Adelboden village church, Protestant church in Adelboden, Switzerland
Adelboden village church is a Gothic structure located in the heart of the settlement at approximately 1,352 meters elevation in the Bernese Highlands. The building displays classic features of a Swiss mountain church with traditional architectural elements typical of the region.
Twelve men from Adelboden built the church without permission in the 15th century, and in 1433 56 household heads pledged their property to fund a priest with 40 Rhenish guilders a year. A 1439 ruling by Bern's council made it a daughter church of Frutigen. It was renovated in 1625 and fully restored in 1973.
The three choir windows were made in 1937 by Augusto Giacometti, not Alberto, and show the Night of Gethsemane: Peter in violet at left, James in red in the middle and John in green at right fall asleep while Jesus, in blue, keeps praying. They replaced damaged 1629 glass paintings removed in 1824. On the gallery, verses painted by Stephan Allenbach in 1775 face the seats of the boys on the left and the girls on the right.
The building stands at Dorfstrasse 18 in the center of Adelboden and is easily reached on foot. The church holds regular services and functions as an active center for the local Protestant community.
The three choir windows were made in 1937 by Augusto Giacometti, not Alberto, and show the Night of Gethsemane: Peter in violet at left, James in red in the middle and John in green at right, all asleep, while Christ prays in blue at the centre. The tower leans slightly south, and the outline of its original Käsbissendach is still visible in the masonry.
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