Description of the attraction
The Peterskirche Church was consecrated in honor of the Apostle Peter. It stands at the crossroads of Petersgasse and Kelergesslein, northwest of the Cathedral, in Basel's Old Town. Traditionally, it is oriented from east to west. Since 1529 it has been operating as an evangelical Protestant church. Before her appearance, there was a cult building on this site dating back to the 9th century. By 1233, it received the status of a parish church, and a little later it was attached to the monastery. In 1356, an earthquake struck, which caused serious damage to the building, and the church had to be completely rebuilt. It was then that a choir was added to the church.
Today the church is a three-aisled basilica - the capacious main nave is divided by whitewashed walls with two lateral longitudinal naves. The walls are richly decorated with wall paintings and biblical paintings. In the southern side nave, in the Keppenbach chapel, there is the painting "Entombment" and the well-preserved wall fresco "Annunciation of the Virgin Mary" (1400). The department dates back to 1620.
On May 13, 1760, a significant event took place in the church - the baptism ceremony was held by Johann Peter Hebel, a famous German writer. In the Church of St. Peter to this day there is a baptismal font in which this ceremony took place, and a bronze bust of the writer, made and installed in 1899, is installed opposite the western wall.
