Eusebius Church

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The Eusebius Church in Arnhem

The Eusebiuskerk or Grote Kerk ( German  Great Church ) is the main church in the Dutch city ​​of Arnhem . It belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands .

history

View from the south
Eusebius Church on aerial photo of the Luchtvaartafdeeling (Luftwaffe), 1920–1940

The Eusebiuskerk has the shape of a three-aisled cruciform basilica. Construction began in 1450 and was completed after over a hundred years. In terms of style, the building is strongly based on the Xanten Cathedral . In the church there is the magnificent grave of the Geldrian Duke Karl von Egmond . The 93 meter high tower houses a large carillon with the second largest carillon bell in the Netherlands.

In the Second World War , the church with the city was largely destroyed. While the nave was rebuilt true to the original, the tower was given a modern finish, which was completed in 1964 and is accessible via a glass elevator as a viewing platform. The church is no longer used exclusively as a sacred space, but for various purposes.

organ

In 1769/70 the organ builders, brothers Johannes and Johann Michael Wagner, built a large organ that was completely destroyed in a bombing raid on Arnhem in 1944. Today's large organ was bought in 1961. It stood in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amsterdam and was built in 1795 by the organ builder Johannes Stephanus Strümphler. The instrument has 50 stops on three manuals and a pedal .

I Rückpositiv C – f 3
Quintads 16 ′
Prestant 8th'
Flute douce 8th'
Octaaf 4 ′
Gedekt fluit 4 ′
Thought quint 3 ′
Speelfluit 2 ′
Flageolet 1'
Mixture IV – VI
Sesquialtera IV
Bassoon 16 ′
Hobo 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – f 3
Prestant 16 ′
Bourdon 16 ′
Prestant 8th'
Holpijp 8th'
Octaaf 4 ′
Spitsfluit 4 ′
Quint 3 ′
Octaaf 2 ′
Open fluit 2 ′
Mixture VI
Cornet IV
Trumpet 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
III Oberwerk C – f 3
Prestant 8th'
Roerfluit 8th'
Viola da gamba 8th'
Quintads 8th'
Octaaf 4 ′
Openfluit 4 ′
Nasard 3 ′
Octaaf 2 ′
Woudfluit 2 ′
Scherp III
Dulciaan 8th'
Vox Humana 8th'
Cornet à piston 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – d 1
Prestant 16 ′
Subbas 16 ′
Roerquint 12 ′
Octaaf 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octaaf 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Mixture IV
Bazuin 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′
Cornet 2 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P

Web links

Commons : Eusebiuskerk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information on the history and disposition of the Strümphler organ (Dutch).

Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 44 "  N , 5 ° 54 ′ 36"  E