St. Johannes (Lucerne)

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The Catholic Johanneskirche in Lucerne is a modern building made of exposed concrete and is located on Schädrütistrasse in the Würzenbach district.

Johanneskirche in Lucerne outside

History and construction

Johanneskirche in Lucerne inside

After many years of makeshift arrangements with emergency chapels, a church building became necessary. Therefore, in 1967 the Catholic parish of Lucerne announced a project competition for a district center. The church was built in 1967 according to plans by the Swiss architect Walter Maria Förderer . It was only inaugurated three years later. In 2001 extensive renovation work with artistic extensions took place.

St. Johannes is the youngest parish in the city of Lucerne. With its eye-catching concrete architecture, the church was a topic of conversation from the start. Even today, the house of God surprises with its modernity. The Johanneskirche is also one of the most famous sculpture churches for which patrons became known.

When designing the interior of his churches, Förderer put his own philosophy into practice. The church presents itself to the visitor as a space that demands nothing. The artist designed the church interior as a “grotto-like cavity with a highlighted altar area” (Fabrizio Brentini) that provides a feeling of security. Nevertheless, there are many different places inside that invite you to contemplation, such as B. the meditation niches, the bronze cross, niche with sound bars as well as very familiar elements, such as. B. the statue of St. John, the Pietà with a candle niche invite you to linger there.

Johanneskirche in Lucerne organ

organ

The organ, also known as the “Queen in the Red Garment”, was built by the Lucerne organ building company Goll . After a planning and construction period of two years, the mechanical slider chest instrument was handed over to its destination on January 6, 1980 with a consecration service and a gala concert. The instrument has 32  registers distributed over three manuals and pedal . The organ is kept in the color red, which serves as a symbol for the earth. It is set up almost on the same level as the altar on the right side of the church and symbolically connects the earth with the sky. The disposition is a synthesis of registers from Romanticism and Baroque and is as follows:

I main work C–
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Pointed flute 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Coupling flute 4 ′
6th octave 2 ′
7th Cornett V
8th. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C–
10. Dumped 8th'
11. Reed flute 4 ′
12. Principal 2 ′
13. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
14th shelf 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C–
15th Suavial 8th'
16. Tube bare 8th'
17th Unda maris 8th'
18th Principal 4 ′
19th Gemshorn 4 ′
20th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Forest flute 2 ′
22nd third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Plein jeu IV 1'
24. English horn 16 ′
25th shawm 8th'
Pedal C–
26th Principal 16 ′
27. Sub-bass 16 ′
28. Octave 8th'
29 Octave 4 ′
30th Mixture III 2 ′
31. trombone 16 ′
32. Trumpet 8th'
  • Pair : III / II, III / I, II / I, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bell and tower

St. John's Bell

There was a single bell in the tower of the church. The «St. St. John's bell »has the strike tone es 1 . It was cast by the bell foundry Emil Eschmann AG from Rickenbach TG in 1969. The bell, which was consecrated on May 28, 1970, was artistically designed by Rolf Brem . It shows a representation of the Evangelist John.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History , accessed April 27, 2017
  2. ^ Church leaders , accessed April 27, 2017
  3. ↑ Information on the organ , accessed on April 27, 2017
  4. ↑ Disposition and further information on the organ , accessed on May 9, 2017
  5. ↑ History of the Church on wuerzenbach.ch, accessed on April 28, 2017 (PDF)

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '19.8 "  N , 8 ° 20' 42.2"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-eight thousand eight hundred sixty-six  /  two hundred twelve thousand and seven