Stadtkirche Glarus, Reformed church in Glarus, Switzerland
Stadtkirche Glarus is the Reformed main church of Glarus, built 1863–1866 to plans by Ferdinand Stadler in Romanesque Revival style. It replaced the predecessor destroyed in the May 1861 town fire. The building has twin towers and a nave with rounded arches; the interior was largely returned to its first construction state in the 1995–1999 renovation.
After a devastating fire destroyed much of Glarus in 1861, architect Ferdinand Stadler designed this church, which was completed in 1866. It became a symbol of the town's rebuilding and recovery after the disaster.
The church served as a simultaneum from its completion until 1964, used by both the Reformed and the Roman Catholic congregations. The Catholics received their own city church, the Fridolinskirche, in 1964, having previously also used the Burgkapelle. A first organ in the church is documented in 1695.
The church is typically open to visitors, and guided tours can be arranged through the local parish office in central Glarus. Allow time to explore the fine interior details and appreciate the impressive twin towers from outside.
The five bells were cast in 1865/1866 by Jakob Keller of Zurich, before the church was even finished. The main organ, built by Orgelbau Kuhn in 1941 with 60 stops on three manuals and pedal, replaced a Walcker instrument from 1866 that was ruined by firefighting water in the 1940 blaze. An organ at the church is first documented in 1695.
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