St. Konrad (Zurich-Albisrieden)
The Church of St. Konrad is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Zurich district of Albisrieden .
history
As early as 1270, a chapel in Albisrieden was first mentioned in a document, which was consecrated to St. Konrad (Bishop of Constance 934–975) and St. Ulrich (Bishop of Augsburg 923–973). During the Reformation this church became the property of the Reformed Church and was demolished in 1815.
In 1951, after an interruption of 400 years, the first mass was celebrated on Albisrieder Boden. Until the church was built, these services were held in a hall in the Albisriederhaus. The parish of St. Konrad is a daughter parish of Heilig Kreuz (Zurich-Altstetten) . On July 1, 1955, St. Konrad was promoted to parish rectorate and on October 2, 1955 to a parish.
Between 1953 and 1955, today's church was built according to plans by the architects Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger, thanks to generous donations from the Catholics of Zurich and Central Switzerland. In 1956 the church tower and the rectory followed, in 1974 the chapel behind the parish church, built by the architect Rudolf Mathys. Between 1982 and 1988 architect Walter Moser built a new parish center west of the church and carried out the renovation of the church tower and the interior of the church.
The parish of St. Konrad has 6,351 members (as of 2017) and is one of the medium-sized Roman Catholic parishes in the city of Zurich.
Building description
architecture
The church is located at Fellenbergstrasse 231. Due to the shallow depth of the building site, the church was designed as a short, wide church with a curved, flat-arched gable on all four sides. The floor plan with the four corner pillars suggests a cross-shaped central building . However, the interior is clearly designed as a directed longitudinal space. With the transverse barrels of the side aisles, the Church of St. Konrad refers to the model of Notre-Dame du Raincy, which was built by Gustave and Auguste Perret and is part of the French concrete Gothic. The architects of the Church of St. Konrad, Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger, adopted further design elements from the French concrete Gothic, such as the rhythmic concrete pillars and concrete belts, the large church windows and the decorative concrete lattice work.
Church tower and bells
The church tower of St. Konrad was built in 1956 and, with its 34 meters, sets a sign that can be seen from afar. Originally there should only be five bells. Thanks to a donation, the largest bell could be added to the planned bell, which had to be inserted diagonally into the church tower due to its dimensions. When all six bells ring together, the church tower sways visibly.
In 1959 the bells cast by the company H. Rüetschi , Aarau, could be consecrated and wound.
| number | Weight | diameter | volume | dedication |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5046 kg | 203 cm | As | Trinity |
| 2 | 1524 kg | 162 cm | C. | St. Conrad |
| 3 | 1450 kg | 135 cm | it | Mother of God |
| 4th | 1030 kg | 120 cm | f | St. Joseph |
| 5 | 718 kg | 107 cm | G | Brother Klaus |
| 6th | 428 kg | 90 cm | b | Guardian Angel |
Furnishing
The glass windows designed by Paul Monnier (1907–1982) and consecrated in 1960 are a key design element of the interior of the church . The large window in the choir shows the crucified Christ, including the Virgin Mary and a little to one side the church patron, St. Conrad. The opposite window shows the four evangelists .
In 1969 the choir of the church was rebuilt for the first time and the nave was renovated. When the choir was redesigned in 1988, the central stone altar was replaced by a wooden altar that was moved to one side. Together with the wooden ambo , which is arranged symmetrically to the altar , the equality of the celebration of the word of God and the celebration of the Eucharist is made clear. The stone tabernacle made by the artist Maya Armbruster (1913–1999) and other oil paintings by the same artist, which are attached to the side walls of the church, complete the interior of the church.
organ
A first organ , which was installed on the gallery in 1965 , was replaced by a new organ from Metzler in 2005 . It is the op. 625 of this organ building company and has 27 sounding registers , distributed over two manuals and pedal according to the following arrangement . With its central positioning on the gallery, it covers the monumental glass window with the four evangelists by Paul Monnier on the main facade of the church.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Organo Pleno on / off for Principale Hauptwerk, Pedalwerk
chapel
A chapel has been available behind the parish church since 1974 for smaller church services, but also for meditations and personal prayer. It is consecrated to the Holy Brother Klaus and contains as the most important design element a mural that was designed jointly by the architect Rudolf Mathys and the artist Maya Armbruster; it represents the city of Jerusalem.
Appreciation
The Church of St. Konrad is one of a series of churches that were built by Ferdinand Pfammatter and Walter Rieger in the Zurich area and have a formal affinity due to the characteristic design elements of the concrete Gothic: The Dreikönigen Church in Zurich-Enge (1949–1951), the Church of Maria Frieden in Dübendorf (1950–1952), the Church of St. Marien in Herrliberg (1956), the Church of St. Gallus in Zurich-Schwamendingen (1956–1957) and the Church of Sainte Famille of the Mission catholique de la langue française in Zurich -Hottingen (1966). The Church of St. Konrad is the only one of all these churches to be a central building.
See also
literature
- Ambros Zurfluh: Festschrift for the consecration of the church bells of St. Konrad. Zurich 1959.
- Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. Zurich 1974.
- 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.
- Josef Arnold u. a .: 50 years of the parish of St. Konrad Zurich-Albisrieden. Zurich 2005.
- Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2012.
- City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese Chur , P. 277
- ^ Josef Arnold: 50 years of the parish St. Konrad Zurich-Albisrieden. Zurich 2005, p. 7.
- ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese Chur , P. 277
- ^ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich. Annual report 2017. p. 84.
- ^ Josef Arnold, p. 16.
- ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014. p. 201.
- ^ Rainald Fischer, in: Guido Kolb: 100 years of St. Peter and Paul. Zurich 1974, pp. 197-198.
- ^ City of Zurich, Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Catholic Churches of the City of Zurich. Inventory of Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. Zurich 2014. p. 201.
- ↑ Maya Armbruster. In: Sikart , accessed June 6, 2013.
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Catholic Church St. Konrad Zurich-Albisrieden. Retrieved August 9, 2015.