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Surrounded on three sides by traffic noise, the church adopts a withdrawn position from the street. The complex is enclosed by a ring-wall that is only open in two places: a flight of steps to the north, and four rounded arches at the base of the tower to the south. The parts of the building to the east provide facilities for social and cultural activities; here an older parish hall has been extended with three new wings around a new green courtyard in the middle. The parts of the building to the west encompass the main church, the wing containing a room for devotions, the parish rooms, the verger’s residence and the 35 metre high tower with its six bells. The ensemble surrounds a paved court. This, together with the church, forms a rectangle of 51.5 by 23 metres.
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Stegers, R. (2008). Glaubten Reformed Church. In: Sacred Buildings. Design Manuals. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8276-6_32
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