Temple Neuf (La Neuveville)

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The Temple Neuf (also: Temple du Bas or Temple du Lac ) is an evangelical reformed church building of the Baroque in the center of La Neuveville , Switzerland .

history

The church building was built in addition to the Blanche Eglise outside the city walls . The Berthoud brothers planned the transverse church based on the model of the Temple du Bas in Neuchâtel . The inauguration took place in 1720.

description

The facades of the towerless church are structured by cornices and pilasters .

The gift table and pulpit are on the long side. The liturgical zone is visible from all places in the nave and the U- gallery . The U-gallery scheme was introduced shortly before at the Reformed church in Zurzach in Switzerland. In 1922 the interior was decorated with decorative paintings.

literature

  • Georg Germann : The Protestant Church Building in Switzerland. From the Reformation to Romanticism. Füssli, Zurich 1963, p. 139 (also dissertation, University of Basel 1962).
  • Guide artistique de la Suisse. Volume 4a. Berne 2011, p. 108.

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '45 "  N , 7 ° 5' 36.2"  E ; CH1903:  573,772  /  212 446