Friedenskirche (Ludwigsburg)

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Friedenskirche Ludwigsburg, general view from the southwest
East view

The Friedenskirche is a Protestant church in Ludwigsburg, Württemberg . It was built as a garrison church by the Munich architect Friedrich von Thiersch between December 27, 1900 and March 31, 1903.

The neo-baroque building has a ceiling fresco approx. 20 m above the church floor, the bell tower faces east and is 66.8 m high.

history

The Friedenskirche was built on Karlsplatz, a former parade ground. It was built to replace the former garrison church (east side of the Ludwigsburg market square). This had become too small for the local soldiers in the Protestant parish community.

In its original state, the church had 996 seats in the central nave and 448 seats in the three galleries. The number could easily be increased to around 1700 by adding chairs. Two windows and six black slate obelisks were taken over from the old garrison church.

The church was only used for military services until 1924. Up until 1947 there were also services for the southern parish. In 1947 the church was renamed the Friedenskirche and this was the end of its military function.

The dynamic loads on the reed sandstone from the Heilbronn area used for the construction due to the bells and the location on the busy Stuttgarter Straße made extensive renovation of the tower necessary at the end of the 1980s.

As early as 2010 a boulder came loose from the tower pillars and an inspection revealed that there was a need for further action, the tower was scaffolded at the end of 2010 and the bells were suspended. The renovation should be completed by the 1st of Advent 2011. However, due to unexpected deficiencies, the renovation was not completed until July 1, 2012. The parish received financial support from the city of Ludwigsburg, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the German Foundation for Monument Protection , with total costs of around 1.31 million euros.

organ

The organ was built in 1903 by the organ builder EF Walcker & Cie. (Ludwigsburg) built (op. 1052). In 1957 a new console was installed and the actions were converted to electropneumatics. 1993–1998 the builder company restored the instrument, added a tremulant and redesigned the console. The cone store instrument has 44 registers and two transmissions in the pedal on three manuals and pedal. The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Fugara 8th'
4th Hollow flute 8th'
5. Bourdon 8th'
6th Dolce 8th'
7th Octav 4 ′
8th. flute 4 ′
9. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Octav 2 ′
11. Mixture V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Cornett III-V 8th'
13. Trumpet 8th'
14th Clairon 4 ′
II breastwork C – g 3
15th Bourdon 16 ′
16. Principal 8th'
17th Concert flute 8th'
18th Salicional 8th'
19th Covered 8th'
20th Principal 4 ′
21st Reed flute 4 ′
22nd Super octave 2 ′
23. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
24. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
25th Lovely covered 16 ′
26th Principal 8th'
27. Gemshorn 8th'
28. Viola da gamba 8th'
29 Voix céleste (from c 0 ) 8th'
30th Lovely covered 8th'
31. Quintatön 8th'
32. Fugara 4 ′
33. Transverse flute 4 ′
34. Flautino 2 ′
35. Clarinet 8th'
Pedals C – f 1
36. Principal bass 16 ′
37. Violon bass 16 ′
38. Sub bass 16 ′
39. Bourdon (= No. 25) 16 ′
40. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
41. Octavbass 8th'
42. Violon 8th'
43. Violoncello (= No. 28) 8th'
44. Octav 4 ′
45. Trombone bass 16 ′
46. Trumpet 8th'

Bells

The tower houses a four-part bronze bell with the striking note sequence “Salve Regina” b 0 –d 1 –f 1 –g 1 .

When the church opened, there were three bells in the tower, which reproduced the minor chord a, c, e. The bells were:

King Wilhelm II, 3186 kg

Luther, 1725 kg

Bismarck, 865 kg

Project choir Friedenskirche

Under the direction of Hans-Martin Sauter there is a project choir that starts every September. The trial periods can be viewed directly on the municipality's website.

literature

Swabian Potsdam by Wolfgang Läpple ISBN 3-00-014212-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: building history ). Fraunhofer IRB. Retrieved April 21, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.baufachinformation.de
  2. ^ State of the Ludwigsburg Church of Peace ( Memento from March 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Fraunhofer IRB. Retrieved April 21, 2011
  3. ↑ Holes in the tower filled . Stuttgart newspaper. Retrieved March 30, 2017
  4. ↑ Information on the organ at organindex.de

Web links

Commons : Friedenskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 26.8 "  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 37.6"  E