Reformed Church Zurzach

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Ref. Zurzach Church (1724), in the foreground: Parish Hall "Arche"

The Reformed Church Zurzach is the Reformed church building in Bad Zurzach in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Reformed parish of Zurzach, which, in addition to the Reformed inhabitants of the Bad Zurzach area, also includes the communities of Böbikon , Mellikon , Rekingen , Rietheim , Rümikon and Wislikofen .

building

Bad Zurzach has had parity since the Reformation . After the Second Villmerger War in 1712, the reformed reformers who were now better off decided to build their own church. It was built by the Zurich architect Matthias Vogel from 1716 and inaugurated in 1724. It is one of the first Reformed transverse churches in German-speaking Switzerland and is based on the model of the Othmar Church in Wilchingen . The transverse church has an elongated octagonal floor plan and a street-side tower with a square floor plan, which has an onion helmet. Its clock gables are decorated with volutes.

Inside the church there are galleries on three sides. The pulpit is on the fourth side opposite the entrance. The font in front of the pulpit dates from the 17th century. The flat ceiling above a hollow is decorated with stucco fields, which are connected by acanthus tendrils and angel heads. The ceilings under the galleries are also decorated. These decorations come from the school of the plasterer HJ Schärer from Schaffhausen.

organ

Interior with the Bossart organ

The colored, decorated organ originally comes from the Verena Minster in Zurzach. It was built in 1820 by the organ builder Franz Josef Remigius Bossart . Recordings were made with Bernhard Billeter , Imelda Blöchliger and Bernhard Schmid . The slider chests -instrument has 29 stops on two manual stations and pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Rückpositiv C – f 3
1. Copel 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Flute douce 4 ′
4th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Flageolet 2 ′
6th Cymbel III-IV 1'
7th shelf 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – f 3
8th. Principal 8th'
9. Suavial (from c 1 ) 8th'
10. Bourdon 8th'
11. Pointed flute 8th'
12. Viol 8th'
13. Octave 4 ′
14th Hollow flute 4 ′
15th Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
(Continuation of the main work)
16. Octave 2 ′
17th flute 2 ′
18th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Mixture III 2 ′
21st Sesquialter II
22nd Cornett 8th'
23. Bassoon crumhorn 8th'
Pedals C – d 1
24. Sub bass 16 ′
25th octave 8th'
26th Dumped 8th'
27. Octave 4 ′
28. Rauschpfeife 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
29 Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P

literature

  • Michael D. Schmid: transversely built. Querkirchen in the canton of Zurich , Stutz Medien, Wädenswil 2018, ISBN 978-3-85928-200-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Commons : Reformed Church Zurzach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '13.8 "  N , 8 ° 17' 42.2"  E ; CH1903:  664422  /  271070