City Church Thun

City church from the 16th century

The Stadtkirche Thun is the main Reformed church in the city of Thun , Canton Bern , Switzerland .

architecture

While the tower dates from around 1330 and was frescoed around 1430 , the church is a new building based on plans by Paulus Nader from 1738. Before that, there was a church with a Gothic high choir, consecrated to Saint Mauritius in the Middle Ages , whose origins date back to the 13th century Century, and traces of other previous buildings can be traced back to the 10th century.

The late baroque sermon hall is decorated with stucco work by Daniel Haag. The communion table in the Renaissance style is from 1602, the pulpit of Daniel Gintzi of 1661. Also worth visiting is one of Johann August Nahl (the Elder) created Epitaph for Schultheissen Beat Ludwig May from the year 1748th

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1950 by the organ building company Metzler (Dietikon) and expanded in 1994. Today the instrument has 47 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Rückpositiv C – f 3 Suavial 8th' Dumped 8th' Principal 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Flageolet 2 ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 1' mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Dulcian 8th'

II Hauptwerk C – f 3 Principal 16 ′ Principal 8th' Hollow flute 8th' Bourdon 8th' Viol 8th' Octave 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ cymbal 2 ⁄ 3 ′ Cornet v 8th' prong 8th'

III Swell C – f 3 Dumped 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Voix celeste 8th' Octave 4 ′ Hollow flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Night horn 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sharp 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' oboe 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedals C – f 1 Principal bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Dacked bass 16 ′ Principal 8th' Capstan flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ mixture 4 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 '

• Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P,

photos

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  City Church Thun (2005)

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  Painting on a dome of the church

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  City Church Thun

literature

• Peter Küffer: The town church of Thun. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 796, Series 80). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2006, ISBN 978-3-85782-796-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information on the organ ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 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. 

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche (Thun)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Church district of Thun: Thun City

Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '31.7 "  N , 7 ° 37' 53.1"  E ; CH1903:  614,729  /  178643