Evangelical City Church Karlsruhe

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Evangelical City Church Karlsruhe
Evangelical City Church Karlsruhe
Evangelical City Church Karlsruhe, in the foreground the Karlsruhe pyramid

The Evangelical City Church is a Protestant church built in the early 19th century in the city ​​center of Karlsruhe . It is the preaching position of the regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden and thus the main church of the regional church.

history

The city church was built according to plans by Friedrich Weinbrenner and according to the specifications of Grand Duke Karl Friedrich von Baden as the cathedral church of the state of Baden on the market square . The foundation stone was laid on June 8, 1807, and the church was consecrated on June 2, 1816 ( Pentecost ).

During the Second World War , the church was badly damaged and then rebuilt under the direction of Horst Linde , based on the original plans on the outside and modern on the inside. The newly built church was consecrated on November 30, 1958 by the then regional bishop Julius Bender .

The lower church originally served as the burial place of the Grand Ducal family. Therefore it was also called the grand ducal court church . The coffins were transferred to the mausoleum in the pheasant garden in 1946 .

architecture

The Grand Duke greatly influenced the appearance of the church. It is designed according to the basic features of a Roman temple . The flat-roofed gallery is preceded by a columned portico of the Corinthian order . There are courtyards and secular wing structures on both sides. The bell tower is 61.70 meters high and 150 steps lead to its platform. The Angel of Peace on the top of the tower is 2.70 m high. It could be poured according to a preserved shape and shows where the wind is blowing from. The tower houses a large ring of five bells from the Bachert bell foundry from 1958 in the disposition as 0 –c 1 –es 1 –f 1 –as 1 .

organ

Nave to the west with the double galleries of the reconstruction and the main organ
Nave to the east with the choir and on the left the Remy Mahler organ

In the city church there was a large organ until 1944 , which dates back to the instrument built in 1751 by Johann Andreas Silbermann and his brother Johann Daniel for the Villingen collegiate church . This came to the newly built collegiate church as a gift from the Grand Duke of Baden, Karl Friedrich, and was technically modernized and greatly expanded in several stages until it was destroyed. After the church had been rebuilt, a new instrument from GF Steinmeyer & Co. with electric keyboard and stop action was inaugurated in 1957 .

I main work C–

Principal 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Coarse 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Quintnasat 2 23
Octave 2 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Principal of thirds 1 35
Sedecima 1'
Mixture V-VII 2 ′
Light cymbal III 12
bassoon 16 ′
Solo trumpet 8th'
Field trumpet 4 ′
II upper structure C–
Pipe pommer 16 ′
Close principal 8th'
Pointed 8th'
Willow pipe 8th'
Copper principal 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Chamois fifth 2 23
Schwegel whistle 2 ′
Third flute 1 35
Pointed fifth 1 13
Seventh 1 17
recorder 1'
Spicy Mixture V 1'
Rohrschalmei 8th'
Small oboe 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C–
Quintadena 16 ′
Wooden flute 8th'
Singing dumped 8th'
flute 8th'
Viol 8th'
Unda maris 8th'
Minor principal 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Quintupled 2 23
Capstan whistle 2 ′
Oktavlein 1'
Mixture IV-VI 1 13
Nonquintane II 1 13
Narrow trumpet 8th'
Clarine 4 ′
Tremulant
IV Baroque work C–
Flutdacked 8th'
Copula 4 ′
Far fifth 2 23
recorder 2 ′
Whistle 1'
Cymbel III 16
Rankett 16 ′
Krummhorn 8th'
Pointed shelf 4 ′
Zimbelstern
Tremulant
Pedal C – d 1
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Quintadena 16 ′
Quintbass 10 23
Octave bass 8th'
Wooden dacked 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Basszink III 5 13
Intoxication III 2 ′
Bombard 32 ′
trombone 16 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clarine 4 ′
Singing cornet 2 ′

Another instrument comes from the Alsatian organ builder Remy Mahler.

Bells

The slim tower houses a five-part bronze bell, which was cast in 1958 by the Bachert bell foundry in Karlsruhe.

No. Surname Mass
(kg)
Diameter
(cm)
Chime
1 peace 5,297 199 as 0
2 Faith 2,759 159 c 1
3 love 1,534 132 it 1
4th hope 0.982 116 f 1
5 Holy Spirit 0.606 097 as 1

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche (Karlsruhe)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. More details on the organs of the city church in Karlsruhe. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 30.5 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 16 ″  E