City Church of Bremgarten - Church Fire On 28 March 1984

Church Fire On 28 March 1984

On the afternoon of 28 March 1984, the church burned down during renovation work. The workers treated the bars in the chorus with a wood preservative, the fire emitted dangerous fumes. Shortly after the injection of the entablature were separated by a worker at 13:50 clock with a cut-off wheel from a screw that still jutted out of the woodwork. The sparks ignited the vapors of wood impregnating agent abruptly and in the choir there was an explosion. No one was injured. In the following hours, the fire spread from the choir over the roof to the main portal. As the door to the tower was open, the fire could penetrate there and put the whole tower on fire. By 16 clock, when the tower was in full blaze, the great bell rang for the last time After setting the fire fighting at 17:30 clock the bells fell into the deep, and brought the fire to flare again. Except for one all the bells melted. Thus, the time lost Bremgarten oldest bell of canton Aargau . The bell, which was heavily damaged fire, is now outside the Church as fire monument. The sacristy was spared from the fire, since the door was locked from the choir to the sacristy. The roof of the church, the organ and the organ loft and the superstructure of the altars were destroyed in the fire. The spire has caught fire

There were about a hundred firefighters from Bremgarten Wohlen and Lenzburg in use. Since the head was too small for the tower, a helicopter was used, the water from the river Reuss brought and poured into the tower walls, after the burnt spire had fallen into the tower. The helmet came together because of the framework in itself and not on surrounding buildings. This allowed the fire cleared inside of the tower and be saved from the collapsing tower walls. The fire was only about 8 clock in the evening under control. Because of the steeple and the scaffolding threatened to collapse, the area was evacuated around the church. Because Nachbränden the fire watching the fire for three days.

Since the renovation plans before beginning had been recorded accurately, the church could be thanks to donations and contributions from the Lottery Fund rebuilt almost original. On 29 June 1986 six new bells were cast for the church, 25 October was consecrated in 1986 and reared children. On 6 December 1987, the renovated church was finally consecrated. The contract for the new organ was signed with the company Metzler AG in Dietikon in November 1985. The work continued until 1988 and the organ was put into operation after the official church opening in August 1988.