St. Clara (Basel)

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St. Clara's Church

The St. Clara Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Swiss city ​​of Basel . It is located in the Kleinbasel district of Clara and dominates Claraplatz .

history

In the place of today's church there was originally a monastery of the sack brothers . This order was repealed in 1274 by decision of the Second Council of Lyon . In 1279, Bishop Heinrich von Isny ​​handed the orphaned monastery over to the Order of Clarissen , which has been documented in Basel since 1266. In 1320, the approximately 60-meter-long church comprised a hall-shaped long choir , the nun's choir , of six pillar yokes with a polygonal connection . Adjacent to this was a three-aisled nave , which was about the same length , also known as the Leutkirche . The building had a flat roof throughout. The four western yokes that can be found in today's church come from this previous building.

In the wake of the Reformation , the nuns' choir was torn down in 1531 and a bulwark was built onto the nave in its place . From 1798 the Basel Catholics were granted hospitality rights in the church and in 1853 the long choir was given to the growing community . In 1858–1861 the church was enlarged.

City architect Amadeus Merian demolished the bulwark in 1858/1859 and doubled the old building to nine bays based on Gothic models, which ended in a short, polygonal vaulted choir . The nave and the choir received a pointed roof and a roof turret with a bell sits enthroned on the church roof .

organ

The organ was built in 1993 by Metzler Orgelbau (Dietikon). The instrument has 40 sounding registers on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Rückpositiv C–
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp 1'
Vox Humana 8th'
Channel tremulant
II main work C–
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Cornet V
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C–
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Unda maris 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
mixture 2 ′
Trumpet 8th'
oboe 8th'
Pedal C–
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octave 4 ′
mixture 2 ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Other engagement

In addition to the religious activities in the Church of St. Clara, other cultural events take place there, such as book openings or exhibitions . Thus, the Basel artist showed, for example, in the summer of 2019 Heikedine Günther there painting in the exhibition "Core & Cosmos". It is also possible to rent various rooms in the parish of St. Clara via the church's website.

literature

  • Therese Wollmann, Felix Ackermann: The Basel Church of St. Clara. Parish church of the Roman Catholic Church Basel, former Clarissen monastery church. Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-033-02189-1 .

Web links

Commons : Clarakirche Basel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ on the website of the Association of Concert Organists Basel (KVOB), accessed on October 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Agenda | Exhibition | Parish of St. Clara - Kleinbasel | Roman Catholic Church Basel-Stadt. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '42 "  N , 7 ° 35' 39"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and six  /  267,896