Linkoping Cathedral

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Linköping Cathedral, view from the southwest
Linköping Cathedral, view from the east

The Cathedral of Linköping is one of the best preserved medieval and richly decorated cathedrals Sweden . It is the episcopal church of the Linköping diocese .

history

View through the main nave

The town's first stone church was built in the first half of the 12th century. The Romanesque basilica took up about half of the area of ​​today's cathedral. The foundation walls of this church were exposed during archaeological excavations at the beginning and the middle of the 20th century. Already at the time of the first church Linköping ( Liunga Kaupinga ) was mentioned as a bishopric in a document that is now in Florence .

The construction of a cathedral began in Linköping around 1230, but due to renovations and additions, the construction time was more than 250 years. While the oldest part is still Romanesque , the nave and the choir are Gothic . In the south aisle z. B. the Romanesque round arch suddenly changes to the Gothic pointed arch. The choir and the polygonal east tower were built in the 15th century under the direction of the Cologne builders Gierlach and Adam von Düren , and many stone carvings bear the mark of stonemasons from the Cologne cathedral building .

The west tower was erected in 1747–1758 and changed in a neo-Gothic style during a thorough renovation of the western part of the church in the second half of the 19th century by the architect Helgo Zettervall .

The medieval stone sculptures are largely preserved, with the exception of the sculptures around the main portal, which date from the 19th century.

  • View into the aisle

  • View into the choir room

  • inner space

Furnishing

From 1812 onwards, the interior was subjected to a comprehensive purification (style adjustment), which was controversial throughout the country, with the intention of regotisation, to which a large part of the furnishings from the 16th and 17th centuries fell victim. Stained glass were destroyed, the reredos by Maarten van Heemskerck , painted in 1540 for the Grote Kerk in Alkmaar in the Netherlands and in 1582 by King Johann III. Donated to Linköping Cathedral, it was removed from the main altar and later replaced by plaster figures created in 1832 by the sculptor Johan Niclas Byström. Today Maarten's triptych stands on the south wall of the south aisle.

organ

The main organ was built in 1929 by the organ builders G. Setterqvist senior, A. Österdahl and B. Göransson. The instrument has 60  stops on three manuals (plus a high pressure mechanism) and a pedal . The game action of the III. Manuals are mechanical, the first and second manuals are equipped with Bark levers . The stop action is pneumatic.

Several previous organs were built. Bishop Brask had the first organ built in 1523. An organ was built between 1619 and 1629, financed by King Gustav Adolf . It was enlarged and restored in 1715 by the organ builder Magnus Callander (Örebro). In 1733 the well-known Johan Niclas Cahman built an organ with 28 registers. The prospectus with decorations by Niclas Österbom has been preserved and is overlaid on today's organ. In 1887 Carl Elfström (Ljungby) built another organ.

The disposition of the current organ:

View of the main organ
I main work C – a 3
Principal 16 ′
Borduna 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Dolce 8th'
Flauto doppio 8th'
Flauto major 8th'
Flautino 4 ′
Oktava 4 ′
Oktava 2 ′
Cornett V
Mixture IV
Trumpet 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II. Manuals C – a 3
not swellable
Principal 8th'
Fugara 8th'
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Quinta 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Flageolet 2 ′
Ters 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Cornett IV
swellable
Kvintadena 16 ′
Dumped 8th'
Kvintadena 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Hålflöjt 8th'
Dulcian 16 ′
Clarinet 8th'
Corno 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
III. Manuals C – a 3
Dumped 16 ′
Basset horn 8th'
Violin 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Aeoline 8th'
Voix céleste 8th'
Rörflöjt 8th'
Salicet 4 ′
Flute octaviante 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Waldflöjt 2 ′
Harmonica aethera III
Euphone 8th'
oboe 8th'


High pressure plant C – a 3
Stentorfon 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
Tuba mirabilis 8th'
Pedals C – g 1
Principal 16 ′
Violon 16 ′
Subbas 16 ′
Ekobas (from III.) 16 ′
Quinta 12 ′
Violoncello 8th'
Borduna 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Contrabasun 32 ′
Basun 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / I (super-octave coupling), II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), III / I, III / II, III / III (sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids: collective kicks (p, mf, f, tutti), four free combinations (mechanical), crescendo roller

There is also a choir organ in the cathedral . It was set up in 1973 by the Danish organ builder PG Andersen.

References and comments

  1. ↑ For the story of the adventurous odyssey of Maarten van Heemskerck's triptych from Alkmaar to Linköping, see Laurenskerk (Alkmaar)
  2. ↑ Information about the organ (Swedish)
  3. ↑ About the choir organ, with picture and disposition , accessed on May 22, 2020

Web links

Commons : Linköpings domkyrka  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 58 ° 24 '40.8 "  N , 15 ° 37' 1.9"  E