St. Paulus (Dielsdorf)

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Roman Catholic Paulus Church, exterior view
View from Buchserstrasse
View from Breitestrasse

The St. Paulus Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of Dielsdorf in the Zurich Unterland . The parish belonging to the church is responsible for the places Dielsdorf, Regensberg , Steinmaur , Neerach , Bachs , Schöfflisdorf , Schleinikon as well as Ober- and Niederweningen .

history

prehistory

Dielsdorf is mentioned for the first time in a document from the St. Gallen Monastery from 861. The same document attests that a church already existed in Dielsdorf at that time. Around 1300 this church was rebuilt in the early Gothic style, between 1480 and 1489 in the late Gothic style. After the Reformation , this church continued to be used as the Reformed Church.

After the Reformation in 1523, Catholic worship was banned in Zurich and the surrounding area until the 19th century. It was not until September 10, 1807 that the Small Council of Zurich approved the reintroduction of the Catholic cult. In the course of industrialization , Catholic workers and their families moved to the Zurich Unterland from central and eastern Switzerland , but also from neighboring countries. Conveniently located in terms of transport and due to the local companies also attracting the Catholic working-class families, a Catholic pastoral care station was established in Bülach in 1882 , from which today's parish of the Holy Trinity emerged . This was initially responsible for the entire Zurich Unterland. The parish of St. Paulus Dielsdorf, together with the parish of St. Christophorus Niederhasli, is the second pastoral care unit that was founded by the parish of the Holy Trinity Bülach. The first daughter parish of Bülach was St. Pirminius (Pfungen) (church building 1900–1901, parish founded in 1902), the second was St. Petrus Embrachertal (church building 1924, parish founded in 1974) and the youngest daughter parish was Glattfelden – Eglisau – Rafz with the churches of St Josef (Glattfelden) (parish founded in 1967, church building 1950), St. Judas Thaddäus (Eglisau) (church building 1949) and the Church of the Resurrection of St. Maria Magdalena (Rafz) (church building 1993).

On September 20, 1896, the Swiss Federal Day of Prayer , the pastor of Bülach held the first Catholic service in Dielsdorf since the Reformation. Dielsdorf was chosen as the location because at that time numerous Catholic workers, mainly from Italy, were employed in the quarries of Dielsdorf. The mass celebration in the hall of the restaurant "Zur Sonne" was attended by up to 500 people in the open air. Many parish events took place in the premises of this restaurant in later years. However, due to problems in finding a suitable room for church services in Dielsdorf and because more Catholics lived in Niederhasli than in Dielsdorf, the focus of pastoral care in the south-western part of the Zurich Unterland for the coming decades focused on Niederhasli.

Development and construction history

In 1925, the Bülach parish in Niederhasli built today's chapel, which was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows . Simultaneously with the construction of this church, the area of ​​today's parish Dielsdorf / Niederhasli was raised to a parish vicariate and thus merged into a unit under canon law. With the prospect of the new construction of the St. Paulus Church in Dielsdorf, Niederhasli and Dielsdorf were raised to a parish in 1954 and separated from Bülach. In addition to the places that today belong to the two parishes Niederhasli and Dielsdorf, the parish was initially also responsible for the two villages of Otelfingen and Boppelsen in the Furttal , which were added to this when the parish of St. Mauritius Regensdorf was founded in 1963. In 1950, the building site for today's church was found in Dielsdorf. After 10 years of collecting activity, the construction of the St. Paulus Church began in 1960 and was completed in 1962. Since Dielsdorf is the district capital and a larger rectory was built next to the church, the headquarters of the parish was moved to Dielsdorf; the chapel in Niederhasli was added to the parish of St. Paulus Dielsdorf as a second place of worship. In 1996 the Niederhasli was finally raised to its own parish and separated from Dielsdorf.

In 1956 a chapel was opened in Niederweningen in a former gymnasium. In 2012, the extension of the St. Paulus Church in Dielsdorf with a new parish center was inaugurated. The architects Martin Ladner and Roland Meier ( Zurich and Copenhagen ) built the extension building out of light brick, the outer shape of which corresponds to the church building by Justus Dahinden .

The parish of St. Paulus and the parish of St. Christophorus Niederhasli form a joint parish, which, with its 10,674 members (as of 2017), is one of the larger Catholic parishes in the canton of Zurich.

About naming

Several daughter parishes were formed from Bülach, including the parish of St. Petrus Embrach. Since several Catholic churches were consecrated jointly to St. Peter and St. Paul (e.g. the two oldest Roman Catholic churches in Zurich and Winterthur ), St. Paul was appointed the patron saint of the second daughter parish of Bülach.

Building description

Exterior

The basic architectural concept of the Church of St. Paul is reminiscent of a tent . The architect Justus Dahinden writes: “Saint Paul was a tent maker; so his church should also show something of the character of improvisation: it is not the final dwelling of God, but only a "camping site" of the Christian community, which should lead to an eternal dwelling. ”Seen from the center, the church is on a slope. As a counterpoint to the hillside location, the four ridge lines of the church and the annex buildings rise above Buchserstrasse and form a cross-shaped floor plan. The two bells of the church are not in a separate church tower, but hang freely on the ridge of the choir. A staircase leads from Buchserstrasse to the church, the Christian character of which is indicated by a monumental window in the shape of a cross, which is embedded in the concrete wall. In order to get inside the church, the believer enters a cave-like anteroom, "where the churchgoer detaches himself from the noisy profane environment as he walks through and gradually introduces himself to the solemnity of the church's silence."

Interior and artistic equipment

inside view

The interior of the church is characterized by two materials: the floor and the low plinth walls are made of concrete , the tent-shaped, towering roof of the church was clad with larch wood. The windows of the church are integrated into the structure in such a way that the believer does not notice them at first. They illuminate the church with indirect light. The windows are embedded in the structure as glass surfaces running parallel to the roof package, so that the impression is created that the church roof is floating above the statically load-bearing walls of the church. Under the organ gallery are the confessionals and the baptismal font , which together form a theological unit, as baptism and confession allow participation in the Eucharist , which is celebrated in the main part of the church that follows. The nave offers space for 300 believers, who are symbolically joined by the twelve apostles by means of Apostle candles and concrete reliefs . The church space is completed by the choir with the chancel . The importance of the sanctuary is emphasized both by the abundance of light and by the raised roof of the choir. Designed as a popular altar , the concrete altar is located in the middle of the chancel. To the left is the ambo , behind the altar are the tabernacle and the seats for the ministry . A figure of Christ rises above the altar area, referring to Good Friday with the crown of thorns and nails in hands and feet . A traditional cross is missing in this design, but the shape of the cross is indicated by the inner hollow shape of the open concrete surface behind the figure of Christ. On the right side of the chancel there is a plastic statue of the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus. Like the figure of Christ, the Madonna was made as a bronze cast by the artist Albert Wider . While the Mother of God turns her gaze to the Child Jesus and the folk altar behind it, the Child Jesus looks to the benches of the believers. In his hand the baby Jesus holds a grape that refers to the Eucharist.

Weekday chapel

To the right of the chancel, a working day chapel was built, which offers 40 seats with movable seating. The altar of the weekday chapel contains a relief that shows the face of the church patron, St. Paul, together with his attribute , the sword. Under the nave there is a hall with 150 seats as well as a stage, cloakrooms and ancillary rooms. The rectory with its own entrance and internal connection to the sacristy rounds off the church ensemble.

organ

Goll organ from 1975

The church initially received an electronic organ , which after ten years was replaced by a conventional pipe organ . Today's organ from 1975 comes from the organ building company Goll , Lucerne, and has 20 sounding stops .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II breastwork C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Pointed 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sharp 1'
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
shelf 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave 8th'
Octave 4 ′
mixture 2 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

Bells

Bells of the Pauluskirche

The bells were cast on June 3, 1961 in the bell foundry Eschmann , Rickenbach TG , and consecrated in front of the church on October 29. They don't hang in a church tower, but on the ridge of the gable of the chancel, clearly visible from Breitestrasse.

number Weight dedication
1 730 kg Our Lady Mary
2 425 kg Brother Klaus

literature

  • Parish Dielsdorf (ed.): St. Paulus Church Dielsdorf. Consecration April 1st, 1962. Commemorative publication for the dedication of the church. Dielsdorf 1962.
  • Justus Dahinden: thinking, feeling, acting. Verlag Karl Krämer, Stuttgart and A. Kraft, Lausanne 1973.
  • Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church Buildings Today. Zurich, article without giving the year.
  • Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church St. Paulus, Dielsdorf near Zurich. Zurich, article without giving the year.
  • Episcopal Ordinariate Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese of Chur. Chur 1980.

Web links

Commons : Pauluskirche Dielsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Casimir Meyer, in: Festschrift for the new church. Dielsdorf 1962, p. 2
  2. ^ Website of the parish Niederhasli. Historical overview section. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Website of the parish Niederhasli. Historical overview section. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Parish Church Foundation Bülach (ed.): Parish Bülach 1882-1982. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Unterland. P. 14
  5. ^ Parish Church Foundation Bülach (ed.): Parish Bülach 1882-1982. 100 years of Catholic pastoral care in the Zurich Unterland. P. 18
  6. ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Chur (ed.): Schematism of the Diocese Chur P. 200 and website of the parish of Dielsdorf, section parish history. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Website of the parish Dielsdorf, section Parish history. Retrieved October 4, 2013
  8. ^ Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich. Annual report 2017. p. 82.
  9. ↑ Casimir Meyer, in: Festschrift for the new church. Dielsdorf 1962, quoted from the parish website, section parish history. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  10. ^ Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church St. Paulus, Dielsdorf near Zurich. Zurich, article without giving the year, p. 94
  11. ^ Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church St. Paulus, Dielsdorf near Zurich. Zurich, article without giving the year, p. 92
  12. ^ Justus Dahinden: Catholic church building today. Zurich, article without giving the year. P. 87
  13. ^ Justus Dahinden, in: Pfarrei Dielsdorf (ed.): St. Paulus Church Dielsdorf. Consecration April 1st, 1962. Commemorative publication for the dedication of the church. Dielsdorf 1962. p. 17
  14. ^ Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church St. Paulus, Dielsdorf near Zurich. Zurich, article without giving the year, p. 94
  15. ^ Parish of St. Paulus (ed.): Tablet in the church.
  16. ^ Parish of St. Paulus (ed.): Tablet in the church.
  17. ^ Justus Dahinden: Catholic Church St. Paulus, Dielsdorf near Zurich. Zurich, article without giving the year, p. 92
  18. ↑ goll-orgel.ch: Organ in Dielsdorf . Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  19. ^ Parish of St. Paul: Archives of the parish.

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '49.2 "  N , 8 ° 27' 10.5"  E ; CH1903:  676 451  /  259333