City church Lenzburg

City church Lenzburg

The town church Lenzburg in the rear Kirchgasse is the Reformed Church of Aargau town of Lenzburg in Switzerland . The dominant Käsbissenturm characterizes the townscape of the old town .

history

Initially, Lenzburg was part of the parish of Staufen . The parish had been part of the Bernese Aargau since 1415 . When Bern introduced the Reformation in 1528 , the parish of Staufen was also to be reformed, which initially met with resistance from the population. Therefore, the Reformation in Lenzburg could not be implemented until a year later. The city broke away from the mother parish of Staufen in 1565. As early as the 15th century, the town's chapel was expanded into a church and in 1667 it was converted into a hall church , which has been preserved to this day. The coat of arms painting at the south exit is from this year. The Rococo stucco on the wide covings and the flat ceiling, which Johann Jakob Moosbrugger had created in 1760, were retained during the renovation. The church became the final resting place of Bernese officers who fell in the Second Villmerger War of 1712.

Furnishing

Parts of the choir stalls are from the time it was built. The rococo stucco ceiling of the church as well as the galleries and organ were built in 1760. The polygonal pulpit dates from 1641 and was provided with a new rear wall and stairs in 1903. In 1935 the church got a new bell. The old bells, which were initially supposed to be melted down, were sold to Birmenstorf by the Rüetschi bell foundry in Aarau , and the two intended for a museum were loaned to Birmenstorf. The oval font is the work of the sculptor Johann Friedrich Funk .

Belfry

As part of the refurbishment of the bells, the old wooden belfry from 1635 was rebuilt in 1937 west of the Five Pond (Feufweier). With its empty oak timber frame struts, it documents the high level of craftsmanship of the first half of the 17th century. The three hundred year old entablature was too valuable to those responsible to destroy it.

The new construction of the belfry had become necessary because two more bells were added to the four existing bells. In addition, the newly built Catholic Church made a tonal coordination with this bell necessary. It was decided to procure new bells and give the old bells to the Reformed Church in Birmenstorf . The four o'clock bell, which had struck in the Staufberg Church since 1420 , was also loaned to Birmenstorf , but returned to the Staufberg in 2002 .

organ

The organ was rebuilt by Kuhn in 1973 , but continues to use the rococo prospect that had been restored the year before. The previous organ came from Johann Konrad Speisegger (1699–1781), Schaffhausen . In 1851 it was restored and supplemented by Friedrich Haas and in 1920 by Friedrich Goll .

Today's organ with its carvings by Urs Biedermann has 47 registers on three manuals and a pedal. It was last changed slightly and intoned in 1991. In 2017 two new registers in the pedal and one register in the swell as well as some additional couplings were added.

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche Lenzburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• For the history of Lenzburg and the church on the city's website (PDF; 23 kB)
• City church Lenzburg in the inventory of the canton Aargau
• Interior shots of the Lenzburg town church on Reformed churches in Aargau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Belfry on Feufweier. After 300 years in “retirement” , information brochure from the city of Lenzburg.
2. ^ The organ of the Lenzburg town church . Reformed parish of Lenzburg Hendschiken

Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '17 "  N , 8 ° 10' 44.5"  E ; CH1903:  655 905  /  248845