Catholic parish church of St. Martin, Trun

History

The first - only indirect - documentary evidence of a church in Truns dates back to 765. On October 13, 1272, a new consecration took place with the patronage of St. Martin. The (Romanesque) main part of the existing tower apparently dates from this new building. The church built in 1272 still appears to be the one described in the visitation protocol of August 31, 1643. The Marian altar was consecrated on August 1, 1423. Consecration of the new building in honor of St. Martin with five altars on September 3, 1662. Simultaneous raising of the tower.

Description of the building

Uniform baroque south-facing structure consisting of a three-bay nave and a recessed choir closed on three sides, both covered with cross-oblong cross vaults. Light enters under the cornice through high arched windows and through oculi at the top. The date 1660 is inscribed in the gable.The tower is located on the west side of the nave, close to the chancel entrance. The Romanesque part reaches half the height of the nave roof and consists of carefully hewn ashlars. In the Romanesque part of the tower, only small round-arched closed windows open. The upper storey with the lash arches and the pointed spire was apparently added in the Gothic period, perhaps in 1459-1460, but certainly not when the church was rebuilt around 1660. In the corner between the tower and choir is the sacristy with a vaulted ossuary.

Stucco and Wall Paintings

The decorative elements here are not concentrated in the choir, as is the case in most of our Baroque structures, but rather in the bay in front of it, where the four altars, together with the vault and wall decorations of the niches, form a cohesive ornamental ensemble.

The Altars: The wooden high altar is a magnificent work. The main section consists of three parts: the altarpiece, flanked by two pairs of columns, and two side sections, also framed by columns, containing reliquary niches.

In the gable opening, there is a sculptural group depicting the Coronation of the Virgin. On the sides, in front of the pilasters, stand St. Catherine and St. Ursula, while on the entablature of the pendant, one can see St. John of Nepomuk, St. Joachim, St. Martin, and St. Mauritius (as a mounted figure). The nearly life-sized figures of St. John and St. James the Greater, standing beyond the windows, are also integrated into the overall composition.

Furnishings

The baptismal font has a rough goblet shape and dates back to the 14th century (?). The pulpit is polygonal, from 1662. The choir stalls are made of walnut wood. Above the chancel arch, there is a crucifix of coarse modeling from the mid-16th century.

Liturgical objects and vestments: A Baroque monstrance from around 1680, a Baroque chalice from around 1670, and a white chasuble with colorful, silk-embroidered flowers and gold tendrils, transferred onto new fabric in the mid-18th century.

There are six bells, cast by the Grassmayr brothers in Feldkirch in 1867, with inscriptions.

Tomb slabs bearing the Castelberg coat of arms can be found near the entrance. To the left of the entrance, a wall plaque with a Rococo pediment encloses the Caprez coat of arms.

In the Disentis Monastery Museum, a statue of St. Martin from 1510 is preserved, while the Diocesan Museum in Schwyz houses five late Gothic figures from Trun.

(Text recorded by: Regiun Surselva)