Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Georg, Ruschein

History

The church is already mentioned in the Carolingian Imperial Guturbar of about 840 with tithe rights in the possession of the royal monastery Pfäfers, and it also appears later in the toboggans of this monastery. In 1440 you can also experience the Patrozinium St. Georg for the first time. There are no more parts from early medieval holdings, from Romanesque the tower. In 1493, at least the vaulted choir, perhaps also the nave, was rebuilt. A protocol from 1643 reports that the ship bore a flat wooden ceiling. In the choir stood a Gothic shrine altar, of which only two figures remain. In 1900 the nave was laid down and a new church with a west-facing choir was built. The late Gothic chancel remained as a vestibule.

specifications

Ship and choir modern, 1900-1902. The old choir serves as a vestibule. It is closed on three sides and covered with a star vault, whose simply throated ribs grow from profiled console stumps. In the south wall a simple sacramental niche.
The tower stands to the north and belongs to the Romanesque era. 3rd and 4th floors round arch friezes. On the 3rd floor simple arched windows. Baroque dome helmet.
Wall paintings: In 1935, old paintings of Mary Magdalene and Mary from the 17th century were discovered.

equipment

Baptismal font cabinet with Régence décor and curly gable, crowned by a group of baptisms in the Jordan River. Polygonal pulpit with scaled pilasters. Original measuring bell with carved handle in the form of a primitively designed lion. Bells with inscriptions 1830 and 1881, Jos. Ant. Grasmayr, Feldkirch.
Emigrated works of art: In the monastery Disentis crucifix on a branch cross. Wooden sculpture St. George at the end of the 15th century in the house Peterelli Savognin. In the Swiss National Museum: late Gothic wooden sculpture of our Lady, around 1505.

(Text entered by: Regiun Surselva)