Sogn Paul (church)
The Sogn Paul church (Romanesque for St. Paul) is the former parish church of the village of Rhäzüns in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It is owned by the parishes of Bonaduz and Rhäzüns and is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
location
Sogn Paul stands slightly elevated on the south-western edge of the village next to the cemetery and forms the opposite pole to the church of Sogn Gieri on the other side of the village .
construction
The single-nave building is covered by a gable roof, the entrance is on the west side of the mountain under a covered forecourt. The southern longitudinal wall is divided by three Gothic pointed arch windows and the attached sacristy. On the north side of the choir stands the tower with a square floor plan. Above the double acoustic windows, the masonry merges into a wooden structure, on which rises an octagonal pointed helmet covered with wooden shingles. Under protruding stone slabs, which show the course of the gable of the oldest choir , a mural by the Waltensburg master from the first half of the 14th century shows St. Christopher .
Building history
There are no written sources about the building of Sogn Paul. On the occasion of the overall restoration in the years 1988–1992, however, four construction phases could be determined. The oldest part was built in the 12th or 13th century and comprised about a fifth of today's area. Probably at the beginning of the 14th century, the burial chapel of the Lords of Rhäzüns was added to the south , so that two separate buildings adjoined each other. At the beginning of the 15th century, this double building was combined under a single roof and extended to the west, so that the church now had a nave with two choirs. Around 1620 the two choir vaults were joined together and provided with a wooden ceiling. The ship was again considerably expanded towards the west.
The tower was rebuilt in the 14th century using parts of an abandoned Romanesque tower and raised at the beginning of the 15th century. It received its present form together with the main building around 1620.
The inner
room
The nave and choir are covered by a flat wooden ceiling drawn in around 1620. Marbled paths surround the central representation: the conversion of Paul. The floor consists of irregular natural stone slabs; in the southern choir area, tombstones indicate the location of the former burial chapel.
Paintings
The wall paintings on the north choir wall were made towards the end of the 16th century and show scenes from the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. Other paintings date from the 13th to 17th centuries. On the south and rear choir wall, u. a. of St. Anna and St. Nicholas received pictures from the Waltensburg master. The depiction on the back of the choir wall of George's fight against the dragon is by an unknown master and dates from the 17th century.
The fact that the depicted saints, clerics, laypeople and knights appear very different is due to their different times of origin. The previous buildings were integrated into today's church; According to studies from 1991 and 1992, six layers of paint are differentiated in the choir.
Furnishing
The high altar in the choir dates from the 17th century; the shrine shows Our Lady accompanied by Saints Paul and Peter; the latter comes from an older altar from the 16th century.
The left side altar also dates from the 17th century and shows Maria Immaculata in the main picture, Saint Sebastian on the left and Saint Roch on the right. The right side altar made of stucco shows the child Jesus surrounded by angels in the main picture. The year 1671 is written on the base of the altar.
The octagonal wooden pulpit on the north side dates from 1625. It bears the name of the founder, the then pastor Otto von Castelmur, and the names of the master craftsmen Gion and Melchior Harrt.
The gallery with curved parapets and baroque panels dates from the early 18th century and originally comes from the Rhäzüns parish church of Nossadunna. The eight heraldic tombstones from the 17th century in the choir are reminiscent of the former administrators and pastors of Rhäzüns.
Varia
A 1:25 scale model of the Sogn Paul church is available from Swissminiatur in Melide (exhibition number 26).
literature
- Armon Fontana: Swiss Art Guide: The Churches in Rhäzüns , Bern 2004
- Albert Wyss: Rhäzüns; Swiss art guide , Bern 1986
- Erwin Poeschel: The Art Monuments of Graubünden , Volumes 1 and 4
Web links
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '44 " N , 9 ° 23' 43" E ; CH1903: seven hundred and forty-nine thousand three hundred sixty-seven / 184572