Resurrection Church (Oberkassel)

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Church of the Resurrection
Interior of the Church of the Resurrection

The Protestant Church of the Resurrection in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel , on the corner plot of Arnulfstraße / Quirinstraße, is an important architectural and historical testimony to Art Nouveau , which foreshadows the brick architecture of the Rhenish 1920s , and is a listed building . It was built between 1913 and 1914 based on a design by the Düsseldorf architects Rudolf Wilhelm Verheyen and Julius Stobbe and inaugurated on Ascension Day in 1914.

The church, rectory, parish hall and administration building are combined to form a structural ensemble made of exposed brick with natural stone structures under green-glazed tiled roofs - a novelty at the time. The church, a hall building with galleries , presents itself with a high baroque volute gable with Art Nouveau ornaments and a raised octagonal tower with a gallery for wind instruments. Traditionally, there is a blown tower on Christmas Eve at midnight .

European organ "Felix Mendelssohn"

In 2004 the company W. Sauer Orgelbau (Frankfurt / Oder) built the so-called European organ "Felix Mendelssohn" .

With the designation as a European organ , the variety of colors of the disposition with registers from different European regions or for different musical styles should be expressed (Spanish trumpets, Italian floating parts, registers in the French and German-Romantic style). A special feature are the modern registers saxophone 8 ′, blues fourth II ( 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ & 16 ⁄ 19 ′) and guarneri third ( 1 13 ⁄ 19 ′), as well as the "Kawal flute 4 ′" (Balkans).   

Furthermore, the name of the organ is reminiscent of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , who was active as the city's music director in Düsseldorf from 1833 to 1835 and who shaped musical life.

The instrument has 65 registers on three manuals and pedal , mechanical slide chests , mechanical and electrical tone and register actions . The organ is fully MIDI capable and thus enables the recording and playback of the game, as well as all other possibilities that result from the connection with a PC.

I main work C – c 4
01. Principal 16 ′
02. Principal 08th'
03. Fl. harmonique 08th'
04th Drone 08th'
05. Gamba 08th'
06th Voce humane 08th'
07th Octave 04 ′
08th. Night horn 04 ′
09. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Octave 02 ′
11. Mixture Major VI 0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Mixture Minor IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Buntcymbel IV 01'
14th Cornet V 08th'
15th bassoon 16 ′
16. saxophone 08th'
17th En chamade 4 ′ / 16 ′
18th En chamade 08th'
19th Orlos 08th'
Tremulant
II Positive C-c 4
20th Praestant 08th'
21st Wooden dacked 08th'
22nd Quintadena 08th'
23. Ital. Principal 04 ′
24. Reed flute 04 ′
25th Octave 02 ′
26th recorder 02 ′
27. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
28. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
29 Blues fourth II 0 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
30th Scharff IV 01'
31. Bear whistle 16 ′
32. Krummhorn 08th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – c 4
33. Drone 16 ′
34. Violin principal 08th'
35. Dumped 08th'
36. Salicional 08th'
37. Beat 08th'
38. Octave 04 ′
39. Kawal flute 04 ′
40. Fugara 04 ′
41. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
42. Forest flute 02 ′
43. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
44. Guarneri third 1 13 ⁄ 19  ′
45. Piccolo 01'
46. Mixture V 02 ′
47. Bombard 16 ′
48. Trumpet 08th'
49. oboe 08th'
50. Clarinet 08th'
51. Clairon en fuerte 0 04 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – a 1
52. Sub-double bass 32 ′
53. Principal bass 16 ′
54. Sub bass 16 ′
55. Salicetbass 16 ′
56. Octavbass 08th'
57. Bass flute 08th'
58. cello 08th'
59. Flute de pedals 04 ′
60. Night horn 02 ′
61. Greater sesquialtera III 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
62. Contrabassoon 32 ′
63. trombone 16 ′
64. Trumpet 08th'
65. Trumpet 04 ′
Tremulant (small pedal)
  • Secondary register: Zimbelstern, Carillon, Europhon, Nightingale, Kukuck
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P (mechanical & electrical)
    • Octave coupling: Super III / III, Super III / I, Sub III / III, Sub III / I (electrical)
  • Playing aids :

literature

  • Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener: Architecture Guide Düsseldorf . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 .
  • Paul Ernst Wentz: Architecture Guide Düsseldorf. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 3-7700-0408-6 , object no. 77.

Web links

Commons : Church of the Resurrection (Oberkassel)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The new Evangelical Church of the Resurrection in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel is inaugurated on Ascension Day. (with illustration) , in the Rhine and Düssel, on May 16, 1914
  2. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 6 ° 44 ′ 59 ″  E