Kirche Sogn Giachen e Sogn Philipp, Morissen

The church is open from 08.00 - 18.00.

The church was first mentioned in the letter of indulgence for St. Vincentius of 1345 under the patronage of St. James and Christophorus, but the secondary title disappeared as early as 1484. The ecclesiastical emancipation of Pleif began in 1702 with the establishment of a chaplaincy; 1807 baptismal and burial rights, 1907 elevation to parish. The first mentioned church from 1345 disappeared in 1484 (report 1643). New construction of the present church in 1867/68.
The high altar was taken over from the old church.
Altar: Wooden construction, ca. 1720. Two late Gothic columns: St. Jakob and Johan Baptist. Tabernacle around 1680, side altars 1709.
Sacristy: Gothic lecturing cross, on the medallions of the Head of Christ and Pietà.
Bells by Theus Brothers, Felsberg, 1885. In the monastery of Disentis there is a bell casula made of silk, golden yellow and red patterned with two crossed bird necks, the staff of Cyprus gold, around 1200. In the Swiss National Museum there is a wooden sculpture of St. Martin from the 15th century.

(Text collected by: Regiun Surselva)