St. Barbara's Church (Gliwice)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Barbarakirche (2020)

The Barbarakirche (or Garrison Church ) is a church in the Polish city of Gliwice . It is located in the center of the city on Dworcowa Street (Bahnhofstrasse). Until 1945 it was called the Evangelical Church .

history

The new church was built between 1856 and 1859 by the Protestant community in Gleiwitz. The new church was consecrated on November 1, 1859. It replaced the 400 year old St. Barbara's Church. This previously Catholic half-timbered church in the Weißen or Beuthener suburbs was taken over by the Protestant community in 1820. At the place of the altar of the old church, a marble cross with a relief of the old St. Barbara church was erected in 1867. In 1945 the evangelical community was expropriated and the Polish state transferred the former evangelical church to a Catholic community. After 1945 the church was named Barbara Church.

architecture

The church was built according to plans by the Berlin architect August Stüler . The church tower has a height of 44.5 m.

organ

The organ was built in 1909 by the organ builder Ernst Kurzer. The slider chest instrument has 43 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are pneumatic.

I main work C – f 3
1. Echo bass 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Viol 8th'
4th Gemshorn 8th'
5. Hollow flute 8th'
6th Principal 4 ′
7th Fugara 4 ′
8th. Hollow flute 4 ′
9. Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Cornett III
11. Mixture IV-V
12. Trumpet 8th'
Tremblant
II. Manuals C – f 3
13. Lovingly dumped 16 ′
14th Violin principal 8th'
15th Slack amabile 8th'
16. Aeoline 8th'
17th Quintatön 8th'
18th Octave 4 ′
19th Lull harm. 4 ′
20th Principal 2 ′
21st Progressio harm. II-III
22nd Cymbel III
23. oboe 8th'
III. Manuals C – f 3
24. Bourdon 16 ′
25th Principal 8th'
26th Portal 8th'
27. Salicet 8th'
28. Lull trav. 4 ′
29 Slack dolce 4 ′
30th Piccolo 2 ′
31. Sif flute 1'
32. Sesquialtera II
33. Krummhorn 8th'
Pedals C – d 1
34. Violon bass 16 ′
35. Sub bass 16 ′
36. Harm. bass 16 ′
37. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
38. violoncello 8th'
39. Bass flute 8th'
40. Octave 4 ′
41. Gemshorn 4 ′
42. Mixture II
43. trombone 16 ′

Web links

Commons : St. Barbara's Church (Gliwice)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b magazine "Oberschlesien im Bild": Issue 11, 1934
  2. ↑ Information about the organ (Polish)

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 43.5 "  N , 18 ° 40 ′ 20.3"  E