Evangelical Church (Erzsébetváros)
The Evangelical Church (Hungarian Fasori evangélikus templom ) is located in the 7th district ( Erzsébetváros ) of the Hungarian capital Budapest . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hungary and is located in Városligeti fasor 17-21. The building was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1903–1905 by the architect Samu Pecz .
history
In 1900 the general assembly of the Protestant church decided to buy a piece of land in the Erzsébetváros district, which had been newly developed since the millennium celebrations, in order to build a new church and the main Protestant high school . Although Lajos Schodits won first prize, Arthur Meinig second prize, and Herman Karoly Schubert and Kálmán Hübschl third prize after a competition for the design of the church and grammar school, Samu Pecz, a professor at the Technical University, received the order. The funds for the construction consisted of 100,000 kroner, which the church had raised from donations, and 300,000 kroner from government support. Construction began in 1903, but work was delayed several times due to strikes and work stoppages. The grammar school opened in September 1904 and the church was consecrated on October 7, 1905.
Building description
The church in neo-Gothic style is considered to be the most artistically richly furnished Protestant church in Budapest. One side of the church is directly adjacent to the grammar school, while the main and left side facades are on the street. The tower is 55 meters high. The facade is designed alternately with limestone and brick. The sculptures on the outside are by Ignác Langer. The main nave, which was built on the model of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris , as well as the lower aisle are crowned by cross vaults that extend from supporting pillars on the side walls. The church offers space for 440 seats and as many standing places, including the gallery.
The chancel facing the court of the grammar school houses the neo-Gothic stone altar in the apse with the painting The Homage to the Three Kings from the Orient by Gyula Benczúr . On the right side of the choir is the marble baptismal font with a copper lid by Gusztáv Jancsurák, opposite the hexagonal stone pulpit with a canopy and the four carved symbols of the evangelists. Both are the work of the stonemason company J. Kauser. There is a side gallery supported by two monumental columns and the organ gallery above the aisle and the vestibule. The organ is a work by the Angster company. Walls, columns and vaults are decorated with decorative paint. The stained glass windows were the work of Miksa Róth. Some of them fell victim to the Second World War, but have now been restored. On the main facade there is a rose window 5 meters in diameter, also by Miksa Róth.
literature
- Ferenc Matits: Protestant Churches . City Hall, Budapest 2003, ISBN 963-9170-74-7 , pp. 18-20
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Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 31.6 ″ N , 19 ° 4 ′ 33.4 ″ E