City Church of Bremgarten - Architectural History and Architecture

Architectural History and Architecture

he church was typical of the 11th century, with a rectangular hall church with 20.7 meters in length and 14 meters width. They ranged from the chancel arch of the nave until today a little bit about the westernmost pillar of today's Seitenschiffjochs. The width of the present nave corresponds to the width of the first building. The church at that time had possessed an earthen floor and the only one sitting a stone bench, which was incorporated into the Western Wall. Was located on the eastern wall and a high altar in the middle of the church was a baptismal font. Around the building, a cemetery was established.

In the middle of the 13th century, the first internal partition is made. They built a north-east vestry and south-east a charnel house to the church by the east each einbaute two L-shaped walls. The high altar stood in the middle of any loss of choir, which was removed with an additional barrier wall from the main hall. The seat has been extended on the southern wall. The vestry received a subfloor of mortar and the ossuary was excavated cellar-like.

Due to the population growth of the city in the interior of the church for worship, the number of participants was not sufficient. The church was extended westwards and then took probably about the dimensions of today's main ship to. The former church had three altars: the high altar, a side altar on the west wall of the sacristy and probably another on the west wall of the ossuary. The location of the third altar could not be detected archaeologically. A documented consecration of this church was extended on 18 August 1300 instead. This building was about forty years later heavily damaged by a fire, perhaps even largely destroyed and then had to be rebuilt.

The construction first began at the Tower, for the year in the so-called spiral stone of the tower foundation witnessed the construction of the tower by Master Rudolf of Unterrüti in 1343. had the entire tower without the later patch gables of the belfry about a height of 50 meters. The ground floor was probably used as a vestry. In order to hold services in the damaged building, a temporary roof was constructed, which was based on paired and housed in brick plinths wood pillars in the interior. The walls had become brittle because of the fire and no longer able to carry an umbrella. As a further extension step of today's three-sided choir on the east side was built, including a chancel arch wall as a transition into the nave.

Since the church was again severely damaged in a fire in 1382, the Western Wall had built from scratch on new and the North and Südmauern be rehabilitated. The walls were expanded to its present height.

In the first thirty years of the 15th century two chapels were built on the north side of a chapel tract, which shared a common wall with the church. The construction of these chapels progressed slowly. First the eastern and completed some twenty years later the west.

On 20 March 1434 burned the lower town of Bremgarten, once again from the church and had to be restored again. Was limited at that time to the most essential measures such as the renovation of the roof, the floor and the church interior. The church was finally on 31 July 1435 rekonziliert . The federal troops occupied during the second phase of the Old Zurich War Bremgarten and Baden in May 1443 attracted looting by the adjacent land. Probably due to damage or looting by the federal troops was another Rekonziliation necessary (documented on July 5, 1457). Because of the need has become by the growth of population and the damage of recent years restoration work they opted for a remodeling. 1450 the north side chapels were attached as side integrated ship by tear of the north wall of the church. The church was probably during this expansion or provided little later with Gothic frescoes. Another documented Rekonziliation in 1487 includes a conversion, a new building or a restoration of the church or out of the interior.

1532 they built a single-storey sacristy. 1575 the vestry was extended with a second floor and reached the present volume. The late Renaissance portal on the south wall was built 1617th Hans Jakob Ablutz from Mellingen painted the new clock tower in 1681. During the years 1742/43 the tower were a belfry and a new spire placed. Four years later (1747) renewed the train watchmakers Michael Landtwing the Kirchenturmuhr. The main portal was created in 1804.