Valchava Reformed Church
The Reformed Church in Valchava in Grisons Val Müstair is a Protestant - Reformed church under cantonal conservation .
History and equipment
The church is first documented in 1460 under the patronage of Martin von Tours . Over the centuries, the learned late Gothic building numerous restorations, the last time inside the church in 1990. The nave is buckled with a peculiar because trapezoidal shaped choir and a chamber organ from the second half of the 18th century. The tower with onion dome and two-storey bell house connects to the facade in the south.
Church organization
For decades, Valchava formed a parish with Santa Maria VM and the diaspora in Müstair . The Evangelical Reformed Regional Church of Graubünden has been running a merged Val Müstair parish within the Colloquium VIII Engiadina Bassa - Val Müstair since 2013 .
gallery
inner space
portal
Baptism and Lord's Supper table
pulpit
organ
modern stained glass window
biblical mural at the pulpit on Vallader : "the word of Christ shall dwell abundantly among you (Colossians 3:16)"
Web links
Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '0.3 " N , 10 ° 24' 30.6" E ; CH1903: 827,507 / 165287