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Parish church of St Kolumban

Gotthardstrasse 13, 6490 Andermatt

The parish church of St Kolumban in Andermatt came into being back in the 11th century, when the chapel, built two centuries before, was extended. Today’s building dates from the 13th century. The church is the most significant Romanesque religious building in the canton of Uri.

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The chapel and subsequent St Kolumban church in Andermatt originates from the time when the Ursern Valley belonged to the domain of the Disentis Benedictine monastery, and was a gift by the monastery to the settlement next to the present-day barracks.

The late Romanesque church has a whitewashed façade with natural stone masonry. The church tower slightly leans over. The building remained virtually unchanged from the 17th century onwards. However, its location on the slope meant that construction measures were repeatedly necessary.
St Kolumban was the parish church for the entire Ursern Valley until the new parish church of St Peter and Paul in the village centre of Andermatt was completed in 1606. Subsequently, St Kolumban became the “valley church” – which earned its local part of Andermatt the name “Altkirch” (old church).

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Parish church of St Kolumban

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