Sainte Famille (Zurich-Hottingen)
The Roman Catholic Church Église de la Sainte Famille in the Zurich district of Hottingen is the church of the Mission catholique de la langue française de Zurich (MCLF).
history
In Zurich, the first French-speaking mass was celebrated on May 7, 1899 in the Liebfrauenkirche . Other services were carried out sporadically by a priest from the Einsiedeln monastery in the Liebfrauenkirche. In 1924, the Bishop of Chur , Georg Schmid von Grüneck, commissioned a vicar in the parish of St. Anton Hottingen with the continuous pastoral care of the French-speaking Catholics. At that time, the majority were French Swiss who had moved to Zurich to work. Since 1933, the services for the French-speaking Catholics have been held regularly in the nearby St. Anton Church.
Since 1955, the Mission catholique de la langue française continued under the Jurassic Abbé Henri Joliat (1907–1981) and was built in its present form in 1965. Henri Joliat is also considered to be the initiator of the French grammar school in Zurich, which is now run by the French state in Stettbach (Dübendorf) as the Lycée Francais .
Between 1964 and 1966, the Église de la Sainte Famille on Hottingerstrasse was built according to plans by the architects Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger . The church was inaugurated on January 9, 1966.
After Henri Joliat's resignation in 1967, the parish was initially continued by the Pères du Saint Sacrement from 1970 . Since 1990, the Dominicans have been looking after the French-speaking Catholics on behalf of the Bishop of Chur.
In 2000/2001 the church was completely renovated under the direction of the architect Karina Castella. The chancel of the church was also redesigned. The liturgical objects were created by the artist Roger Gerster.
At the beginning of the MCLF it was mainly French-speaking Switzerland who came to Zurich for professional reasons, today the MCLF is an international community whose members come from France, Africa and binational partnerships.
In addition to the Don Bosco Church (Aussersihl district), the Église de la Sainte Famille is the only larger church building for a Catholic mission in the city of Zurich.
Building description
The exterior of the church resembles that of an office building , as the building lines on the street were predetermined and could not be changed. Therefore, a steeple and bells had to be dispensed with when building the church . Seen from the Hottingerstrasse, the iron cross on the house facade indicates that it is a church building. Also from the street side, the white concrete wall with the embedded glass mosaics shows that the church occupies the first and second floors of the building. The parish rooms and a crypt are located under the church . The parish secretariat and the living quarters of the Dominican community are located above the church. The upper floors are characterized by a checkered aluminum-glass facade. The church is accessed via a wide staircase at the rear of the building. This building front has a typical aluminum grid facade with dark facade and light window glass. With the unrepresentative architectural language and the stacked functions, Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger implemented the ideas of church buildings that were valid in the 1960s: abandoning everything monumental, concentrating on functionality and merging different uses.
Furnishing
The church service room is characterized by the glass mosaics by Paul Monnier . In contrast to the traditional leaded glass windows , the colorful glasses were not held by lead rods , but by black-colored concrete . The glass concrete windows get their effect from the unevenness of the two surfaces as well as from the thickness and luminosity of the glass. The glass windows are located on the wide front wall of the chancel and depict the Holy Family on the left , the Annunciation on the right and elements of the meal community (bread, fish, wine) in the middle behind the altar . Another glass window by Paul Monnier is at the entrance to the church. It shows the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.
In addition to the glass windows, there is also the tabernacle , the cross on the wall, the three candlesticks in front of the back wall of the altar and the apostle crosses on the right wall of the church from the time the church was built.
During the renovation of the church in 2000/2001, the altar area was redesigned: The new liturgical objects were created by the artist Roger Gerster, Corseaux VD and are made of aluminum . They show the names of the twelve apostles ( altar ) and the four evangelists ( ambo ). The baptismal font refers to the Holy Spirit with the symbols of water and fire.
organ
The organ in the gallery dates from 1975 and was built by the organ building company Mathis , Näfels. Which was designed sliderchest -instrument with mechanical play and register contracture for the Protestant church Linthal . After the interior renovation of this church, the organ for the church was superfluous and incorrectly dimensioned, which is why the instrument was sold to the MCLF in 1982 and brought to Zurich.
Disposition:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P each as a step
crypt
In the basement of the house there is a crypt that is used by the Dominicans for the Liturgy of the Hours . A simple altar is flanked by three icons , which are changed depending on the time in the church year . On the curved choir wall there is a tabernacle, the design of which is reminiscent of the French word trésor related to treasure. The three narrow glass windows were designed by the Dominican and artist Kim-en-Joong, Paris . With its colors, the abstract window refers to the change in light over the course of a day.
Appreciation
The Église de la Sainte Famille marks the end of an architectural development by the architects Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger: They had built a number of churches in the Zurich region over a good twenty years, including Dreikönigen (Enge) , St. Konrad (Albisrieden) and St. Gallus (Schwamendingen) and the Maria Frieden church (Dübendorf) .
Whereas the Dreikönigen church still had a clear basilica floor plan with three full-size naves, the aisles of the Maria Frieden church have already been reduced to low longitudinal aisles. The Church of St. Gallus dispensed with side aisles in favor of a unified room, which emphasized the community of believers and priests. Finally, the Église de la Sainte Famille is the consistent implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council : Instead of a longitudinal building, this church is a transverse building. This allows the believers to sit close to the altar, allowing the assembled congregation to celebrate together. The gallery on the upper floor, with its rounded balustrade and glass parapet, is designed in such a way that the worshipers on the gallery can also be close to the liturgical events.
See also
literature
- Mission catholique de la langue française, Zurich (ed.): 50 ans de la mission. Zurich 1974.
- Eduard Schuler: Catholic parish Dübendorf, jubilee year 1977. Festschrift for the jubilee. Dübendorf 1977.
- Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
- Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989.
- Mission catholique de la langue française, Zurich (ed.): Flyer on the occasion of the renovation of the church. Zurich 2001.
- Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2012.
- Report on the MCLF, in: forum. Parish journal of the Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich. Year 2012, Issue No. 15.
- City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 77.
- ^ Homepage of the MCLF, section son histoire. ( Memento from May 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Forum magazine. Year 2012, No. 15 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. P. 77.
- ^ Homepage of the MCLF, section son histoire . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ MCLF website, section son histoire
- ^ Forum magazine. Year 2012, No. 15. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. Pp. 17 and 77.
- ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014. p. 199.
- ^ Eduard Schuler: Catholic parish Dübendorf, jubilee year 1977. P. 59.
- ↑ Flyer on the occasion of the rededication of the church in 2001.
- ^ Information from the organ builder Mathis
Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '17.8 " N , 8 ° 33' 40.1" E ; CH1903: 684807 / 245 506