Bergen Domkirke

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The St. Olav Cathedral in Bergen
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The Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of Bergen ( norw. : Bergen Domkirke ., Dt and Cathedral of St. Olav , cathedral mountains ) is a religious building in Bergen , Province Vestland / Norway , from the 12th century. It is the cathedral of the Lutheran diocese of Bjørgvin .

Structure and construction history

St. Olav Cathedral was built around 1150 and dedicated to the Norwegian saint Olav II Haraldsson . The Romanesque nave and aisle were built towards the end of the 12th century. The stone-built long church has a length of 60.5 m and a width of 20.5 m. The cathedral church offers about 1000 seats.

During the reign of King Håkon IV , the church became part of a Franciscan monastery south of the church. The church burned down in 1248 and 1270. Under King Magnus VI. it was rebuilt in 1301. In the church, Magnus VI. also his last rest. Over the centuries the church has been redesigned again and again and, in 1537, after the destruction of the Munkeliv monastery, it was made into the cathedral. The square tower was only added in the 17th century. To the north of the choir is a late 13th century chapel.

In 1880 the church was extensively restored by Peter Andreas Blix and Christian Christie (1832-1906). The altar from 1884, which is modeled on a medieval reliquary , was also made by Christie . The pulpit and baptismal font date from 1883.

In the wall of the church tower there is a cannonball from 1665, from the battle in the Bay of Bergen .

  • Cathedral in the city ensemble

  • View into the aisle

  • The cannonball from the fire in 1665

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1997 by the organ building company Rieger from Austria. It is the 15th instrument in the history of organs in the cathedral since 1549. The instrument was built in the prospectus or case of the predecessor organ by Albert Hollenbach from 1891. The organ has 61 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Bourdon 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Flûte harmonique 8th'
5. Gamba 8th'
6th Hollow flute 8th'
7th Octav 4 ′
8th. Pointed flute 4 ′
9. Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Super octave 2 ′
11. Mixture Major V 2 ′
12. Mixture Minor IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Cornet V 8th'
14th Trumpet 16 ′
15th Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
16. Principal 8th'
17th Covered 8th'
18th Salicional 8th'
19th Quintad 8th'
20th Principal 4 ′
21st Reed flute 4 ′
22nd Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Gemshorn 2 ′
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
25th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Sifflet 1'
27. Scharff IV 1'
28. Clarinet 8th'
29 Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
30th Bourdon 16 ′
31. Principal 8th'
32. Double flute 8th'
33. Bourdon 8th'
34. Viol 8th'
35. Voix céleste 8th'
36. Octave 4 ′
37. Flute 4 ′
38. viola 4 ′
39. Nazard harmonique 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
40. Flageolet 2 ′
41. Tierce harmonique 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
42. Plein Jeu V-VI 2 ′
43. Basson 16 ′
44. Trumpet harm. 8th'
45. Hautbois 8th'
46. Voix humaine 8th'
47. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
48. Pedestal 32 ′
49. Principal 16 ′
50. Sub bass 16 ′
51. Violon 16 ′
52. Principal 8th'
53. Gemshorn 8th'
54. Choral bass 4 ′
55. Flat flute 2 ′
56. Rauschpfeife IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
57. Contrabassoon 32 ′
58. Bombard 16 ′
59. bassoon 16 ′
60. trombone 8th'
61. prong 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids: register crescendo, electronic typesetting system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bergen Domkirke Reuber-Norwegen.de, accessed on August 3, 2008
  2. ↑ More information about the cathedral organ

literature

  • GH Hartvedt: Cathedral Churches . In: Bergen Byleksikon , 1994 pp. 157-158.
  • HE Lidén, EM Magerøy: Norges Kirker Volume III: Bergen Oslo 1983, ISBN 82-05-14299-8
  • JF Knudsen: Domkirke 700 år Bergen, 2001

Web links

Commons : Bergen Cathedral  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 60 ° 23 ′ 38 "  N , 5 ° 19 ′ 50"  E