First Lutheran congregation in Switzerland was founded in Geneva (1706). In 1701, six German businessmen and their families received permission from the Geneva government to worship according to Lutheran tradition. They had arrived from Lyons after the revocation in 1685 of the Edict of Nantes, which had granted toleration to Protestants. By 1707, in Geneva a congregation had been formed and a pastor received from Germany. Lutheran congregation in Zurich was founded in 1851 and in Basel in 1891. The Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein was founded in 1972.
Plans for Reformation 500
An exhibition on Martin Luther and the Enlightenment (Martin Luther und die Aufklärung), conception by Barbara Blum. The Reformation movement as started by Martin Luther is presented parallel to the main questions of the Enlightenment (the autonomy of human beings; relation between God and reason etc.). More about the exhibition at: http://www.luther-genf.ch/cms/startseite/aktuelles/#c359995. The exhibition texts are available in German, French and in English. Contact: [email protected]
