St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen

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St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen
Wurzen dom2.JPG
Construction time: 1112-1114
Inauguration: August 16, 1114
Style elements : Gothic, baroque
Floor space: 60 × 21 m
Tower height:

42 m

Location: 51 ° 22 '9.4 "  N , 12 ° 43' 58"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '9.4 "  N , 12 ° 43' 58"  E
Address: Domplatz 9, 04808 Wurzen
Wurzen
Saxony , Germany
Purpose: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Local community: Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of Wurzen
Parish: Office of the cathedral chapter, Domplatz 9, 04808 Wurzen
Website: www.dom-zu-wurzen.de
The cathedral from the east with the Luther fountain (left) and the entrance to Wurzen Castle (right) (2009)

The St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the large district town of Wurzen in Saxony . Built as the collegiate church of the Wurzen collegiate monastery, it has been called the cathedral since the end of the 15th century when the Meißner bishops built their residence in Wurzen Castle .

The church has been used for Protestant worship since 1542. It is also used for church music concerts because of its good acoustics. A special feature is the uniform furnishing of the church with architectural sculptures by the sculptor Georg Wrba .

The Wurzen Cathedral, with its two 42 meter high towers, has a striking impact on the cityscape. It is an important architectural monument in the area known as Wurzener Land . In 2014 it could look back on 900 years of its existence.

Location and shape

The cathedral is located in the southwestern part of the old town of Wurzen on a hill that rises about ten meters above the Muldenaue , which extends to the west . To the north of the cathedral, in the courtyard of the castle, is Wurzen Castle, which is structurally connected to the cathedral via the “Old Custody”. To the south is Domplatz.

  • Part of the central nave with the east choir

  • Central nave and west choir

  • Vault of the west choir

The cathedral is an east-west stretching structure, mainly Gothic, 60 meters long and 21 meters wide on the central nave . The central nave, which extends over three bays , has two aisles of different heights. To the east is a four-bay choir , which ends in the chancel , an apse with a 5/8 end . A choir also follows the central nave to the west. While the other areas of the church have a simple ribbed vault , the chancel has a star vault and the west choir has an elaborate and colorful cell vault .

There is a tower on the east side of each aisle. This means that the towers are almost in the middle of the church building. They have baroque hoods and lanterns and are designed differently. The slightly higher south tower, through which there is also access to the church, is more structured in its upper part. An extension is attached to the south tower in the area of ​​the east choir, which hides the otherwise visible Gothic buttresses and windows.

history

The first church, the predecessor of today's cathedral, was consecrated on August 16, 1114 by the Meissen Bishop Herwig († 1119) in honor of the Virgin Mary . It was the collegiate church for the Wurzen Collegiate Foundation, which he founded in the same year . It was a flat-roofed Romanesque pillar basilica , the size of which corresponded to today's central nave.

The first major expansion was the addition of the four yokes of the east choir around 1260 to 1290. In the middle of the 14th century, the central nave was vaulted and the south aisle was expanded into a hall, before a fire destroyed large parts of the church in 1470. After the reconstruction, the next extensions took place after 1500 under Bishop Johann VI. von Saalhausen (1444–1518). In 1503 he had the west choir built, which he planned to be his burial place, and in 1508 two yokes were added to the east choir, today's chancel. From 1491 to 1497 he had the neighboring Wurzen Castle built as a bishop's residence, so that the church now became a cathedral. The collegiate foundation became the cathedral chapter.

Although Protestant services were held in the cathedral as early as 1542, the Catholic bishops still lived in the castle. The last bishop Johann IX. von Haugwitz (1524–1595) dissolved the diocese of Meissen when it was handed over to the now Protestant cathedral chapter . The Saxon Elector August (1526–1586) became the new canon in Wurzen .

The neo-Gothic furnishings around 1900, choir stalls seen from the altar

To expand the space available, galleries were built in the north aisle in 1555 and in the south aisle in 1593 . Except for minor alterations and repairs, the cathedral remained unchanged until 1817. In this and the following year a comprehensive redesign in the neo-Gothic style takes place . The leading builders were the Wurzen cathedral provost and building researcher Christian Ludwig Stieglitz (1756–1836) and the dean of the chapter Immanuel Christian Leberecht von Ampach (1772–1831). The existing fixtures including the galleries were removed. By painting the walls lightly and installing new windows, the cathedral was made much lighter overall. A new altar with Gothic carvings and a large altarpiece “Christ's Baptism in the Jordan” by Friedrich Matthäi (1777–1845) and Gothic choir stalls were installed. The organ was renewed and the floor and benches were replaced.

The last redesign of the interior took place in the years 1931 to 1932. It is characterized above all by the radical removal of the neo-Gothic parts and the addition of numerous expressionist works of art by the sculptor Georg Wrba as well as the installation of the Jehmlich organ.

In February 1943, the large bronze bell from 1521 was lowered from the bell tower to be melted down for war purposes and taken to a bell cemetery in Hamburg. It escaped being destroyed and melted down and was brought back to Wurzen in May 1950 - it has been hanging in its traditional place in the north tower since then.

Since the Reformation the cathedral has been administered by a cathedral chapter to which ecclesiastical and secular representatives belong on an honorary basis. It consists of the provost, the dean and five other members, the canons, who are appointed by the regional bishop as the canon. Well-known members of the cathedral chapter were, for example, Immanuel Christian Leberecht von Ampach , Paul Herfurth , Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein , Hermann Ilgen , Johann Georg Keil , Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen , Günther Ramin and Christian Ludwig Stieglitz .

present

Bishop Carsten Rentzing on June 11, 2017 in Wurzen Cathedral

Currently (September 2019) the following persons belong to the cathedral chapter: Dompropst Christoph Richter, Domdechant Leo von Sahr-Schönberg, the canons Heinz Hartwig Böhmer, Dietrich Lenk, Wolfgang Ratzmann and Thomas Müller, canon and canon cantor Johannes Dickert as well as the two former canons Eberhard Burger and Horst Schulze . The canon is qua office of the respective regional bishop, currently (since 2017) Carsten Rentzing .

The cathedral does not have its own parish that is responsible for its preservation. Donations and grants are required for its receipt. Every year from spring to autumn, the cathedral is used by the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Wurzen, whose main church is the town church of St. Wenceslai , as a place for worship.

The cathedral is a regular venue for concerts with the cathedral choir St. Marien and the youth choir of Wurzener Dom , which were led by the cathedral cantor, the church music director Johannes Dickert until June 2019.

Remodeling and equipment

Historic furnishings

Otto I. on the north wall of the nave

Little has been preserved of the furnishings in the cathedral before the Reformation, which at that time had seven altars alone. The most important works of art are three sculptural stone figures from the period before 1503, which were initially set up in the west choir and are now located with a base and canopy on the north wall of the central nave. Its creator is unknown. They depict Bishop Donatus of Arezzo († around 362), Emperor Otto I (912–973) and the evangelist Johannes . Otto I was the founder of the diocese of Meissen, and Donatus of Arezzo and the evangelist Johannes were the patron saints of the diocese .

To the Bishop Johann VI. von Saalhausen is remembered by a sandstone relief with his coat of arms on the north wall of the east choir and a bronze plaque on the south wall of the south aisle, which used to mark the location of his grave in the cathedral. On the north wall of the chancel (see picture lectern) is the tombstone of the widow Brunos von der Pforte, depicted in bas-relief (year of death 1503). From 1465 to 1480 Bruno von der Pforte was enfeoffed with castle, maintenance and office of Königsstein.

A black and white marble plaque in the east choir commemorates a great-great-grandson of Martin Luther , Johan Martin Luther (1619–1669), owner of the manor in neighboring Hohburg and from 1649 until his death in 1669 canon in Wurzen Cathedral. There is a well-preserved grave slab of his first wife Regine, née Leyser († 1653), in the entrance area of ​​the cathedral.

The former altarpiece from 1817 has been hanging on the west wall of the south aisle since the cathedral was redesigned in 1932.

Redesign and furnishings in the Wrba 1931–1932

The most recent renovations between 1931 and 1932 were necessary “because the old wooden fittings could no longer be preserved” ( Fritz Fichtner ). Choir stalls, pulpit, altar, the prayer rooms in the central nave and the dilapidated wooden galleries in the south and north aisles were removed. The north and south entrances were relocated to the center of the structure for artistic and technical reasons (vestibule). On the north side of the west choir, i.e. in the castle courtyard, a staircase was built that allows access to the north gallery, and toilet facilities were created on the ground floor. The large south windows of the nave received a new, historically oriented tracery. New heating, lighting, an organ gallery and a singing stage with a new organ were also installed. The interior fittings - altar with crucifixion group, canons' chairs, pulpit, organ parapet, dedication panels, bronze baptismal font - were newly created. The architects Emil Högg and Friedrich Rötschke were responsible for the structural and monumental management .

The profound redesign of the cathedral was the occasion for a passionate discussion in and around Wurzen, as the following quote suggests:

“How will later generations judge this final restoration? The passionate pros and cons are muted, hate and envy are forgotten, but also all exuberance - only the work remains and speaks for itself, heralds the will of its artists and the attitudes of the time. "

- Fritz Fichtner (1933)

Where pulpit and organ located about architectural reasons - as in the cathedral at Wurzen - not be arranged one above the other, the audience experienced in the pews , the organ and choir music mostly from behind, with his back to the instrument and to the choir - there is a lack of eye contact. But when the Wurzner Dom was redesigned in 1932, resourceful craftsmen came up with the solution that is still practiced today, in order to "turn the congregation 180 degrees" and look to the music: Thanks to the lengthways, the desk rail for the hymnbooks for every church pew - Turn around your own axis by arm force within seconds to the backrest of the next pew. In this way - by turning the desk, so to speak - the Sermon Church is transformed, looking east to the altar and pulpit, to the oratorio hall, looking west to the choir and organ. The central nave offers 374 seats, together with the two side aisles there are 516.

For the major redesign of the interior in 1931/1932, the sculptor Georg Wrba created a cycle of late Expressionist sculptures made of cast bronze , which still dominate the interior of the cathedral today. The crucifixion group dominates the sanctuary. The figure of a naked athlete forms the lectern on the border of the sanctuary. The east choir is flanked on both sides by four canons' chairs with the names of the canons of the time.

Most striking is the pulpit, which protrudes far into the area in front of the east choir, an elongated bronze cuboid body supported by seven bundles of tubes. The heads of the apostles at the base of the pulpit bear the facial features of the canons of the time, the artist and the main donor of the cathedral renovation, the Wurzen honorary citizen and later canon Hermann Ilgen .

A plaque is also dedicated to Ilgen. All ore casts of these works of art were created by the Milde Dresden ore foundry under the direction of works guide W. Philipp.

The singing gallery in the west choir in front of the organ is bounded by a grille with a central portrait of Luther and two young men to the side. There are three angels playing music at the foot of the organ.

10 tons of pure bronze were used for the entire artistic interior of Wrba . These says Fichtner: "Judging by the extraordinarily precious equipment with modern bronze works will in all likelihood be disinclined to posterity to recognize our all too palpable terrible distress as a serious and sustainable." This "treasure" was the greed of the metal donation of the German people in Successfully withheld from the Second World War (the cathedral “only” had to hand over a bronze bell in 1943).

  • The crucifixion group

  • The lectern

  • Canons pews

  • the pulpit

  • Apostles' heads on the pulpit

  • Choir grille on the west choir and organ

organ

View of the organ

The organ of the cathedral is a work by the Jehmlich brothers , Dresden, from 1932. Günther Ramin was responsible for the selection of the 46 registers in their timbres . It represents a mixture between " organ-moving " disposition and still highly romantic pipe mensuration and intonation. The instrument survived the Second World War and the confiscation of the cathedral by the Wehrmacht and the Soviet Army without serious damage. Its substance is so solidly built that even after 40 years in the GDR, with the very limited care and maintenance options at that time, it could still be played at church services and concerts.

From 1998 to 2001 and in 2007 the gradual general overhaul, modernization and moderate expansion took place, carried out by the Christian Reinhold organ workshop based in Bernsdorf near Zwickau. Since then, this company has regularly taken care of the care and maintenance of the instrument. Since the organ is used by domestic and foreign concert organists in addition to the church services in the cathedral, the company installed a new sill control and an electronic setter combination in 2016 .

Since 2007 the organ has had 49 sounding stops, 2 transmissions and 5 excerpts (that is, stops are used several times, which extends the musical possibilities), a carillon with tubular bells (g 1 - g 3 , playable in the II. And III. Manual as well as in the pedal) as well as cymbal bells (Zimbelstern).

The organ has the following disposition :

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
01. Stand (= No. 40) 0 32 ′
02. Bourdun 16 ′
03. Principal 08th'
04th Gemshorn 08th'
05. Hollow flute 08th'
06th octave 04 ′
07th Reed flute 04 ′
08th. Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
09. octave 02 ′
10. third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
11. Fifth 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Solo cornet III
13. Mixture III-VI
14th Trumpet 08th'
II Manual C-g 3
15th Big dumped 0 16 ′
16. Horn principal 08th'
17th Dumped 08th'
18th Solo flute 08th'
19th Prefix 04 ′
20th recorder 04 ′
21st Sesquialtera II
22nd Flat flute 02 ′
23. octave 02 ′
24. Scharff III – IV
25th Cymbel III
26th Rankett 16 ′
27. Krummhorn 08th'
Glockenspiel (g 1 - g 3 )
tremolo
III Swell C – g 3
28. Dumped 16 ′
29 Violin principal 08th'
30th Reed flute 08th'
31. Vox Coelestis II 08th'
32. Quintad 08th'
33. Coupling flute 04 ′
34. Chamois fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Piccolo 02 ′
36. Sif flute 01'
37. Cornett III-V
38. oboe 08th'
39. Clarine 04 ′
Carillon
Pedal C – f 1
40. Pedestal 32 ′
41. Principal 16 ′
42. Subbass (from No. 40) 16 ′
43. Gedacktbass (= No. 28) 0 16 ′
44. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
45. Open bass 08th'
46. Violin principal 08th'
47. Flute bass 08th'
48. Dacked bass 08th'
49. Zinc III
50. Choral bass 04 ′
51. flute 04 ′
52. Night horn 02 ′
53. Mixturbass IV
54. trombone 16 ′
55. Trumpet 08th'
56. Clarine 04 ′
Bells
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, III / III (super coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids : 4 free combinations, hand register off, roller off, tongues off, tutti
  • Zimbelstern
  • Remarks:
  1. ↑ a b c excerpt.
  2. ↑ Composition: Third, Sept, None.
  3. ↑ a b Glockenspiel from the 2nd manual, optionally also playable from the 3rd manual.
  4. ↑ Transmission.

Bells

The ringing consists of two bronze bells: one bell from 1517 with the tone f sharp 1 (- 10 ⁄ 16 ), cast by Oswald Hilliger in Freiberg , the other from 1751 with the tone d 1 (- 7 ⁄ 16 ), cast by Martin Heintze in Leipzig.

Until 1917 the sacred building had four bells - two in each of the two towers. In the south tower hung two smaller bells without decoration or inscription: the one with a diameter of 63 centimeters served as a clock bell in the tower lantern; the other, 71 centimeters in diameter, was the prayer and baptism bell. They both had to be given in as a " metal donation " during the First World War .

The two bell bronze bells in the north tower have considerable historical value - their tones “d” and “f sharp” have been ringing with rich overtones and clearly audible “fifth a” for almost 500 years, so that from a distance some people think they can hear three bells. Your casting may have been made by Bishop Johann VI. von Saalhausen , who moved his residence from Meißen to Wurzen at the end of the 15th century.

The smaller bell dates from 1517, has a diameter of 122.5 centimeters and a height of 91 centimeters. It was suspected that it came from the Hillger hut - but this is without confirmation. In addition to rich decorations, it bears the inscription: ave maria gracia plena dominus tecum bene a no dm XVc XVII adesto metterna inclita anna ("Hail, gracious Mary, the Lord be with you, in the year of the Lord 1517, help glorious mother Anna" ). The bell was exempt from expropriation in 1917 because of its special historical artistic value. In the Second World War it was classified in value group D and therefore not subject to delivery.

The big bell is four years younger, it dates from 1521. Its master bell founder is unknown. In the 18th century it shattered "as a result of constant ringing" and therefore had to be cast in 1751. Since then it has been inscribed in Latin, which translated means: “This bell was consecrated to call for holy meetings. Cast in 1521. Since it had jumped by ringing for many years, the Wurzen cathedral chapter provided its new cast from the old material in 1751 ”. On the opposite side you can read: Sit nomen Domini benedictum (“The name of the Lord be praised”) and “Master Martin Heintze in Leipzig poured me”. Their outer diameter is 150 centimeters at the lower edge. In 1917 it was “deferred because of its historical value”, but in 1942 it had to be given to the Nazi regime as a “ bell donation ” and was taken to a bell cemetery. It was spared from being destroyed and melted down for war purposes: The experts in the committee for the repatriation of bells were able to determine their origin, so that the bell was returned to Wurzen by train on May 16, 1950. On May 24, 1950, it was raised again in the presence of representatives of the then city administration, and at Pentecost 1950 it rang again for the first time together with the smaller bell and the bells of the neighboring St. Wenceslas Church at the festive peal.

Varia

CD recordings in the cathedral

Due to the good acoustics, the sacred building is often used as a recording location for concert recordings. In 1998 Johannes Dickert and his youth choir Wurzen produced their first CD there with the title Jauchzet dem Herr alle Welt - choir and organ music from St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen . This was followed in 2006 by the CDs Christmas in St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen and in 2010 evening war, soon the night will come - evening songs from St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen with Wolfgang Seifen . In May 2015 the Saxon Wind Philharmonic recorded its current CD release in the Wurzen Cathedral.

2014: 900 years of the cathedral

The cathedral anniversary year 2014 - 900 years of the cathedral - was celebrated and honored with festive services, lectures and special concerts, for example with the St. Thomas 'Choir (July 8), the Thuringian Boys' Choir (July 29) and the Amarcord ensemble (October 31). On May 18, 2014, MDR Figaro broadcast the service from the Wurzen Cathedral as a direct broadcast. On July 13th, an ecumenical festival service took place on the canon day with the canon of the cathedral monastery of St. Marien Wurzen, regional bishop Jochen Bohl , and the catholic bishop emeritus of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen, Joachim Reinelt .

To commemorate the consecration of the cathedral on August 16, 1114, there was a Last Supper service on August 16 in the fully occupied cathedral with members of the cathedral chapters Meißen, Naumburg and Brandenburg as guests of honor.

On October 17, 2014 a scientific colloquium took place on the occasion of the cathedral anniversary. At the all-day event in Wurzen Castle , which was attended by 90 scholars and those interested in art history, the cathedral and its history were analyzed from various angles.

2006–2007: Exhibition on the artist Georg Wrba

A special exhibition in the Cathedral of St. Mary in Wurzen, in the municipal gallery on the market and in the Museum Wurzen was entitled The sculptor Georg Wrba 1872–1939 - The cathedral furnishings in Wurzen and his work in Saxony . It was shown from November 4, 2006 to March 18, 2007.

2018: Exhibition on Bishop Johann VI. from Saalhausen

Johann VI. von Saalhausen , the bishop who made Wurzen the bishop's seat and who found his final resting place in the cathedral, the exhibition My Faith, My Power - Johann von Saalhausen in Wurzens Stadtkirche St. Wenceslai from May 21 to October 3, 2018 was dedicated to.

literature

  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Saxony in cooperation with the Collegiate and Cathedral Monastery of Wurzen (publisher): The St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen - 900 years of building and art history of the Collegiate Church of St. Marien in Wurzen. Contributions from the colloquium on October 17, 2014 . Dresden 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-619-9 ( table of contents of the conference publication).
  • Andrea Sander: St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen. Sax-Verlag, Markkleeberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86729-137-8
  • Horst Schulze, Robert Schmidt: The cathedral and the castle at Wurzen. Publishing, Advertising and Philaservice Robert Schmidt, Oschatz 2011, 27 pages
  • Andrea Sander: St. Marien Cathedral and St. Wenceslai Church in Wurzen . P. 228–237 in: Wurzen - Day of the Saxons 2015 . Issue 3/2015 as an expanded edition of the Sächsische Heimatblätter , magazine for Saxon history, monument preservation, nature and the environment, 61st year, Niederjahna / Meißen 2015.
  • Alexander Wieckowski: The Wurzen collegiate foundation and the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral foundation St. Marien. In: Wurzen - Tag der Sachsen 2015. Issue 3/2015 as an expanded edition of Sächsische Heimatblätter , magazine for Saxon history, preservation of monuments, nature and the environment, 61st year, Niederjahna / Meißen 2015, pp. 219–227.
  • Terra Wurcinensis - 900 years of Wurzener Land . Insert from the Leipziger Volkszeitung , April 25, 2014.
  • Ralf Thomas : Wurzener Stiftsland - Saxon church constitution - historical church studies. Essays on Saxon church history. Edited by Michael Beyer and Alexander Wieckowski. Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02634-0 .
  • Wolfgang Ebert: Terra Wurcinensis. Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Wurzen and the districts of Dehnitz, Roitzsch and Nemt , Beucha 2008
  • Ralf Thomas : The Wurzener Land around 1100. In: The panorama. Culture mirror of the districts of Wurzen, Oschatz, Grimma , 29th year, issue 1/1982, ISSN  0483-5670 , pp. 75–78.
  • Werner Sinn: The cathedral in Wurzen - an architectural historical consideration. In: Wurzen 961–1961. Festschrift for the millennium. Published by the council of the city of Wurzen and the editorial team “Der Rundblick” Wurzen. Wurzen 1961, pp. 28-32.
  • New Saxon Church Gallery - The Ephorie Grimma on the right of the Mulde. Verlag Arwed Strauch, Leipzig 1914, pp. 1-20. ( Digitized version )
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments in Saxony . Vol. 19. Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma, Dresden 1897. ( digitized version )

Newspaper publications

  • Christian Ruf: 1496: Wurzener Stiftskapital elects Johann VI. zum Probst - The exhibition “My Faith, My Power” pays tribute to the future Bishop of Meissen . 4-column newspaper article in the Leipziger Volkszeitung (print edition), Multentalkurier, August 27, 2018, page 28
  • Kai-Uwe Brandt: Organ music up close - new ideas for Wurzens cathedral concerts. Cantor Johannes Dickert: Visitor numbers are increasing / Gunther Emmerlich and Gerhard Schöne are coming. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, February 17, 2016, p. 30.
  • Haig Latchinian : Step into the cathedral - It has been the law in Wurzen for almost 30 years: on Christmas Eve the cantor invites you to a very personal concert in the cathedral with free admission. Large portrait (= three quarters of a newspaper page) in: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, December 24, 2015, p. 35
  • Haig Latchinian: Organ pipes aren't tin soldiers. - Church music director Johannes Dickert leads up a spiral staircase right into the heart of the queen of instruments. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, August 3, 2015, p. 26.
  • Haig Latchinian: The Cantor's hat trick: Wurzen Cathedral with a sporty finale. Choir festival with three concerts at the end of the season / visitor numbers rise to over 4,000 per year. P. 26 in: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, June 25, 2015
  • Ingrid Leps: Highly valued and highly controversial - Lecture on Georg Wrba in Wurzen Cathedral. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, May 23, 2015, p. 30
  • Ingrid Leps: Wurzen Cathedral scores with unique furnishings. Expressive bronze treasure of the first order is the focus of a lecture evening on Wednesday. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, May 18, 2015, p. 28 (extensive, four-column article)
  • Ingrid Leps: A treasure to be found. Colloquium on the history of Wurzen Cathedral. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, October 20, 2014, p. 25.
  • Ingrid Leps: Lively place for church music. 900 years of building history: from the basilica to the late Gothic cathedral. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, August 15, 2014, p. 26.

about the art of Georg Wrba in Wurzen Cathedral

  • Thomas Pöpper (Ed.): Georg Wrba (1872–1939). In the shadow of modernity. Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-938442-67-8 .
  • Patricia Zschuckelt: The sculptures by Prof. Georg Wrba in the Wurzen Cathedral and its redesign in the years 1931–1932. Master's thesis (unpublished), University of Leipzig 1998 (in the library of the Institute for Art History and can be viewed there). Mentioned in Pöpper's Wrba book, Leipzig 2009.
  • Fritz Fichtner : Wurzen Cathedral and its renovation. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments. Published by the Saxon Heritage Protection Association. Dresden 1933.

Web links

Commons : Dom St. Marien zu Wurzen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.domkantorei-wurzen.de/html/termine.html
  2. ^ Hansrainer Baum, Jürgen Schmidt: From Schmidt to Schmidt - About Wurzener mayor 1832-2008. Wurzen 2011, without ISBN, p. 79.
  3. ^ From the files of the Wurzen Cathedral Archives
  4. ↑ Saxony's fastest canon comes from Wurzen - Leo von Sahr (67) needs support from the top twice. Leipziger Volkszeitung , accessed on August 15, 2020
  5. ↑ In January 2019, Dickert reached the statutory retirement age; on June 23, 2019 he was bid farewell in the service in the cathedral in Wurzen. He remains cathedral choirmaster. His successor as cantor in Wurzen is Kaoru Oyamada (35) from Japan, previously interim cantor in Taucha, who was introduced to her position on August 18, 2019. Alexander Wiechowski: Change in church music. (PDF) April – May 2019, p. 9. Accessed April 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Haig Latchinian: Japanese Kaoru Oyamada becomes new church musician in Wurzen - The Japanese Kaoru Oyamada will take up her post as the new Wurzen cantor and organist on August 1st. Leipziger Volkszeitung, online portal, April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019 . Alexander Wiechowski: Change in church music. Gemeindeblatt April – May 2019, p. 9. Accessed April 22, 2019 . Roger Dietze: Kaoru Oyamada introduced as the new cantor of Wurzen Cathedral. Leipziger Volkszeitung, online portal, August 18, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Cathedral chapter on the cathedral website, accessed on July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ Website of the cathedral choir
  9. ^ Website of the youth choir
  10. ^ Choir director , on the website of the youth choir
  11. ^ Karl Gautsch: Oldest history of Saxon Switzerland together with the earliest topographical information. Original 1880, p. 39, reprint Salzwasser-Verlag, 2013. ( digitized )
  12. ↑ Fritz Fichtner: The cathedral to Wurzen and its renewal. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments . Published by the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, Dresden 1933, pp. 13-14.
  13. ↑ Fritz Fichtner: The cathedral to Wurzen and its renewal. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments . Published by the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, Dresden 1933, p. 17.
  14. ↑ Fritz Fichtner: The cathedral to Wurzen and its renewal. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments . Published by the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, Dresden 1933, p. 23.
  15. ↑ Kai-Uwe Brandt: Wurzener Kirchenmusik: "The Black of Gospel" ensure a powerful start in St. Mary's Cathedral. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung online, January 20, 2018, as well as the same day in the LVZ regional edition Muldental , p. 30.
  16. ↑ Beginning with the pulpit stairs: Ludwig Ihmels as Matthias , Johannes Wiede as Simon Zelotes , Richard Weidauer as Matthäus , Börries von Münchhausen as Thomas , Paul Herfurth as Andreas , Gotthard von Pentz as Jakobus , at the lectern above Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein as Paulus , Hermann Ilgen as Petrus , Hans Wrba (son of the artist Georg Wrba) as Johannes , Alfred Ackermann as Philippus , Friedrich Seetzen as Bartholomäus , Paul Geipel as Thaddäus , Georg Wrba as Jakobus Alphäus
  17. ↑ This bronze plaque the size of a front door is located in the middle of the cathedral on the left with a view of the altar. It has the following inscription: “Honorary memory for Hermann Ilgen - Royal Saxon Privy Councilor, born in Wurzen on July 22, 1856, honorary citizen of the city of Wurzen and founder of the Hermann Ilgen Foundation, from whose funds the war honorary place on this site with the approval of the founder old cemetery and the altarpiece of this cathedral was made. Dedicated to Anno Domini 1930 by the Hermann Ilgen Foundation by its board: Minister of State and Canon zu Wurzen Dr. Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein ”.
  18. ↑ Note in the bronze cast at the foot of the pulpit stairs - it is probably the ore foundry Adalbert Milde & Co., Dresden (or its successor), source: http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Werkbund/werkbundMitgl.pdf
  19. ↑ P. 23 in: Fritz Fichtner: The cathedral in Wurzen and its renewal. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments . Published by the Saxon Heritage Protection Association, Dresden 1933.
  20. ↑ Fritz Fichtner: The cathedral to Wurzen and its renewal. Special print from: Saxon architectural and art monuments . Published by the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, Dresden 1933, p. 14.
  21. ^ Organ workshop Christian Reinhold , accessed on December 11, 2019.
  22. ^ Organ disposition at church music in Wurzen , accessed on December 11, 2019.
  23. ↑ Rainer Thümmel in: Bells in Saxony - Sound between heaven and earth. Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 371.
  24. ^ A corresponding decree to the Reich Ministers had already been issued on February 23, 1940. In this decree by General Field Marshal Hermann Göring it says: “In the last World War, the collection of metal objects was initiated so late that the collection results could not be used to the necessary extent for the purposes of warfare. I therefore order that all objects made of copper, tin, nickel, lead and their alloys that are owned by public authorities in administration and teaching buildings, libraries, state hospitals, rest homes, etc., should be accelerated (...), to be sorted out and (...) to be kept ready for free delivery to the offices to be named by the Reich Economics Minister. ”Quoted from: Jutta Heller, Fanny Wuttke: The history of the parish church of St. Wenceslai in Wurzen. Publisher: Association for the preservation of the Wurzner Stadtkirche. Wurzen 1999, p. 33. (The documentation is available in the archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of Wurzen.)
  25. ^ Pastor Roscher: Our cathedral bells. In: Culture magazine "Der Rundblick", issue 24, 2nd year, December 15, 1955, Wurzen 1955, pp. 485–487. DNB source reference: http://d-nb.info/013915665
  26. ↑ Information from participating musicians
  27. ↑ http://www.kirchenmusik-saalfeld.de/thüringer-sängerknaben/
  28. ↑ Wurzen Cathedral: Events 2014
  29. ↑ Leporello concerts, church services, lectures 2014. 900 years of St. Mary's Cathedral, Wurzen . Published by the cathedral chapter Wurzen 2014
  30. ↑ Ingrid Leps: A treasure to be found. Colloquium on the history of Wurzen Cathedral. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, October 20, 2014, p. 25.
  31. ^ Leaflet (A3) / Leporello for the exhibition, Wurzen 2006
  32. ↑ Kai-Uwe Brandt: Lord Mayor opens exhibition in the St. Wenceslai town church - entirely under the sign of Wurzen Bishop Johann VI. von Salhausen, the exhibition “My Faith, My Power” has been in the Wenceslaikirche since Whit Monday. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
  33. ↑ Christian Ruf: 1496: Wurzener Stiftskapital elects Johann VI. zum Probst - The exhibition “My Faith, My Power” pays tribute to the future Bishop of Meissen. 4-column newspaper article in the Leipziger Volkszeitung (print edition), Multentalkurier, August 27, 2018, p. 28.
  34. ↑ https://www.sax-verlag.de/shop/saxverlag/apply/viewdetail/id/366/
  35. ↑ DNB 988945584
  36. ↑ http://www.gko.uni-leipzig.de/kunstgeschichte/bibliothek.html
  37. ↑ DNB 580856429