Mikkeli Cathedral

Exterior view

View to the altar

View of the organ

The Cathedral of Mikkeli in Finnish Mikkeli is the Episcopal Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Mikkeli . The bishopric was originally in Savonlinna , then in today's Russian Vyborg . It was only after Vyborg was lost to Russia in 1945 that the bishopric was moved to Mikkeli.

Building

The brick church was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1896–1897 by Josef Stenbäck . The altarpiece by Pekka Halonen dates from 1899. While large parts of the city were reduced to rubble during World War II, the church itself suffered little damage. 1954–1955 the church was renovated, with the wooden pulpit being replaced by a simpler one. During the renovation in 1983–1984, the church was given lighter and friendlier colors, and the arrangement of the benches was changed.

The church offers up to 1,200 seats and 900 standing places.

organ

The organ from the Kangasala organ workshop has 51 stops .

I Rückpositiv C – a 3 Dumped 8th' Quintads 8th' Principal 4 ′ Flute 2 ′ octave 2 ′ Fifth flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp III-V 1' Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

II main work C – a 3 Pommer 16 ′ Principal 8th' Hollow flute 8th' octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Flat flute 2 ′ Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th'

III Swell C – a 3 Wooden dacked 8th' Cane quintads 4 ′ Principal 2 ′ recorder 2 ′ Sesquialter 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 3 ′ shawm 8th' Head shelf 4 ′ Tremulant Chimes

IV Oberwerk C – a 3 Spits flute 8th' Reed flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Unda Maris 8th' Violin principal 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Gemshorn 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sif flute 1' Mixture V 2 ′ Dulcian 16 ′ English horn 8th' Clarine 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedals C – f 1 Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ octave 8th' Drone 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Coupling flute 2 ′ Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clarine 4 ′ cornet 2 ′

The bells come from the Bochum association . Electric lighting was installed in 1901.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organ ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Mikkeli Cathedral  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

credentials

• Official website (Finnish)
• spottinghistory.com (English)
• Mikkelinseurakunnat.fi (Finnish)

Coordinates: 61 ° 41 ′ 21 ″  N , 27 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E