Waltalingen Reformed Church

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Waltalingen church from the southwest
Waltalingen church from the northwest with half-timbered bay window
Interior with choir

The Reformed Church Waltalingen (Antoniuskapelle) is a Reformed church building in the municipality of Stammheim in the Stammertal , Switzerland .

history

The church, consecrated to Anthony the Great until the Reformation , was built around 1200 in Romanesque style, extended in the 14th century and enlarged again in the 16th or 17th century. Waltalingen and Guntalingen belong to the parish of Stammheim.

description

Exterior

The church is located on a hill in the center of the village of Waltalingen. On the opposite the nave increased choir an octagonal sitting ridge turret with a pointed spire. Instead of a tower clock, there is a dial in the gable of the choir. The appearance of the church is dominated by two covered steps, of which the western one gives access to the small gallery . The roof truss and ridge turrets can be reached via the northern stairs. It ends in a half-timbered - bay , which is a rare example of the use of truss construction (which is typical of the farmhouse architecture of the region) in the Swiss church. The staircase is dated to 1812 on an inscription underneath it.

inner space

The nave is spanned by a discreetly painted wooden barrel and is separated from the rectangular choir with cross vaults by a semicircular choir arch . On the south side, the widening of the nave from the Baroque period is visible. In the chancel there is the wooden pulpit on a stone plinth , made in the 17th century, as well as numerous valuable carved and inscribed church places from the 17th and 18th centuries and a cupboard from 1673.

The nave is illuminated by gothic pointed arched windows as well as a round arched window, a rectangular window and an Oculus window above the gallery. Since 2012 there has been a three-register positive organ by Erwin Erni (Stans) on it.

The late Gothic frescoes in the nave were created in 1419 and show Christ in Getsehmane , The betrayal of Judas and Christ before Herod in three ornamentally delimited fields . In 1436 the fresco was created on the south wall, which shows Antonius the Great healing victims of the Antonius fire. A smaller fresco on the choir arch shows St. Dorothea . The wall paintings in the choir date from 1485. In the choir arch, Antonius the Great is depicted in the forest, stabbing the devil in the leg with a cross staff. Under the sound cover of the pulpit, Antonius is shown supervising a monastery building .

  • Interior with gallery

  • Frescoes with scenes of the Passion of Christ, 1419

  • Fresco with Antony and the Sick, 1436

  • Fresco with Antony and the Devil, 1485

literature

  • Alfred Farner: History of the parish Stammheim and surroundings. Zurich 1911.
  • Art Guide through Switzerland , Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005, p. 918.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Organ profile Waltalingen ZH in the private organ directory Switzerland-Liechtenstein , accessed on December 17, 2014.

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '17.4 "  N , 8 ° 46' 37.4"  E ; CH1903:  700 612  /  275395