Christ the King Church (Gliwice)

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Christ the King Church

The Christ the King Church is a Roman Catholic church in Gliwice (Gleiwitz).

The modern church in the form of a basilica is located in the Zatorze district ( Stadtwaldviertel , formerly part of Petersdorf ) and was built according to plans by the architect Karl Mayr (* 1902).

history

As early as 1929, the architect Dominikus Böhm submitted two designs for a new church building: a central building on an elliptical floor plan and a second design with a cross-shaped floor plan. The latter is compared with the parish church of St. Wolfgang in Regensburg, which was built between 1937 and 1939.

After the Böhm designs were rejected by the Archdiocese of Breslau , the architect Karl Mayr was finally commissioned with a new plan in 1934. Only two months passed between the completion of the project draft and approval by the diocese; The foundation stone was laid on September 2, 1934 . After 15 months of construction, on 3 November 1935 the Church by Cardinal was Adolf Bertram of Breslau ordained .

In 1938 the altar wall was painted by Karl Platzek with a monumental Christ the King fresco with the inscription “My kingdom is not of this world”. After 1945 the frescoes were painted over because of the German-language inscription.

In 1973 the church was renovated. Between 1994 and 1995 the roof of the church was renovated.

organ

The large organ has 56 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I. Manuals C – a 3
1st Praestant 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow Flute 8th'
4. Tube covered 8th'
5. Gemshorn 8th'
6. Octave 4 ′
7. Capstan whistle 4 ′
8th fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Super octave 2 ′
10. Scharff II
11. Mixture IV-VI
12th trumpet 16 ′
13th horn 8th'
14. Prong 4 ′
II. Manuals C – a 3
15. Broadly covered 8th'
16. Wooden flute 8th'
17th quintad 8th'
18. Dolkan 8th'
19. Copper Principal 4 ′
20. Recorder 4 ′
21. Schwiegel 2 ′
22. Quintflute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Sesquialtera II
24. Mixture IV-V
25. Krummhorn 8th'
26. Oboe 4 ′
III. Manuals C – a 3
27. Bordun 16 ′
28. Naval Principal 8th'
29. Black viola 8th'
30. Covered 8th'
31. Salizional 8th'
32. Singing Principal 4 ′
33. Flute 4 ′
34. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Principal 2 ′
36. Forest Flute 2 ′
37th quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
38. Cymbel III
39. Mixture IV-V
40. Dulcian 16 ′
41st trumpet 8th'
42. Shawm 4 ′
Pedals C – f 1
43. Principal bass 16 ′
44. Sub bass 16 ′
45. subtle bass 16 ′
46th quint bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
47. Octavbass 8th'
48. Covered bass 8th'
49. Choral bass 4 ′
50. Gedackt - Pommer 4 ′
51. Flat flute 2 ′
52. Rauschpfeife II
53rd trumpet 16 ′
54th trumpet bass 8th'
55. Clarine 4 ′
56. Singing cornet 2 ′

literature

Web links

Commons : Christ the King Church (Gliwice)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Hoff, Herbert Muck, Raimund Thoma: Dominikus Böhm. Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Munich 1962, pp. 217–222, p. 506.
  2. ↑ a b c Beata Komar: Research into Christ The King Church's Archives in Gliwice View of the Future Development of this Church ♙ Schlesische Technische Universität , Gliwice, 2008, p. 12 f.
  3. ↑ Information about the organ (Polish)

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 18 ° 41 ′ 38 ″  E