Dorper Church

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Dorper Church
Dorper Church

The Dorper Church is a Protestant church in Solingen -Höhscheid. The church, built according to a design by the Elberfeld architect Arno Eugen Fritsche , is one of the most important Art Nouveau buildings in the Bergisches Land . The church was named after the district of Dorp, which was incorporated in 1889 .

The church has been listed under number 988 in the list of architectural monuments in Solingen-Höhscheid since December 7, 1998 .

Building history

inside view

The foundation stone for the modern art nouveau hall church was laid on March 10, 1913. A year later, on May 19, 1914, the building was inaugurated. During the Second World War , the building was badly damaged in an air raid on November 4, 1944. From 1948 on, some makeshift repairs followed. The architect Wilhelm Schrader was commissioned with the reconstruction in 1949 . After a complete redesign of the interior of the church, the renewed Dorper Church could be used again on March 15, 1953. Extensive restoration work was carried out between 2005 and 2008.

Furnishing

In the original state of construction, the altar, the pulpit and the organ were arranged one behind the other in a linear manner.

window

As a replacement for the windows destroyed in the Second World War, new lead glass windows were commissioned from the Düsseldorf glass painting workshop Derix and installed in 1953.

organ

organ

The organ was built in 1954 and 1962 by the organ builder Weyland, and rebuilt in 1979 and 1989 by the organ builder EF Walcker & Cie . The slider chest instrument has 30 registers (2,152 pipes ) on two manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electric.

I main work C–
Gedacktpommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Capstan whistle 2 ′
Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
Rohrschalmei 4 ′
II subsidiary work C–
Quintadena 8th'
Wooden flute 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Night horn 1'
Sesquialtera II 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Third cymbal III 1 ⁄ 6 ′
Dulcian 16 ′
Funnel shelf 8th'
Tremulant
II plant C–
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Gambetta 2 ′
Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Pomegranate 16 ′
Clarine 4 ′

Personalities

Stumbling block for Fritz Wieter

This is where Dr. Fritz Wieter . He was taken into protective custody during the Nazi era in 1937 and then worked illegally for the Confessing Church . He was elected pastor on January 25, 1942 by the Solingen-Dorp community. He was drafted into military service and has been missing in Italy since May 5, 1943. A stumbling block was laid for him in front of the church .

literature

  • Jaan Bruus et al .: The Dorper Church. A symbol of Bergisch Protestantism on the move. Solingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-928956-15-4 .
  • Festschrift for the inauguration of the Dorper Church in Solingen on Tuesday, May 19, 1914, o. O. o. J. (1914).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ
  2. ↑ Dr. Fritz Wieter

Web links

Commons : Dorper Church  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  E