St. Judas Thaddäus (Eglisau)

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Church of St. Jude Thaddeus, view from the southeast
View from the northeast
The crucifix on the south wall of the church
The sanctuary
Agnes Mager's winged altar from 1991
The closed winged altar

The Church of St. Judas Thaddäus is the Roman Catholic parish church in Eglisau in the Zurich Unterland in Switzerland . Two other churches belong to the parish: the Church of St. Josef in Glattfelden and the Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena in Rafz. The first letters of the villages with the three Catholic churches result in the abbreviation of the parish Glattfelden - Eglisau - Rafz, as it is also used on the Internet: Glegra . The parish belonging to it is responsible for the places Buchberg , Eglisau, Glattfelden , Hüntwangen , Rafz , Rüdlingen , Stadel , Wasterkingen and Wil .

With 4,306 members (as of 2017), the parish is one of the medium-sized Catholic parishes in the canton of Zurich.

history

History and naming

Until the Reformation, Eglisau was part of the Diocese of Constance and its church belonged to the parish of the pastor of Hohentengen . Around 1500 the church was transferred to the clergy from Neunkirch in Klettgau. The church of Eglisau was then a church of Our Lady . The sister house, first documented in 1371, was abolished in the course of the Reformation in 1528. Before the Reformation and until 1546, the citizens of Eglisau who lived within the city walls enjoyed their parish church, while the people from Seglingen and Tössriederen went to church in Glattfelden. The residents in the castle , in Oberriet , in the Wyler , in the Steig , i.e. on the right bank of the Rhine outside the gates, belonged to Wil im Rafzerfeld in church . As a result, the newborns had to be baptized there and the deceased had to be buried in that cemetery. The choir of the pre-Reformation church has been preserved in what is now the Reformed church of Eglisau, while the remaining parts of the church were built in the years 1715-1716. The church was built on the model of St. Peter's Church in Zurich, only on a smaller scale.

After the Reformation in Zurich in 1523, the practice of the Catholic cult was banned in the Zurich region for almost 300 years. The Edict of Tolerance of the Zurich Government Council of September 10, 1807 allowed a Catholic community in Zurich for the first time. The so-called First Church Law of Zurich in 1863 finally recognized the Catholic parishes in addition to Zurich, also in Winterthur , Dietikon and Rheinau (the last two were traditionally Catholic places). On the basis of association law, Catholic branches could then be established throughout the canton. With the help of associations such as the Piusverein (founded in 1857) and the Catholic Society for Domestic Missions (founded in 1863), further pastoral care stations and later parishes in the canton of Zurich were set up in quick succession in the 1860s.

When the Swiss Federal Constitution came into force in 1848, the so-called freedom of establishment was introduced. As a result of industrialization , Catholics from eastern and central Switzerland , but also from neighboring Catholic countries, moved to the Zurich Unterland in the second half of the 19th century. The construction of the railway lines gave Bülach a regional center function, which is why the first Catholic pastoral care station in the Zurich Unterland was built there in 1882. From the parish of Bülach four daughter parishes emerged in the 20th century, of which the parish Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz is the youngest. With the construction of the Rheinsfelden power plant and the new road bridge over the Rhine in Eglisau in 1915–1920, the proportion of the Catholic resident population also increased in the northernmost part of the Zurich lowlands. The parish of Glegra initially developed in the communities of Glattfelden and Eglisau. For example, church services were held for the Catholics north of Bülach from 1931 in the Aarüti schoolhouse in Glattfelden. In 1949 the Church of Judas Thaddäus was built in Eglisau, and in 1950 the Church of St. Josef in Glattfelden. In 1962 the Bishop of Chur , Johannes Vonderach , appointed the area to a parish rectorate and on December 22, 1967 to an independent parish and separated it from the parish of Bülach. On November 24, 1994, Auxiliary Bishop Peter Henrici inaugurated the third church of the Glegra parish in Rafz.

Development and construction history

The Catholics who immigrated to Rafzerfeld in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries had to travel long distances to go to church on Sundays. When the tires were rationed and the public transport timetable restricted during the Second World War , the establishment of a church service station in Eglisau was an urgent need. For example, on Palm Sunday in 1942 in Eglisau, the first Holy Mass since the Reformation was celebrated in a magazine that was located between the Krone and Hirschen restaurants . As early as 1924, a well-known donation from a Catholic had laid the basis for the building fund for the construction of the church. This donor had determined that the church in Eglisau should be consecrated to the Holy Apostle Judas Thaddäus . In 1944–45 the pastor Mundweiler von Bülach and Paul Tomaschett, the landlord of the Hotel Hirschen in Eglisau, and Hans Hagmann, a commercial clerk at the company Mineralquelle Eglisau , set themselves the goal of building the Catholic Church in Eglisau. The Catholic residents of Eglisau committed themselves to pay a monthly contribution of between one and ten francs for five years. The donations were regularly collected from two schoolgirls on Wednesday afternoons off. As the person responsible for finances, Hans Hagmann sent hundreds of begging letters all over Switzerland. Since Swiss coins were still minted in silver at that time, the slogan Judas urgently needs many pieces of silver was used! , based on Mt 27.3. Generous donations came from the traditionally Catholic places in the canton of Graubünden and central Switzerland.

In 1942, the building site for today's church on Eigenackerstrasse was acquired. The architects Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger created the plans for the construction of the church. Excavation began in January 1949 and the foundation stone was laid on April 10th . On December 13, 1949, a bell weighing 45 kg was raised in the roof turret of the church. On Palm Sunday, April 2, 1950, the church was consecrated by the episcopal commissioner Camenzind.

In 1989, planning of a parish center was started in order to create the necessary space near the Church of St. Jude Thaddäus. This took place parallel to the planning of the Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena in Rafz. For financial reasons, however, the church in Rafz was built first and only then was the parish center in Eglisau realized. This was inaugurated on September 1, 2007.

Building description

Exterior of the church

The Church of St. Judas Thaddäus is a simple hall church , consisting of a nave with an attached rectangular choir. On the saddle roof of the church there is a ridge turret that hides a bell. This bell was cast in 1949 by H. Rüetschi , Aarau. This bell weighs 48 kg and sounds on tone b 2 . A canopy protects the entrance to the church. The forecourt is designed as a mirror image of the church floor plan and surrounded by hedges, which despite the location of the church in a residential area encourages encounters after services. On the south wall of the church is the crucifix that was originally hung in the church's choir.

Interior and artistic equipment (until 2018)

The nave of the church has an organ gallery, which is located above the entrance to the church. Since the choir of the church has moved in, a triumphal arch in parabolic form closes the nave of the church from the choir. A sacristy was added to the western side of the church, with a small meeting room in the basement. The nave and the choir of the church are closed off by a gable roof. In 1968 the altar area of ​​the church was adapted to the liturgical innovations of the Second Vatican Council . In 1991 the gallery was expanded for the new organ. Design changes were also made in the altar area. The artist Josef Caminada, Zurich designed the cross, tabernacle cladding and ambo . The artist Agnes Mager from Miskolc (Hungary) created the winged altar of the church and the image of the Virgin Mary, Gospa , which is on the left wall in front of the church choir and shows Our Lady of Međugorje .

  • Resurrection of Jesus

  • Disciples of Jesus

  • The sea storm

  • Healing a sick person

  • Feeding the five thousand

The design of the winged altar takes up traditional motifs and modern themes in equal measure. The opened altar shows the disciples of Jesus on the Sea of ​​Galilee in a storm at sea. Peter walks on the water to the risen Christ and is about to drown. Jesus called to Peter and the disciples: You of little faith, have no fear, it is me. On the right wing below the feeding of the five thousand and above the healing of a sick person can be seen. The depiction of the disciples of Jesus is located below on the left wing. A banner interprets the scene with the following words of Jesus: If someone loves me, he will hold on to my word. In the upper part of the left wing of the altar one can see an expulsion of demons . The closed wings show us the prophet Isaiah surrounded by his visions. The left wing focuses on Advent and shows the triad Arrival (Christmas scene) - Peace (lion and ox lie peacefully next to each other) - Rescue (Jesus as the Good Shepherd carries a lamb on his shoulders). Lent is the theme of the right wing of the altar , as the prophet Isaiah recognizes the arrival of God in the suffering servant of God in all disastrous events of war, injustice, injustice and destruction .

Artistic equipment from 2018

Frédéric Dedelley redesigned the interior as part of the renovation of the church in 2018. The furnishings refer to the architectural elements from the time of construction by taking up the elliptical shape of the choir arch in the new liturgical furniture. The altar and ambo are made of granite, which underlines their importance as places of liturgy. An art object is installed on the choir wall, the shape of which reveals both the host and an inscribed cross.

Organs until 2018

The Schamberger organ from 1991

In 1962, the organ building company Georges Schamberger in Uster built a first instrument for the church. In 1991 the same company created today's organ in the Church of St. Jude Thaddäus. This organ was equipped as a prototype by the Schamberger company with a device for the electronic storage of an organ play and its later playback on demand. In this way, services without the organist present could have been accompanied by organ playing that was previously recorded by an organist. However, this device could never be put into operation successfully and was therefore expanded again a few years later. The organ had eight registers with 390 pewter and 54 wooden pipes, which were distributed over two manuals and pedal.

I Manual C–
flute 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Schwiegel 2 ′
mixture 2 ′
II Manual C–
Dumped 8th'
Paddock 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Pedal C–
Sub bass 16 ′
Dumped 8 ′ vacat

Organ from 2019

Following the renovation of the church, the Schamberger organ from 1991 is replaced.

literature

  • For the consecration of the Catholic Church of St. Judas Thaddäus in Eglisau. Newspaper article from the NZZ from April 1, 1950.
  • A Judas Thaddäus church on the Rhine. Article in the magazine Der Sonntag of August 13, 1950.
  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
  • Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Churches in the City of Zurich. Zurich, 1989.
  • Christian Renfer: Catholic Church Bülach. Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1992.
  • Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena Rafz. Rafz 1994.

Web links

Commons : Judas Thaddäus Eglisau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich. Annual report 2017. p. 83.
  2. ^ About the consecration of the Catholic Church of St. Judas Thaddäus in Eglisau. Newspaper article from the NZZ from April 1, 1950.
  3. ^ Henri Truffer: Association of Roman Catholic Parishes of the City of Zurich. Zurich 1989, p. 192
  4. ^ Christian Renfer: Catholic Church Bülach. Pp. 4-5.
  5. ↑ Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , pp. 25–26.
  6. ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese Chur P. 211.
  7. ↑ Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena Rafz, pp. 24–30.
  8. ↑ Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of Resurrection St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , p. 10.
  9. ↑ A Judas Thaddäus church on the Rhine. Article in the magazine Der Sonntag of August 13, 1950.
  10. ^ Archives of the parish of the Holy Trinity Bülach.
  11. ↑ Kirchgemeinde Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of Resurrection St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , pp. 29–30.
  12. ↑ Kirchgemeinde Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of Resurrection St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , p. 31.
  13. ^ Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of Resurrection St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , pp. 30–31.
  14. ↑ Markus Weber, Stephan Kölliker: Sacred Zurich. 150 years of Catholic church building in the canton of Zurich , p. 269.
  15. ↑ Parish of Glattfelden-Eglisau-Rafz (ed.): Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena Rafz , p. 30.

Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '46 "  N , 8 ° 30' 58.4"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-one thousand and seventy-one  /  270417