Christ Church (Dresden-Strehlen)
The Evangelical Christ Church is located in the Strehlen district of Dresden .
construction
The Christ Church is a hall church in the style of reform architecture . It has 1200 seats and is considered the first modern church in Germany after the style dominance of historicism . It stands on a hill and is easy to spot in the cityscape of Dresden from the two 66 m high towers. Today it is the last remaining church in Dresden with twin towers after the Sophienkirche and the Catholic parish church Dresden-Neustadt were destroyed in the Second World War. The sandstone building - like many buildings made from this material - has turned almost black over the years.
The Christ Church was built between 1902 and 1905 by the architects Schilling & Graebner . The sculptural decorations are by Karl Groß , the portal design by Peter Pöppelmann . The decorative painting originally came from Otto Gussmann and the chimes from the Schilling bell foundry in Apolda.
The church was damaged in the bombing in February 1945 . From 1949 to 1951 it was restored under Wolfgang Rauda and could then be used by the parish. Due to a lack of funds, the decorations on the walls and ceilings were largely removed. In the following period, too, there was moisture damage due to a lack of government support. A restoration took place between 1973 and 1980. The interior has been restored to almost the original style based on a design by Helmar Helas .
The main portal of the church leads to a vestibule, which is also called the bridal hall. The dome has a span of 18 m and no side galleries. A choir niche accommodates the colonnaded altar made of Euboean cipollino , a marble on which a white marble cross is erected. It is flanked by the sculptures of Saints Paul and John created by August Hudler .
In the years 1935 to 1937, a parish hall was built south of the church in the style of homeland security architecture.
1973 to 1980 the church was reconstructed. In 1980 the Christ Church was placed under monument protection.
In October 2017, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a memorial stone was set on the church and a Luther oak was planted, which is one of the memorial trees in Dresden .
organ
Opposite the altar is the west gallery, which houses the organ built by the Jehmlich brothers in 1905 as Opus 224 . This was also damaged in the war. After makeshift repairs immediately after the war, this has now been partially supplemented. Between 1984 and 1988 Johannes Schubert renewed the organ in the sense of a compromise organ that sought to combine neo-baroque, French and late romantic elements. Nevertheless, 60% of the original pipework was preserved. Between 2013 and 2015, the organ was consistently reconstructed to its original state by the builder company under the direction of Ralf Jehmlich. In terms of sound, the instrument is shaped by German Romanticism. The numerous registers in the same position and playing aids enable a stepless register crescendo with characteristic individual voices and a transparent overall sound. 62 registers (including seven high pressure registers) are distributed over three manuals and pedal and are played by pneumatic cone chests. The organ now has 4140 pipes , making it the third largest organ in Dresden.
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- Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, Super I / I, Super III / II, Sub II / I, Sub III / II, pedal octave coupling
- Playing aids : 4 free combinations, 26 fixed groups (ff, f, mf, p for the whole work as buttons and steps and for each work individually as buttons (pedal steps) tutti, high pressure) tongues off, crescendo on, free groups on, Fixed groups on, crescendo roller, swell kick
Peal
The chime consists of two chill-cast iron bells and a bronze bell, the bell cage is made of steel construction. Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | material | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1955 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 1625 mm | 1650 kg | dis ′ |
| 2 | 1905 | Bell foundry Schilling & F | bronze | 1570 mm | 740 kg | f sharp ′ |
| 3 | 1955 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 1185 mm | 650 kg | g sharp ′ |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.christuskirche-dresden.de/cms/website.php?id=/de/jugendstilkirche/geschichte.htm
- ↑ Jehmlichorgel der Christuskirche Website of the parish
- ^ A b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 291 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).
literature
- Hartmut Mai, Heinrich Magirius : Christ Church Dresden-Strehlen. (= Small Art Guide , No. 2232.) Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1995.
- Barbara Bechter, Wiebke Fastenrath u. a. (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Saxony I, Dresden administrative district. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-422-03043-3 .
- Helmut Stange (Red.): 100 Years Christ Church Dresden-Strehlen 1905–2005. Church council of the Christ Church, Dresden 2006.
- Cornelia Reimann: The Christ Church in Dresden-Strehlen. Verlag der Kunst Dresden Ingwert Paulsen jun., Husum 2007, ISBN 978-3-86530-078-2 .
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 38 " N , 13 ° 45 ′ 55" E