Skara Cathedral

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The cathedral today
View through the church

The Skara Cathedral is one of the oldest cathedrals in Sweden . It was built in the 13th and 14th centuries in the Gothic style. The cathedral is the episcopal church of the Skara diocese .

Building history

The diocese is the oldest diocese in Sweden and was established in 1014 under Olof Skötkonung . The cathedral was first mentioned around 1150. During the renovation in 1999, stone remains were found that were dated to an even older age. The oldest part of today's church building is the Romanesque crypt under the choir . Then the choir itself was built in Gothic style , then the nave around the 14th century. The church was built from hewn sandstone. The floor plan and large parts of the masonry are still from the medieval church. However, much was created after the great fire of 1719. And its current appearance is not least the result of the thorough renovation by the architect Helgo Zettervall and his view of Gothic in the years 1886-1894. After a fire, the cathedral was renovated again in the 1940s and new windows in the chancel designed by Bo Beskow .

organ

The Skara Cathedral has a main organ and a choir organ. The main organ was built in 1964 by the Danish organ builder Poul-Gerhard Andersens (Copenhagen). The instrument has 46 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Rückpositiv C–
1. Rörflöjt 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Flöjt 4 ′
4th Recorder 2 ′
5. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Sesquialtera II
7th Sharp IV
8th. Dulcian 16 ′
9. Krumhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II main work C–
10. Pommer 16 ′
11. Principal 8th'
12. Spillflöjt 8th'
13. Quintadena 8th'
14th Oktava 4 ′
15th Rörflöjt 4 ′
16. Oktava 2 ′
17th Cornett III
18th Mixture V
19th Sharp III
20th Trumpet 8th'
Rossignol
III Swell C–
21st Dumped 16 ′
22nd Principal 8th'
23. Rörflöjt 8th'
24. Salicet 8th'
25th Vox humana 8th'
26th Flöjt octaviant 4 ′
27. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
28. Piccolo 2 ′
29 Ters 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
30th Mixture IV
31. Zimbel II
32. Trumpet 8th'
33. oboe 8th'
34. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C–
35. Principal 16 ′
36. Subbas 16 ′
37. Quinta 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
38. Oktava 8th'
39. Dumped 8th'
40. Oktava 4 ′
41. Night horn 2 ′
42. Cornett III
43. Mixture IV
44. Basun 16 ′
45. Trumpet 8th'
46. Trumpet 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organs (Swedish)

Web links

Commons : Dom zu Skara  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 58 ° 23 '12 "  N , 13 ° 26' 36"  E