Reformed Church Weiach

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Fig. 1: The reformed village church Weiach. Oldest illustration by Johann Heinrich Meister , 1716
Fig. 2: Weiach Reformed Church (2011), view from the south
Fig. 3: Interior, view into the choir polygon
Fig. 4: Interior, view of the Neidhart & Lhôte organ
Fig. 5: Weiach Reformed Church (2011), view from the east from the Fuori le mure cemetery section
Fig. 6: The rectory in the church district of Weiach, view from the northeast

The Reformed Church Weiach is an evangelical - Reformed church in the community Weiach in the Zürcher Unterland . It was built in a new place in 1705/06 and has been under federal monument protection since December 1970 (see the list of cultural assets of national importance; KGS number 10339 ).

history

Until the Zurich Reformation , Weiach only had one chapel, which belonged to the parish of Hohentengen north of the Rhine - the only reference to this chapel is the mention of an "old capelen gmür" in the context of the grazing dispute of 1594.

After threats from the community to attend mass in the nearby Kaiserstuhl again in 1540, Weiach received his own preacher who performed his office from Zurich. In 1591 the parish succeeded in getting the pastor to reside. Since when the independent parish has existed, the package of which belonged to the Zurich Small Council, is controversial. The dates mentioned are 1540, 1542, 1549 and 1591.

The old church in the upper village was expanded in the 17th century, then demolished after 1706 due to dilapidation. Today's structure was built around 290 m as the crow flies in 1705/06. The location of the building site was determined by high-ranking officials. However, since it was built, the church has been owned by the Evangelical Reformed parish of Weiach; the government in Zurich only granted subsidies for construction and renovations.

The construction management and financial administration were the responsibility of Heinrich Brennwald, the pastor of Weiach at the time. The fact that the fortress engineer Hans Caspar Werdmüller , who was commissioned by the Zurich government to secure the border, was also involved in the Weiach complex is indirectly documented in connection with the construction of the von Bachs church in 1713/14 with primary sources.

The cemetery, bordered by the church, rectory, parish barn (and since 1857 also the old parish hall) was surrounded by solid walls and could have been converted into a defensive position. The original north-eastern cemetery wall and the adjacent parish barn (built in 1707) still have visible loopholes , those of the church itself (if they were) were walled up later. The north-western cemetery wall between the church and the old parish hall dates from 1859. It also received loopholes. However, for prone shooters.

Architecture and interior design

The simple church shows the scheme of a rectangular hall sloping at the corners of one narrow side (polygon in the choir), which was common in small rural churches in Zurich at the beginning of the 18th century. On the ridge of the gable roof above the polygon there is a four-sided roof turret made of wood with an eight-sided, slightly curved pointed helmet.

The hall is 20.1 m long, 10.25 m wide and 7.15 m high. It has three rounded arched windows on the inside and outside in the longitudinal walls and in the polygon. The only wall decoration is a quote from the Bible (Jer 17, 12-14). There is also a half-timbered porch in front of the main entrance, which was first used as a laying out room and is now used as a refugee room.

Inside you can see a flat, continuous wooden ceiling with fields and a west gallery. In the choir-like raised polygon is the baptismal font with the goblet shape customary at the time of construction, as well as a bowl covered with bulges. The polygonal wooden pulpit rests on a beveled console and is dated 1706. The pews in the choir and the parsonage show cut-out cheeks and back walls with arched panels between pilasters and also partly date to the year of construction.

The colored choir windows are donated by the Evangelical Reformed Church Cooperative Kaiserstuhl-Fisibach. They were designed in 1981 by Ruth von Fischer and created by the glass painter Albert Rajsek in Boswil . The carpet surrounding the font was also designed by Ruth von Fischer in 1970 and woven by Regula Hahn.

organ

The first fixed musical instrument from 1867 onwards was a Trayser harmonium . This was replaced in 1930 by a pneumatic Kuhn organ placed in the choir . The instrument had to be replaced with the renovation in 1966/68.

Today's instrument, an organ made by Neidhart & Lhôte in St. Martin, Canton Neuchâtel , has been used since 1969 . The instrument with slide chests as well as mechanical action and registration is on the gallery. It has two manuals, a pedal and 16 stops . The Rückpositiv is integrated in the gallery parapet and provided with the municipal coat of arms.

I Rückpositiv C - g 3
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Reed flute 4 ′
4th Gemshorn 2 ′
5. Terzian 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th cymbal 1'
II Hauptwerk C - g 3
7th Principal 8th'
8th. Pointed flute 8th'
9. Octav 4 ′
10. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Super octave 2 ′
12. mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C - f 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
14th Trumpet 8th'
15th Octav 8th'
16. Octav 4 ′

Coupling : RP / HW, HW / PED, RP / PED

Alternating kicks : mixture, cymbal, trumpet

The 927 labial pipes were handcrafted in 1969 by Mittermaier & Sons, a company specializing in organ pipes, in rows (Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg).

Bells

In the roof turret hang three bells from 1843, cast by Jakob Keller in Unterstrass . Up until 1842 there were only two bells, the larger of which was from 1682 and thus from the previous church in Oberdorf. Today's bells weigh about 1200 kg (390 pounds, 680 pounds, 1330 pounds) and form the tone sequence as - c '' - es ''.

literature

  • Emil Aftergut: Reformed Churches in the Canton of Zurich from the Reformation to Romanticism, Diss. Univ. Zurich, Berlin 1922.
  • Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich. Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen. (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 15). Basel 1943 - pp. 143-144.
  • Emil Maurer: The church in Weiach. Weiach 1965. (Ed .: Evang.-ref. Kirchgemeinde Weiach)
  • Emil Maurer: A new organ for the Weiach Church. Weiach 1966. (Ed .: Church Care Weiach)
  • Weiach. Reformed Church. Total restoration. In: Zürcher Denkmalpflege (Ed.): 6th report 1968/1969 - pp. 143–144.
  • Cantonal Monument Preservation, Zurich: Weiach dossier. Object sheet church Weiach. Inventory February 1981, with supplement January 1990.
  • Ulrich Brandenberger: “A new church building here in Weyach”. 300 years of Weiach Church, 1706–2006. Published by the Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Weiach and the Weiach Local Museum Commission. 68 pp. - 1st edition, Weiach 2006; 2nd, corrected and supplemented edition, Weiach 2007.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brandenberger, U .: Where was the old chapel? Pasture dispute document 1594 revisited WeiachBlog No. 1353, October 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hans Caspar Werdmüller (1663-1744). In: Weisz, L .: Die Werdmüller. Fates of an old Zurich family. Second volume, Zurich 1949 - pp. 332-341.
  3. ↑ Zwyssig, Ph .: Indirect confirmation of Colonel Werdmüller's activity as an expert on church building in Weiach. Telephone notification from Philipp Zwyssig, inventory of art monuments, revision of the Dielsdorf district (KdS ZH VII), June 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Gosteli Foundation, Ruth von Fischer archive; Fascicle Weiach under signature: AGoF 605.11
  5. ^ Brandenberger, U .: Zeitgeschmack and Holzwurmsorgen. The first large Weiach organ was inaugurated 75 years ago . Weiacher Geschichte (n) Nr. 68. In: Mitteilungen für die Gemeinde Weiach, July 2005.
  6. ↑ Fasler, P .: Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein . Basel 2019.

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '27  .5 " N , 8 ° 26' 16.5"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-five thousand two hundred ten  /  267915