St. Peter and Paul (Utzenstorf)

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Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul Utzenstorf

The Church of St. Peter and Paul is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Utzenstorf , built in 1967 . The Roman Catholic parish Utzenstorf include the following seventeen inhabitants municipalities in Administrative District Emmental : Utzenstorf, Zielebach , Wiler bei Utzenstorf , Bätterkinden and Kräiligen, Kernenried , Aefligen , Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh , Kirchberg , Ersigen with Oberösch and Niederösch , Alchenstorf , Koppigen , Willadingen , Höchstetten and Hellsau and Fraubrunnen in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district .

Parish history

Originally the parish of Utzenstorf was part of the parish of Burgdorf. Independence was demanded in 1970 through the initiative of parishioners and achieved with the inauguration of the own church on June 25, 1961 in honor of the future patron saints Peter and Paul. After the construction of a parsonage, Walter Borner took over as the first local pastor on January 2, 1971. Together with the parishes of Maria Himmelfahrt (Burgdorf) and Heiligkreuz Langnau , the parish of St. Peter and Paul Utzenstorf has formed the pastoral area of ​​Emmental since March 1, 2015.

The church

Entrance section

As early as 1956, the general assembly of the family association decided to build a church and founded a church building fund. In the next two years the necessary funds for planning and building the new church were obtained. The project by architect Adrian Keckeis from Burgdorf met with approval and was to be carried out by the construction company Käsermann, Utzenstorf. Because of the choice of the building site, there was a long delay until the foundation stone could be laid on September 4, 1960. The church was finally built by master builder Paul Bürki from Utzenstorf and consecrated it on June 25, 1961 by Bishop Franziskus von Streng under the patronage of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

The clear and simple design of the building was widely recognized. Adrian Keckeis also built the Church of the Resurrection (Konolfingen) in 1967 . In 1968 a rectory was built next to the church. During the major renovation of the church in 1992 based on suggestions from architect Keckeis, under the direction of architect René Habegger from Utzenstorf, the main side entrance was moved to the north side. At the same time, a new gallery was built for the new organ and the west side was designed differently. With the abandonment of the two small sacristies, the sanctuary could be enlarged. For this purpose, a larger sacristy as well as a parish office and reception room with a covered corridor to the rectory were built on the south side. Two classrooms were set up in the basement of the connecting building. After the renovation, the church was re-consecrated on March 25, 1993 by the papal nuncio, Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber .

inner space

Interior with choir

After the expansion of the choir area, the stone sculptors Jörg Hutter & Sohn redesigned the chancel with the altar and the ambo steles. The reliefs on the limestone blocks from Saint-Triphon are based on designs by Jörg Hutter from Mühledorf SO . According to the artist, they represent a peacock throne on the altar with two mirrored peacocks as a Byzantine symbol for eternal life . The reliefs on the two anvils for the reading and the Gospel are depictions of the apostles Peter and Paul. The large cross is also a design by Jörg Hutter and was made by the artistic blacksmith Alfred Hasler in Altstätten , as was the tabernacle and the baptismal font. The ear of wheat and the grape above the fish and bread symbol on the tabernacle are the work of Bernhard Brenner from Ersigen .

Two statues from the South Tyrolean W. Perathoner workshop are a Madonna in the Marienkapelle and a St. Joseph the worker with the baby Jesus above the baptismal font. A colored crucifix, the work of the sculptor Michael Moser from Kollerschlag (Austria), and fourteen stations of the cross as relief panels are other works of art in the church. The nine colored glass windows were designed by the artist Paul Derron from Solothurn and they were made by the art glazier HG Mäder from Küsnacht . On the back wall of the gallery is the Holy Spirit window and in the fully glazed west wall there are four scenes from the life of Jesus, with birth, transfiguration on Mount Tabor , crucifixion and resurrection. The four square windows on the east wall symbolize the four basic elements fire, water, earth and air.

Bell tower

The free-standing bell tower on the street corner of the property consists of two tall, conically tapering concrete pillars, between which three bells are hung one above the other .

Tuning: A 'C' D '

  1. Top little bell: Martinu hac me veste contexit , benefactor parish and Reformed parish Utzenstorf-1961.
  2. Middle bell: Ave Maria gratia plena , benefactor parish and Reformed parish Utzenstorf-1961.
  3. Lower big bell: Sancti Petre et Paule principes Apostolorum intercedite pro nobis , founder parish and Reformed parish Utzenstorf-1961.

The bells were consecrated on December 19, 1961.

organ

Catholic church Utzenstorf, organ

The electronic instrument acquired in 1974 was replaced with the installation of a mechanical pipe organ. Of organ building Egbert Pfaff KG from Owingen created at Lake Constance 1993 organ has 15 registers on two manuals and pedal . It has mechanical actions and slide chests . The nine registers of the second manual are on alternating loops with the first manual.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Salicional 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Flageolet 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Sifflet 1'
Mixture III-IV 2 ′
II Positive C-g 3
 
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Salicional 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Doublet (flageolet) 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Sifflet 1'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Covered bass 8th'
Octave bass 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′

See also

literature

  • Adolf Fugel: Parish and church of the Roman Catholic parish Utzenstorf . Parish Council Utzenstorf, Utzenstorf 1999, p. 42 .
  • G. Risch: Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Utzenstorf: dipl. Architect Adrian Keckeis, Burgdorf . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . February 21, 1963 ( e-periodica.ch [PDF; accessed on September 9, 2019]).

Web links

Commons : St. Peter and Paul (Utzenstorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grand Council resolution on the delimitation of the parishes. (PDF; 111 kB) In: Website of the Government Council of the Canton of Bern, April 4, 2012.
  2. ^ History of the parish
  3. ↑ Pastoral area Emmental on the website kathbern.ch.
  4. ↑ Pastoral area Emmental on the website of the parish of Burgdorf.
  5. ↑ from the certificate in the foundation stone (PDF).
  6. ↑ Ring the bell on YouTube .
  7. ^ Organ profile Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, Utzenstorf . In: Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '0.4 "  N , 7 ° 32' 58.8"  E ; CH1903:  608423  /  220 278