Sogn Gieri (Schlans)
The Catholic church Sogn Gieri ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Sursilvan for St. Georg ) is in Schlans in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .
history
The church of Schlans appears for the first time in 1185 as capella de Selaunes , when the parish church of Breil / Brigels passed to the Disentis monastery . It is unclear whether Schlans was already its own parish at that time. 1184 confirmed Pope Lucius III. that the chapels “Sogn Sievi” in Brigels and “Sogn Gieri” in Schlans belonged to the parish of Brigels and were owned by the Disentis monastery. For hundreds of years Schlans was cared for by the parish of Brigels.
On June 5, 1518 the church became independent. The patronage of St. George and St. Scholastica is mentioned . At a consecration on May 31, 1630, the church is still referred to as the ecclesia filialis of Broil (Brigels), the patronage of the scholastics is no longer mentioned. Shortly afterwards it was renovated and made a parish church, because in the visitation of 1643 it was mentioned as ecclesia parochialis (parish church).
Building history
The current church goes back to a new building from 1671. Of the nave of the medieval church, only a part of the western front and the adjoining part of the southern long side up to the entry exist south of the tower.
During the expansion in 1671, old masonry was incorporated into the new building. Renovations took place in 1904, 1928 and 1982. During archaeological investigations, the foundations of the foundation building mentioned in 1185 and the renovation phases around 1300, 1509 and 1615 were uncovered.
Building description
The east- facing building consists of a choir closed on three sides and a relatively wide nave , which tapers towards the east by around one meter. The choir is covered with a barrel vault. The year of construction 1671 is painted on the choir arch. The baroque choir altar dates from around 1671, the late Gothic images from around 1475.
The undivided tower in front of the western front is likely to date from the 13th century, its end with an octagonal pointed helmet probably from the late Middle Ages. South of the tower is a covered vestibule, on the wall a processional representation from the 18th century painted on wood.
Murals
On the south side of the tower, a drawing from the late 14th century shows the commandments of holy holidays . Christ stands with his hands raised between symbols of the work that is forbidden on holidays, mainly rural activities. The Gregory mass above comes from the Rhäzüns master and was created in the late 14th century. The saint kneels in front of the altar of the Church of Santa Croce in Rome before Christ. The instruments of the Passion are distributed on the ground. The parallelism of the scattered craft symbols on the “holiday picture” and the Passion instruments shows the inner relationship between the two motifs, which incidentally also appear side by side in the church of Rhäzüns .
The epiphany picture below on the western front comes from a Lombard or Ticino painter from around 1515, above it the fragment of a dragon fight of St. George , probably from the Waltensburg master . Parts of the paintings were destroyed when the porch was built. The Christophorus on the west side also comes from the Waltensburg master. In 1928 more wall paintings were uncovered and restored.
View to the gallery
inner space
Glance into the vestibule
Tower wall in the vestibule
Epiphany
graveyard
literature
- Hans Batz: The churches and chapels of the canton of Graubünden. Volume 8. Desertion, Chur 2005, pp. 121–124.
- Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden. Volume IV. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1942, p. 381ff.
- Ludmila Seifert and Leza Dosch: Art guides through Graubünden. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, p. 219.
Web links
- Information about the church at Kirchen online , accessed October 21, 2015
- Catholic parish church St. Georg, Schlans on portal to Bündner Baukultur
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna Barbara Müller-Fulda: Master of Rhäzüns. In: Sikart
Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '9 " N , 9 ° 0' 53.6" E ; CH1903: 720430 / 179133