4 "  N , 8 ° 4' 32.9"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty-eight thousand one hundred twenty-four  /  247120