St. Alexander Church (Schmallenberg)

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St. Alexander Church (aerial view)
Church around 1900
St. Alexander Church
View of the organ
inner space
Historical part

The St. Alexander Church is a Catholic church in Schmallenberg . Parish patron is St. Alexander . It belongs to the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

history

The listed building consists of an older part from the 13th century facing east. Today remains of the baroque furnishings have been preserved, including a small Vespers picture from the 2nd half of the 15th century. In 1905, after the demolition of the old tower, the extension was built in the neo-Romanesque style based on designs by the Aachen cathedral master builder Joseph Buchkremer . The solemn consecration by the Archbishop of Paderborn did not take place until 1911. The altar in the Nazarene style is dedicated to the city patron St. Valentin .

In 1955 the interior was renovated. The church tower had to be demolished again in 1996. On September 12, 2004 the new church tower was inaugurated. The tower, designed by the Cologne architect Hans Schilling , is 50 meters high and is made of concrete clad with Belgian greywacke . Its construction costs were 2.5 million euros. After an exterior renovation, the interior renovation of the church began in July 2012. The renovation of the interior costs 1.413 million euros.

The parish has 4,300 members.

  • Steeple

  • Main entrance

  • Side view

  • Entrance historical part

  • Church tower from the inside

  • View of the church in the middle of the village

organ

The organ was built in 1944 by the organ builder Klais (Bonn). The instrument has been slightly changed several times, and most recently extensively overhauled in 2012–2013 and partially restored to its original state. Today it has 36 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Gedacktpommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Lovely Gedackt 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
Tube bare 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialter II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Scharff III-IV 1'
Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
Wooden flute 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Beat 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Terzcymbel III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
shawm 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass (from HW) 16 ′
Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octavbass 8th'
Dacked bass 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
trombone 16 ′
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I, II / II, III / I, III / II, III / III

literature

  • Michael Bringman: The neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Alexander zu Schmallenberg . In: Schmallenberger Heimatblätter 56, 1986-89, ISSN  1614-5682 , pp. 9-20.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catholic and Evangelical Church in Schmallenberg: Churches in the Schmallenberger Sauerland , information brochure (PDF; 2.1 MB) ( memento of the original from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dekanat-hochsauerland-mitte.de
  2. ↑ The West: St. Alexander Church - Renovation started on July 5, 2012
  3. ↑ More information about the organ on the website of the builder company

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 50.8 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 5.6 ″  E