Reformed Church Wettingen

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Reformed Church Wettingen
The interior of the church

The reformed church Wettingen is the church of the Evangelical Reformed parish Wettingen - Neuenhof . It was built in 1939.

prehistory

After a brief interlude Reformation that by the second Kappel War took place in 1531 an end to Wettingen was a Catholic church. Only with the establishment of the teachers' seminar in 1847 in the former monastery and the industrialization did the Reformed population return to Wettingen. The services initially took place in the seminary until the Reformed Church Cooperative Wettingen-Neuenhof, founded in 1877, received the right from the canton to celebrate services in the monastery church in the same year. In 1920, with the approval of the Grand Council, the church cooperative became a parish, which bought land in 1926 and built the first rectory on it. The piece of land was near the train station and the area was largely undeveloped at the time.

The church

The construction phase

The reformed church in Wettingen was built in 1939 on the land bought by the parish in 1925. First, a project was put out to tender that was won by the Zurich architect Walter Henauer . Due to the outbreak of the Second World War , the church tower could not be completed in its projected height, contrary to what had been planned, as the building material was required to fortify the Limmat position . The planned construction cost of 220,000 francs could only be raised through the commitment of the Reformation collections in 1940 and subsidies from the federal government, canton and municipality.

The church building

The church tower, which was originally supposed to be 18 meters high, is 14 meters high. Inside, the church is very sober and bright. Originally it had 500 permanent seats in the ship and on the gallery. Since the interior renovation in the early 1980s, it has a total of 340 seats, 120 of which are on the gallery. The benches were exchanged for chairs.

The bells

The bell for the Reformed Church, which consists of five bells, was cast by the Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau. They were previously exhibited at Landi 1939 , but were already cast for the church. The bell lift took place on November 11, 1939. The five bells are tuned to the notes h ° –d' – e'– f sharp 'and a'.

Bell jar Weight then costs Bible verse Bible passage
a ' 500 kg 1,657 francs "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" 2 Corinthians 3:17
fis' 800 kg CHF 2,680 "You cannot do anything without me." Jn 15, 5
e ' 1200 kg 4020 CHF "You have to obey God more than people." Acts 5, 29
d ' 1600 kg 5360 Swiss Francs "The Lord is good and a refuge in time." Nahum 1, 7
h ° 2900 kg 9715.- Francs "All that breathes, praise the Lord." Psalm 150.6

organ

The first organ was built by organ builder Metzler from Dietikon and was placed in the choir room. It had 21 registers. In 1983 this organ was replaced by an instrument made by Orgelbau Goll in Lucerne . The instrument has the following disposition:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th' *
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Black viola 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Pointed flute 4 ′
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
12. Covered 8th'
13. Principal 4 ′
14th Reed flute 4 ′
15th Gemshorn 2 ′
16. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Octave 1'
18th musette 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
19th Principal 16 ′
20th Sub bass 16 ′
21st Octave 8th'
22nd Bourdon 8th'
22nd Octave 4 ′
22nd Mixture III 2 ′
22nd bassoon 16 ′
22nd Trumpet 8th'
22nd Clarine 4 ′
  • Tremulant
  • Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P
  • Choral plenum step
  • Alternating steps for bassoon 16 ', trumpet 8' and mixture HW

art

Since the turn of the year 1940/41 there has been a stained glass window in the choir which shows the baptism of Jesus by Johannes and was created by the French-speaking artist Marcel Poncet . Since the original pulpit motto was painted over during the renovation in 1982, the parish decided to decorate the wall with the relief "Daniel in the lion's den" by Heinz Eith, which shows Daniel surrounded by three lions and supplemented by four triangular rays.

literature

  • Ortsbürgergemeinde Wettingen (Hrsg.): History of the community Wettingen. Baden 1978.
  • Organizing committee of the anniversary celebration (ed.): The reformed church Wettingen. 75 years in the service of the parish . Wettingen 2014.
  • Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht: A rocky road. For the construction of the reformed church in Wettingen in 1938/39 up to the inauguration of the organ in 1941 . In: Badener Neujahrsblätter 2015, pp. 148–153.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History of the community of Wettingen , p. 456.
  2. ^ The Reformed Church in Wettingen. 75 years in the service of the parish , pp. 4–5.
  3. ↑ http://www.ref-wett-nhf.ch/kirchgemeinde/gebaeude/default.htm
  4. ^ The Reformed Church in Wettingen. 75 years in the service of the parish , pp. 9-10.
  5. ↑ Wettinger Church on the website «Reformed Churches in Aargau»
  6. ^ Description of the organ by Orgelbau Goll.
  7. ^ The Reformed Church in Wettingen. 75 years in the service of the parish , p. 9.
  8. ^ The Reformed Church in Wettingen. 75 years in the service of the parish , p. 16.


Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '46.4 "  N , 8 ° 19' 7.8"  E ; CH1903:  666367  /  257273