St. Burkard (Mettmenstetten)
The St. Burkard Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of Mettmenstetten in the canton of Zurich . It is on Rüteliweg 4 in the west of the town center. The parish belonging to it is responsible for the places Mettmenstetten, Knonau and Maschwanden .
history
prehistory
The medieval church of Mettmenstetten was the Hll. It was consecrated to Peter and Paul and was first mentioned in a document in 998. This medieval church has undergone various alterations and extensions over the centuries, such as a choir renovation around 1000 and a polygonal apse around 1520 . After the Reformation in Zurich from 1523, Catholic worship was banned in the Zurich subject areas, which is why the medieval church was used for Reformed worship from then on. It was not until the Edict of Tolerance of 1807 that the Catholic rite was permitted again for the first time, but locally limited to the city of Zurich. The freedom of residence and freedom of belief in the Helvetic Republic and, from 1848, in the Swiss federal state allowed Catholic workers and their families to move to the Reformed canton of Zurich. The industrialization left in the area of Affoltern am Albis different companies emerge, so that the region was attractive to workers. In 1860 the Affoltern district had 322 Catholics, in 1888 it had 1013. These figures make it clear that the establishment of a Catholic parish in Affoltern seemed urgent for the Knonau office. The domestic mission , which financially supported the establishment of Catholic parishes in the reformed cantons, enabled the opening of a mission station in Affoltern on May 30, 1887 , from which the parish of St. Josef later emerged, for which Mettmenstetten and the surrounding areas also emerged was responsible.
Development and construction history
In 1931 the Knonau mission station was built for the communities of Maschwanden, Mettmenstetten and Knonau. The Sunday service initially took place in Niederwil ZG and was supervised by the parish of Hausen . In 1934 the Sunday service was relocated to the Uttenberg / Knonau Sennhütte . In December 1934, the building site Im Rüteli was acquired in Mettmenstetten for the construction of the later chapel. In mid-September 1935, the construction of the simple church from military barracks began. In February 1935 Mettmenstetten was appointed parish rectorate. The first pastor lived in a bakery in Knonau and celebrated mass on weekdays in a farmhouse. On December 22nd, 1935, St. Burkard's Church in Mettmenstetten was consecrated. The pastor stayed in Knonau until the rectory in Mettmenstetten could also be completed in 1939. On March 18, 1941, Mettmenstetten was elevated to a parish. In 1961 a bell tower for 3 bells was built with donations. First, 2 bells, a small and a medium one, were installed. The third and largest bell (525 kg) followed in 1962. In the years 1967–1968, today's St. Burkard Church was built in Mettmenstetten. On October 29, 1967, the laying of the foundation stone by Vicar General Alfred Teobaldi took place. On September 29, 1968 the new church was consecrated by Vicar General Alfred Teobaldi. On October 13, 1968, the bell tower and the bells were checked. In 2000 the church was added to a new parish center. The groundbreaking ceremony for the building took place on June 23, 2000 . On May 7, 2001, the three bells were dismantled from the old tower, which was then demolished. On May 19, 2001, the bell lifted into the new tower including the inauguration of the new bell by Auxiliary Bishop Peter Henrici ; the new bell replaced one of the three old ones. On June 23, 2001 the new parish center was inaugurated. The interior of the church was renovated in 2016 and re-blessed on May 22, 2016.
The parish of St. Burkard and the parish of the Heart of Jesus (Hausen am Albis) make up the parish of Hausen-Mettmenstetten. With its 3,740 members (as of 2017), this is one of the medium-sized Catholic parishes in the canton of Zurich.
Building description
Church tower and exterior
The St. Burkard Church is located on Rüteliweg on gently sloping terrain in the west of the center of Mettmenstetten. The church from 1968 and the extension of the parish center from 2001 fit together harmoniously. The bell tower hides a three-part bell, which was cast by the bell foundry H. Rüetschi , Aarau in 1961 and 1962. The three bells sound in the tone sequence a, c sharp, e. Under the tower you get to the entrance to the parish center.
Interior and artistic equipment
From a foyer that connects the parish center and the church, the visitor enters the interior of the church. At the entrance there is a relief of the church patron, St. Burkard . The actual church space is set three steps lower from the entrance area and groups the visitors on chairs in rows in front of the altar area. The polygonal church has a concrete floor , plastered and painted white walls and a wood-clad ceiling. In 2016, as part of the church renovation, the altar was moved to the eastern side of the room, so that the visitor walks towards it when entering the church. The altar as the Ambo and the tabernacle made of wood and has on the table inlaid . The baptismal font is to the left of the altar area, the tabernacle is to the right of the altar. The font and tabernacle have a concrete base. There is a crucifix behind the altar on the choir wall . To support the sacred character of the church interior, the church received a stained glass window by the artist Fritz J. Dold in 2016 . The window was designed in different colors and abstract shapes, so that no clear motif can be assigned to the window. Fritz J. Dold writes about his glass window: Blue is related to water and sky, yellow symbolizes the sun and the curvy lines reflect life.
organ
In 1996 the church received its organ . It is an instrument from Späth Orgelbau . It is a mechanical instrument with 12 registers and 2 pre-prints on two manuals including a pedal .
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literature
- Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. P. 227.
- ↑ Catholic parish Affoltern a. A. (Ed.): Church of St. Joseph Affoltern am Albis. Affoltern 1983. p. 6.
- ↑ Church history on the website of the parish Hausen − Mettmenstetten (PDF).
- ^ Parish website, section Blessing the Renovated Church. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ↑ Catholic Church of the Canton of Zurich (Ed.): Annual Report 2017. P. 83.
- ^ Parish website, section Description of the new glass window. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Section Catholic Church St. Burkard Mettmenstetten ZH. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '30.4 " N , 8 ° 27' 22.5" E ; CH1903: six hundred and seventy-seven thousand and forty-six / 232817