St. Zeno (Ladir)
The Catholic parish church of St. Zeno is east of the village of Ladir in the Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It is dedicated to St. Zenon of Verona .
history
In a Carolingian land register from the year 831, the church of Ladir appears as the property of the Pfäfers monastery . In a document from the year 991 the patronage of St. Zeno is mentioned. No parts of this early medieval building have survived; the lower floors of the tower date from the Romanesque period. In a visitation protocol from 1643, the church is described as a narrow building with a vaulted choir and wooden ceiling. The choir arch was painted with pictures of the evangelists and church fathers.
A new building took place around 1710. The tower and the extensions in the west date from 1901, the architect was August Hardegger . On November 22, 1901, three bells from the Rüetschi foundry were transported from Bonaduz to Ilanz on horses. All the men from Ladir and some from the neighboring village of Ruschein helped to transport the bells up the mountain to Ladir; the road wasn't built yet. Until 1972 the clock faces on the tower were only painted on, then a clock was installed on the village side. The church has been under federal protection since 1964.
Description and equipment
The east-facing building consists of a single nave nave with barrel vaults and a retracted choir with cross vaults. The baroque paintings in the choir and on the choir arch by Johannes Sepp were uncovered in 1961.
The baroque high altar was probably built around 1710. The middle part with the portrait of the patron saint St. Zeno with a fishing rod and fish is framed by two golden shimmering winding columns. In 1760 it was renovated and expanded with side extensions.
The two wings of a late Gothic carved altar from the end of the 15th century are now in the State Museum . The carved cupboard of the baptismal font dates from around 1700, the pulpit around 1680.
organ
The organ with 12 registers was installed in 1945 as a second-hand instrument from Oberbuchsiten by the Goll company. The housing substructure was taken over from the previous instrument.
legend
According to the legend, St. Zeno lived in Ladir and preached in the area. The devil was jealous of the success of the saint and wanted to prevent the construction of the church that had just begun. He fetched a large stone from the Rhine, carried it up the forest and wanted to smash the church with it. On the way he rested and put the stone on the ground. As he was now resting, St. Zeno came down the forest to preach on the plain. When he saw the devil, he knelt on this stone and prayed. In doing so he took the devil's power to lift the stone again and forced him to leave the area through his prayer.
The stone of St. Zeno (Crap da Sogn Sein) is located above Schluein on the edge of the old road that connects Ladir with Schluein. The two indentations on the top look like a person kneeling on the stone. Even today, passers-by occasionally place a small pine branch in the hollows.
literature
- Erwin Poeschel : Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden , Volume IV, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1942, p. 78
- Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden: Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008; P. 188
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ladir website
- ^ Dietrich Jecklin: Popular things from Graubünden . Zurich 1874 (reprinted Zurich 1986), p. 3
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '22.3 " N , 9 ° 12' 16.8" E ; CH1903: 734835 / 183558