Augustinerkirche Zürich

Augustinerkirche
Augustinerkirche
	Münzplatz, Zürich; Switzerland
Geographic coordinates	47°22′18″N 8°32′21″E / 47.37167°N 8.53917°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Ferdinand Stadler
Type	Church
Style	Romanesque architecture
Completed	around 1270 (Romanesque church); 1844 (Gothic revival church); 1959 (original construction re-established);
Website
	Official website (in German)

Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, together with Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Predigern and St. Peter's. First built around 1270 as a Romanesque church belonging to the Augustinian abbey, on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich worship in the church was discontinued. The present Christian Catholic Church community of Zürich planned to rebuild the building to commemorate the old Augustinian church, and for the same reason, Augustinerkirche is still their Parish church, that was rebuilt in 1843/44 by Ferdinand Stadler. In the late 1950s, the church was rebuilt in accordance with the plans for the original structure. Today the building is one of the three medieval churches in the Lindenhof district of the city of Zürich.

Geography

Situated at the southwest of the

Schanzengraben

.

Of great archeological significance are the remains of the 1st-century BC

Sihlbühl and the Münsterhof plaza.^[4]

History

The first Augustinian monks settled at the present location, then at the western ring of the town wall around 1270 AD.

mendicant orders, the Augustinians were reduced to the function of area pastors. The convent was abolished in 1524, worship in the church was discontinued, and the buildings and income of the monastery were assigned to the Augustiner Amt, then a bailiwick

or administrative entity of the city of Zürich.

In 1841 the Roman Catholic community of Zürich planned to build a church to commemorate the old Augustinian church. But, as the majority of the Catholic community rejected the decisions of the First Vatican Council of 1870, the whole community was excommunicated from the Catholic church, becoming the Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz. For the same reason, Augustinerkirche is still their parish church. ^[7]

Architecture

Münzplatz

square

The original Augustinian abbey was built with a

wine press, later additional floors were added to store wood and fruit. Liebfrauenkapelle, a section of the choir, served from 1596 to 1841 as mint and residential district of the mint master, and in the Jakobskapelle, the mint masters pitched their embossing dies. Therefore, the Münzplatz was named after the mint in the choir. From 1836 to 1873, the cantonal library was also situated there. However, in 1843/44 the nave was rebuilt once more to sacral purposes.^[8]

church interior towards the altar
mural of Christophorus in the church
remains of the probably early 16th-century interior decoration
Baptismal font

Ferdinand Stadler (1813–1870), an architect born in Zürich, was charged with the construction of the new church building in the popular Gothic Revival style in 1843/44. Five bells cast by H. Rüetschi were installed in the bell tower (Flèche) in 1900. The present construction was renovated in 1958/59 by Max Kopp, while its medieval state of construction was re-established by removing the Gothic Revival elements. The crucifix, the altar and the baptismal font are designed by Franz Fischer, and the stained glass windows are the work of August Wanner in 1965.

Pipe organ

The pipe organ in the gallery was installed by Orgelbau Th. Kuhn AG in 1959.^[9]

I Hauptwerk C–g³^[9]
	Quintatön	16′
	Principal	8′
	Spitzflöte	8′
	Oktav	4′
	Gedacktflöte	4′
	Quinte	2²/₃′
	Superaktv	2′
	Mixtur 5-7f.	1¹/₃′
	Zinke	8′

II Positiv C–g³^[9]
	Salicional	8′
	Gedackt	8′
	Prinzipal	4′
	Rohrflöte	4′
	Sesquialtera 2f.	2²/₃′
	Oktav	2′
	Nachthorn	2′
	Larigot	1¹/₃′
	Zimbel 3-4f.	1′
	Krummhorn	8′

III Schwellwerk C–g³^[9]
	Liebl. Gedackt	16′
	Suavial	8′
	Flute harm.	8′
	Liebl. Gedackt 1)	16′
	Dulciana	8′
	Voix céleste (ab c)	8′
	Ital. Prinzipal	4′
	Blockflöte	4′
	Gemshorn	4′
	Nazard	2²/₃′
	Flageolet	2′
	Terz (ab c)	1³/₅′
	Plein jeu 5-6f.	2′
	Basson	16′
	Basson	16′
	Tromp. harm.	8′
	Oboeé	8′
	Clairon	4′
	Tremolo

Pedal C–f¹^[9]
	Prinzipal	16′
	Subbass	16′
	Gedackt 2)	16′
	Praestant	8′
	Spillflöte	8′
	Gedackt 2)	8′
	Mixtur 4f.	2²/₃′
	Liebl. Posaune	16′
	Trompete 3)	8′
	Corno 3)	4′

1) Prolongation of Liebl. Gedackt 16';^[9] 2) Transmission of Liebl. Gedackt 16';^[9] 3) Prolongation of Liebl. Posaune 16'.^[9]

Cultural heritage

The building is listed in the

Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class B object of regional importance.^[10]

Literature

Regine Abegg and Christine Barraud Wiener: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Zürich. Stadt Zürich Volume II.I, published by Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK, Bern 2002, ISBN.

Christine Barraud Wiener and Regine Abegg: Die Augustinerkirche in Zürich. Schweizerische Kunstführer, Volume 661, published by Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK, Bern 1999,
ISBN 3-85782-661-4
.

Walter Baumann: Zürichs Kirchen, Klöster und Kapellen bis zur Reformation. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, Zürich 1994,
ISBN 978-3-8582-3508-4
.

References

^ Gebrüder Dürst. "St. Peterhofstatt" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
^ Gebrüder Dürst. "Augustinerturm" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
^ "Aufsehenerregender Keltenfund in Zürich: Die keltische Siedlung am Lindenhof war bedeutender als bisher angenommen" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
^ "Turicum II" (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
^ Dölf Wild; Urs Jäggin; Felix Wyss (2006-12-31). "Die Zürcher Predigerkirche – Wichtige Etappen der Baugeschichte. Auf dem Murerplan beschönigt? – Untersuchungen an der Westfassade der Predigerkirche" (in German). Amt für Städtebau der Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "Der ehemalige "Prediger"- Friedhof" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Zürich. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
^ "Augustinerkirche Zürich" (in German). katholisch-zuerich.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
^ Rolf A. Meyer (1983). "Vom Augustinerkloster zur alten Universität" (in German). rameyer.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Portrait-Nummer II/P/42" (in German). orgelbau.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
^ "B-Objekte KGS-Inventar" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-02-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

External links

Official website of the Christ catholic parish (in German)

[gangdurzüri-peter-1] Gebrüder Dürst. "St. Peterhofstatt" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[gangdurzüri-2] Gebrüder Dürst. "Augustinerturm" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[NZZ_20071018-3] "Aufsehenerregender Keltenfund in Zürich: Die keltische Siedlung am Lindenhof war bedeutender als bisher angenommen" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2015-01-13.

[turicumII-4] "Turicum II" (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

[dölfwild-predigern-5] Dölf Wild; Urs Jäggin; Felix Wyss (2006-12-31). "Die Zürcher Predigerkirche – Wichtige Etappen der Baugeschichte. Auf dem Murerplan beschönigt? – Untersuchungen an der Westfassade der Predigerkirche" (in German). Amt für Städtebau der Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[gangduraltzüri-predigerfriedhof-6] "Der ehemalige "Prediger"- Friedhof" (in German). Gang dur Alt-Zürich. Retrieved 2014-12-19.

[augustinerkirche-7] "Augustinerkirche Zürich" (in German). katholisch-zuerich.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[rolfameyer-8] Rolf A. Meyer (1983). "Vom Augustinerkloster zur alten Universität" (in German). rameyer.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-22.

[orgel-kuhn-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Portrait-Nummer II/P/42" (in German). orgelbau.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

[kgs-10] "B-Objekte KGS-Inventar" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-02-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

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