St. Justus (Flums)
St. Justus , also Justuskirche , is a Roman Catholic church in Flums in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen .
It is an important monument in the Sarganserland . The first church building can be dated around the year 800 and was a mother and baptismal church for centuries. In 1036 the relics of Saint Justus were laid down. The church is surrounded by an old cemetery .
The church was administered for a long time by the local Tschudi family, barons von Flums and Burg Gräpplang . Ludwig Tschudi von Gräpplang (the younger) was made Knight of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in 1519.
In 1949 the Justuskirche was named the Order of the Swiss Lieutenancy of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .
literature
- Joseph Hasler : St. Justus in Flums as Heiliglandkirche: for the meeting of the Swiss Knight Community of the Holy Sepulcher, Sunday, July 3, 1949 , 1949
- Linus Birchler: Sankt Justus in Flums , Schnell und Steiner publishing house, 1990
Web links
- St. Justuskirche Entry on the website of the Catholic parish Flums (justus-flums.ch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b St. Justuskirche Entry on the website of the political community Flums (flums.ch), accessed on February 7, 2019
Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '27.2 " N , 9 ° 20' 40.9" E ; CH1903: seven hundred and forty-four thousand seven hundred and ten / 217300