St. Lucius Church (Chur)

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The St. Luzius Church on Alte Schanfiggerstrasse, the cathedral on the left, the Bündner Kantonsschule on the right
Chur with the St. Luzius Church on the right in the picture (charcoal on paper); before 1937, recognizable by the old choir tower

The St. Luzius Church (not to be confused with the nearby St. Luzius Chapel on Mittenberg ) in the Grisons capital Chur is located on the Alte Schanfiggerstrasse . It is part of the building complex of the St. Luzi Seminary and the Chur Theological University . The church is included in the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Graubünden .

history

The church was built around the year 730 under the patronage of Luzius von Chur as a Carolingian building with three apses . In 1140 the sacred building was given to the Premonstratensians and subsequently rebuilt and enlarged in the Romanesque style. The consecration took place in 1295. Around 1500 the nave was redesigned according to the architectural and liturgical understanding of the late Gothic . In 1811 the tower above the choir burned down along with the church . A two-storey superstructure above the newly built church was built and served as the seminary . Only in 1937 did the church receive a new choir tower. Walter Sulser directed extensive restoration work from 1951 to 1952.

Furnishing

The church presents itself as a nave and a hall church . Romanesque building fabric is still preserved in the east of the building, otherwise the masonry comes from the era of the late Gothic new building.

A carved late Gothic altar dominates the church , heterogeneously composed of different building schools and styles.

A bell from 1789 is on display in front of the church. The bell founder was Ludwig Keizer .

organ

The organ was built in 1966 by the organ builder Mathis (Näfels). The slider chests -instrument has 29 registers on three manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Reed flute 4 ′
4th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Field flute 2 ′
6th Sharp III-IV 1'
7th Krummhorn 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
8th. Quintad 16 ′
9. Principal 8th'
10. Coupling flute 8th'
11. Octave 4 ′
12. Hollow flute 4 ′
13. Octave 2 ′
14th Mixture IV
15th Trumpet 8th'
III Breastwork C – g 3
16. Copula maior 8th'
17th Copula minor 4 ′
18th Principal 2 ′
19th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Cymbel III-IV 1 ⁄ 2 ′
21st shelf 16 ′
22nd Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
23. Sub bass 16 ′
24. Principal 8th'
25th Pipe pommer 8th'
26th Octave 4 ′
27. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
28. Dulcian 16 ′
29 prong 8th'
  • Pair : I / II, III / II, II / P

crypt

The crypt, which was renovated in 1991 and consists of an antechamber and a polygonal ring tunnel behind it, is worth seeing . Under the three-aisled late Romanesque high choir, the visitor reaches a Romanesque hall crypt from 1150, which is open three times to the nave, which is in front of a Carolingian ring crypt from the first half of the eighth century.

  • Interior: high choir

  • Hall crypt

  • Ring crypt

  • Holy grave

literature

  • Hans Batz: The churches and chapels of the canton of Graubünden . Volume 4: District of Chur, District of Churwalden, District of Schanfigg, District of Five Villages, District of Maienfeld, District of Seewis i. Pr., District of Schiers, District of Luzein . Desertina, Chur 2004, ISBN 3-85637-290-3 , pp. 21-25.
  • Hans-Rudolf Meier: Romance Switzerland . Zodiaque Echter Verlag Würzburg 1996, p. 76, ISBN 3-429-01807-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ (p. 45 ff .; PDF; 4.1 MB)

Web links

Commons : St. Luzi (Chur)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '54.1 "  N , 9 ° 32' 10.8"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred seventy-five  /  190717