St. Michael (Dietlikon)

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St. Michael Dietlikon Church
View from the east
View from the southwest
inside view
View of the organ

The Church of St. Michael is the Roman Catholic parish church of Dietlikon in the Bülach district . The associated parish is responsible for Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen in the Uster district.

history

History and naming

A chapel must have existed in Dietlikon in the High Middle Ages, as it was documented in 1370 that the church in Dietlikon was a branch of the Kloten parish . The existence of a chapel in Dietlikon has been documented since 1447. In the course of the Reformation in Zurich from 1523, this chapel in Dietlikon was handed over to the Reformed Church, which expanded it into today's Reformed Church in 1683. In the Middle Ages, the All Saints monastery at Schaffhausen was wealthy among others in Dietlikon , and the church tax had gone to the Wettingen monastery .

In the centuries after the Reformation, catholic services were banned in the canton of Zurich. When the daily statute was held in Zurich in 1807 , the so-called Edict of Tolerance came about , which allowed Catholic services for the first time, albeit with a local restriction. In 1833 Catholic services could be celebrated in Fraumünster Zurich. In 1842 the Augustinian Church was made available to the Catholics living in Zurich . When the Catholics living in Zurich protested against the infallibility dogma on June 8, 1873, the majority of them converted to the newly founded Christian Catholic Church , which meant that those who remained in the Roman Catholic Church had to build a new church. So in 1874 the church of St. Peter and Paul in Zurich-Aussersihl was built, which became the mother parish of the city and region of Zurich, to which Dietlikon also belongs. The parish Herz Jesu Zürich-Oerlikon was established from St. Peter and Paul Zurich-Aussersihl in 1894 and from this in 1902 Maria Frieden Dübendorf , from which the present-day Wallisellen / Wangen-Brüttisellen parish emerged.

With the freedom of establishment guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1848 and in the context of the onset of industrialization , more and more Catholics from central and eastern Switzerland moved to the Zurich region. Until 1924 Dietlikon, Wangen-Brüttisellen and Wallisellen belonged to the parish of Maria Frieden Dübendorf, after which Dietlikon and Brüttisellen were part of the church for a short time after Grafstal-Kemptthal (which today belongs to the parish of St. Martin Illnau-Effretikon). However, the Catholics of Wangen were always looked after from Dübendorf. When the parish Wallisellen was established in 1927, the Catholics of Dietlikon and Brüttisellen were reassigned to Wangen, Wangen remained with Dübendorf. In 1936 an attempt to build a first chapel in Dietlikon failed for financial reasons. In 1949 the Catholics tried in vain to find a building site for a church in Brüttisellen. When a building boom set in in Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen after the Second World War , the number of Catholics in both political communities rose steadily. In the period that followed, the central location of Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen between the cities of Zurich and Winterthur, the proximity to Kloten Airport and the establishment of well-known companies in the area encouraged the continuous influx of residents. Therefore the development of a separate parish became more and more urgent. A first step in this direction was the establishment of regular church services in Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen. Since February 22, 1953, the Sunday service has been celebrated in the former chanting room of the secondary school in Brüttisellen, initially once a month, later twice a month in summer and three times in winter. When after the renovation of the hall it became impossible to continue the services, the Reformed parish Dietlikon granted the Catholics the right to host their church. From June 7, 1964 to October 25, 1970, Holy Mass was held there every Sunday evening .

Catholic churches that are on a hill or slightly elevated were often dedicated to the Archangel Michael , the vanquisher of evil. This happened two more times in the Zurich region at the church of St. Michael (Zollikerberg) and St. Michael (Uitikon) . This patronage received these churches, as the Archangel Michael to Daniel 10 and 12 and after the revelation was 12 "the great leader and fighter against the dragon and his followers". "The Archangel Michael should therefore guard and protect all people from the mountains."

Development and construction history

In 1954, a building plot was purchased in Dietlikon south of the train station, which was exchanged for a more suitable building plot in Fadacker in 1962 . After the current St. Antonius Church was built in Wallisellen in 1958 , the Catholic parish turned its attention to the construction of the Catholic Church in Dietlikon. In 1959 a collecting society was founded for the Dietliker church project and in 1960 an appeal for donations was made in the Catholic parts of the country for the construction of the church. When the Catholic Church in the canton of Zurich was recognized under public law in 1963, church taxes could subsequently be collected, which made it possible to build the church in Dietlikon between 1969 and 1970 according to plans by the architect Josef Marti. On September 7, 1969, the foundation stone for the construction of today's St. Michael Church was laid. The church was consecrated on All Saints' Day in 1970. In 2000 the church square was redesigned and in 2005 the parish hall was expanded and the parish center was renovated. By removing the soil, the parish center located in the basement changed into a light-flooded, variable room ensemble. In 2020, the church received an 18-meter-high bell tower designed by architect Pierre Ilg.

The parish of St. Michael in Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen is a daughter parish of St. Antonius Wallisellen. On August 1, 1970, the parish rectorate of St. Michael Dietlikon was founded and raised to an independent parish by an episcopal decree on November 1, 1970. The parish territory was formed from a merger of areas that previously belonged to two parishes. On the one hand, the political community of Dietlikon and the district of Brüttisellen - they previously belonged to the parish of St. Antonius, Wallisellen, and on the other hand, the district of Wangen - belonging to the parish of Maria Frieden Dübendorf - was added to the territory of the parish of St. Michael. The parish of St. Michael still belongs to the (politically defined) parish of Wallisellen.

Today the parish has 4,379 Catholic residents (as of 2017), around half of whom live in Dietlikon and Wangen-Brüttisellen. This corresponds to almost exactly one third of the total population of the two political communities. More than a quarter of the Catholics are of foreign origin, with Italians making up the majority with over 700.

Building description

Exterior

The most striking thing about the exterior of the Church of St. Michael was the lack of a church tower until 2020 , which could have made people aware of the location of the church. The lack of the church tower should be put into a larger context: On the one hand , the church, built in the diaspora area, was deliberately designed to be discreet. On the other hand, the churches came under general pressure from the 1960s, which is why church buildings were wanted to be built without a dominant effect in the settlement image. The premises appeared to be more important for the congregation than a church tower. Conceived and built in the period after the Second Vatican Council , the Church of St. Michael with its affiliated parish center follows the recollection of the Bible that the church consists less of a representative house of God than of "living stones, held together by the keystone in the vault , the cornerstone of Jesus Christ. ”The fact that in 2020 the church of Dietlikon received an 18-meter-high church tower with a four-part bell is a sign of the changed self-image of Christians: The church buildings built in the canton of Zurich from the 1990s onwards were increasingly designed in this way that their external shape once again shapes the townscape. By subsequently adding a bell tower to the Church of St. Michael, its exterior was adapted to the now prevailing religious self-image.

The four-part bell was cast by the Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau in 2020 and has a total weight of 1930 kg. The names of the four bells take up themes that reflect the theology and understanding of the church in the community.

number Weight volume diameter dedication
1 900 kg it 1 1210 mm Universal church
2 530 kg g 1 965 mm Creation
3 290 kg b 1 805 mm credibility
4th 210 kg c 2 715 mm peace

The architect Josef Marti designed the St. Michael parish center as an inviting meeting center with a church, which in advance allows enough space for parish life. The church of St. Michael, including the parish center and rectory, is cautiously integrated into the surrounding area. The forecourt, which also provides access to the church, the sacristy and the rectory, leads to a large canopy that provides space for encounters before entering the building ensemble.

Interior and artistic equipment

The interior of the church was built by the architect Josef Marti as a meeting place, as “a kind of large living room”, “where the believers meet in the Lord”. Monumentality was deliberately avoided in the design of the church and it was ensured that the church can also be used for lectures, discussions and musical performances. The windows in the church were arranged as ribbons that let the daylight into the room. The center of the church is the chancel, around which the pews are grouped in three sectors. The semicircular arranged benches take up the communion idea of ​​the Second Vatican Council, which emphasized the unity of believers and pastors. The artistic equipment of the chancel comes from the artist Albert Wider, Widnau SG. The tabernacle , the Eternal Light , the baptismal font and the holy water font contain bronze elements. The glass windows were also designed by Albert Wider.

The artist Albert Wider writes about the design of the Church of St. Michael: "In the church, the place of encounter, the large apartment, God should be praised and glorified in the beauty of the work of art and the inner depths of faith made receptive to the believers." The concept of the equipment is the commitment of the person for the good, which he should achieve together with the church patron, the archangel Michael as a fighter for the cause of God. The tabernacle is worked as a cube and shows a relief on each side. On the left, Christ is depicted as the morning sun, which rises radiantly over the earth. The obverse shows Christ as the midday sun, as the giver of all life. The right side symbolizes Christ as the evening sun who has come among people and lives among people. Finally, the back of the tabernacle shows Christ in the night, who is always there, in joy and sorrow. Above the chancel there is a monumental cross with the risen Christ. Good Friday and Easter , death and life, sadness and joy come together in this design. The main window and the three side church windows are dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In autumn 1976 the statue of Our Lady and the missing stained glass windows were integrated into the design of the church. These elements also came from the artist Albert Wider.

organ

Graf organ from 1979

The organ was made by Walter Graf, Sursee , in 1979. The project and the planning were carried out by Siegfried Hildenbrand, the intonation was done by Hans Spielmann. The prospectus was drafted by Lothar E. Banzhaf. In 1996 a revision was carried out by Hans Spielmann from Orgelbau Graf AG.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintad 16 ′
Praestant 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – g 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Viol flute 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
Night horn 4 '
Flageolet 2 '
Third-ninth 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ + 8 ⁄ 9 ′
Sharp III – IV 1'
Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
Praestant 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Flute bass 8th'
Piffaro II 4 ′ + 2 ′
Rauschbass III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Lovely trumpet 16 ′
prong 8th'

literature

  • Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (publisher): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. Festschrift for the inauguration. Dietlikon 1970.
  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.
  • Josef Hürlimann: Chilebuech Wangen-Brüttisellen. Wangen-Brüttisellen 1999.
  • Political community Dietlikon (Ed.): Dietlikon. History of an agglomeration community. Dietlikon 2010.
  • Gabi Bollhalder: Parish analysis St. Michael Dietlikon / Wangen-Brüttisellen. Religious Education Institute Lucerne, Lucerne 2011.

Web links

Commons : St. Michael (Dietlikon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. P. 201.
  2. ^ Website of the political municipality Dietlikon, section history. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Josef Hürlimann: Chilebuech Wangen-Brüttisellen. P. 169
  4. ↑ a b Josef Hürlimann: Chilebuech Wangen-Brüttisellen. Pp. 170-171.
  5. ↑ Gabi Bollhalder: Parish analysis St. Michael Dietlikon / Wangen-Brüttisellen. P. 4.
  6. ↑ A small guide to St. Michaels Church. In: Parish Zollikerberg (ed.): St. Michaels-Kirche Zollikerberg. P. 20.
  7. ↑ Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. Pp. 9-10.
  8. ↑ Josef Hürlimann: Chilebuech Wangen-Brüttisellen. Pp. 171-173.
  9. ↑ a b Political Community Dietlikon (Ed.): Dietlikon. History of an agglomeration community. P. 140.
  10. ↑ Gabi Bollhalder: Parish analysis St. Michael Dietlikon / Wangen-Brüttisellen. P. 10.
  11. ↑ Zürcher Unterländer: Catholics thank craftsmen for church tower from June 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b Website of the parish of St. Michael, section history. ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kath-dietlikon.ch
  13. ↑ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich: Annual Report 2017, p. 84.
  14. ↑ Brentini: The Catholic Church of St. Martin in Zurich-Fluntern. Bern 2013, p. 36.
  15. ↑ Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. P. 7.
  16. ↑ Zürcher Unterländer: Catholics thank craftsmen for church tower from June 11, 2020.
  17. ↑ Markus Weber, Stephan Kölliker: Sacred Zurich. 150 years of Catholic church building in the canton of Zurich , p. 535.
  18. ^ Website of the Catholic Church Dietlikon, section church bells. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  19. ↑ Josef Hürlimann: Chilebuech Wangen-Brüttisellen. P. 174.
  20. ↑ Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. P. 20.
  21. ↑ Josef Marti: Thoughts on church building. In: Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. P. 20.
  22. ↑ Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. Pp. 20-23.
  23. ^ Albert Wider: Artistic Equipment. In: Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. P. 24.
  24. ^ Albert Wider in: Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. Pp. 24-25.
  25. ↑ Parish Wallisellen-Dietlikon-Wangen / Brüttisellen (ed.): Sankt-Michaels-Kirche Dietlikon. Pp. 24-25.
  26. ^ Political community Dietlikon (Ed.): Dietlikon. History of an agglomeration community. P. 139.

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