The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-13
SWISS PLACES OF WORSHIP
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theHGerman, who appointed his daugh
. ter Hil0egard as Lady Abbess
zurfch's most famous place of wor
ship is undoubtedly the Grossmunste1
erected in the Romanesque style witt
the upper stories of the towers com
pleted later in the Gothic style. Or
the west tower is enthroned Charlie
Imagine with gilded crown and sword il
recognition of his donations TO the
church. The interior contains pillars
with Romanesque capitals, and three
large modern stained-glaSs windows
decorate the choir. The early 18th
century cloisters have been restored
and are well worthy of a careful Wis
lit.
The GrosSmunSter is, moreover. ia.
nous for its intimate connection with
/ the great Swiss Reformer Zwingli,
VINO, for period Of twelve years, be-
ginning with New Years Day. 1919
was in charge of this church. A mon.
ument is erected to his memory at the
! Chancel end of the former Wasser.
klrche lying opposite. This partic,l-
lar edltice contains now the most in
teresting Municipal library.
! A Legend.
In an effort to explain the founda-
ton of the Wasserkirche, legend re-
lates that once, when Charlemagne
came to the city, he had a pillar set
up before his palace with a bell and
rope attached thereto, and made it
known that whoever suffered wrong
, should pull the bell when the Emperor
sat at dinner, and he would come out
and hear the story of his wrongs.
! One day the bell rang and the EN-
peror, going out, saw a serpent which
nodded its head and started for the
lake, turning to see that the Emperor
followed. There the latter saw that
toad was sitting on the eggs of the
serpent, and Immediately declared that
the toad should be burnt to death.
The next day, as the Emperor was
sitting at table, to the terror and as
constituent of all present, a serpent
craWled through a hole in the wall.
swung itself down, lifted the cover
of goblet on the table, dropped a
precious stone therein, and departed
the way it had come. The Emperor
IN his JOY founded church on the
spot where the serpent's nest had
been, a church which to this day is
known as the Wasserkirche (water
church,.
Zurich, which has often been de-
scribed as an intellectual paradise,
possesses veritable wealth of inter-
esting churches. Aside of the above
mentioned Grossmunster and Frau
munster, there is the ancient st. Pc
| ter,s Church-in which John Caspar
Layater offfciated for % years as pas
tor-and the very modern Neumun-
ster: the Church of Our Dear Lady
| (Llebfrauenkirche) the Church of the
Holy Cross (Kreuzkirche). and the
Church of st. Anthony (St. Anton's
klrche), are stately Roman Catholic
places of worship.
Schaffhausen.
North of Zurich, near the Falls of
the Rhine, lies Schaffhausen, a medi-
aeVal gem of rare charm, often de-
/, scribed as the town of oriels, for
there is scarcely one old house which
has not an architectural ornament of
this kind
The principal place of worship in
this city is the Munster, now the Prot
eStant parish church, classic struc-
ture in the early Romanesque style,
dating from the beginning Of the 18th
century. Although the exterior is
PLAIN, the tower pleases the eye by
its beautiful proportions and ornamen-
tai coloring. The interior also, fiat
rooted basilica with three naves
makes powerful impression upon
the beholder, on account of it's state
ly proportions and noble peacefulness.
Inc church is a monument of the
most flourishing period of the monas-
terry of All Saints, the buildings of
which adjoin it to the north and west.
This convent was founded by Count
Eberhard V, and consecrated in 1862
by Pope Leo TX in person.
The celebrated Munster bell, cast
in 1856, whose motto: "Vivos Voeo
mortuos plango, fulgura FRANCO" q
call the living, l toll the dead, / break
the power of the thunderbolt) inspired
Schiller to write his immortal "Sone
of the Bell has had to relinquish it's
duties some years ago, in consequence
OF a crack, and now reposes as the
Schiller Bell on a granite pedestal
amid appropriate surroundings be-
tween the cloisters and the chapel OF
st. Anne.
Another beautiful place of worship
in Schaffhausen is the Church of st
John, a pure Gothic structure, dating
from the 14th and 18th centuries
| With a total length of. $50 feet and q
width Of nearly 100 feet, it is one oil
1.-The largest religious edifices in Swift
zerland, with exceptional acoustic
qualities and a wonderful organ.
Ito be continued.)