George's Church (Schwieberdingen)

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St. George's Church in Schwieberdingen

The Georgskirche is a late medieval fortified church from the 13th century in Schwieberdingen .

History and description of the building

The church was given its present form from 1436 to 1515 when, like many other village churches in Württemberg, it was redesigned and enlarged during the reign of Count Eberhard im Bart . The princely master builder Peter von Koblenz , who built the Gothic choir from 1495 to 1498 , had a decisive influence on the design .

The 43 m high church tower was initially built around 1515 with a pointed tower roof. The upper part of the tower was destroyed by a severe lightning strike in 1795. During the reconstruction, the church received its current spire.

In 1962 the frescoes on the sides of the nave were exposed again. In 1996 the church was completely renovated inside and out.

organ

On Christmas 1723, the Schwieberdingen parish was able to inaugurate its first organ in the Georgskirche. This instrument by the organ maker Schmal from Heilbronn was in service until 1848. Building a new organ would have been too expensive and so an offer from the Walcker company came in: the organ built in 1782 by Johann Eberhard Walcker as his first work for the Ludwigsburg garrison church (the garrison church was then the today's Catholic Church) had served its time there after 65 years and found a new home in the Georgskirche in 1850. The organ was bought for 1,322 guilders after adding two more stops to 13 stops .

In May 1944, the pipes of the organ were to be expropriated for war purposes. An expert opinion from the Walcker company prevented this. In 1949 the Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments informed the Schwieberdingen parish that the organ case had been included in the list of monuments.

In 1953, the organ had to be cleaned more thoroughly because the woodworm had taken hold. Three registers that could no longer be used were replaced.

A complete renovation took place in 1964/65. The console was turned and a second manual was built in, so that the organ then had 25 sounding registers and a tremulant. However, in the course of the next 20 years it turned out that the register “Mixtur” was very prone to failure and could hardly be played. The weakness of the material made tuning and intonation difficult. Two other registers (Cimbel and Basszink) had similar defects. The desire for a sound improvement arose.

For this reason, the entire organ system was overhauled in 1986, each work was given a reed part , and the mixture in the main work was replaced.

In the summer of 2016, Mauch, Schwäbisch Hall, carried out the necessary cleaning and restoration of the organ . At the same time, a further tonal improvement could be made: In the pedals, the poorly accessible rear stop register was replaced by a fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3 ′ and the flute 4 ′ by a trumpet 8 ′ .  

Today's disposition:

I main work C–
Pommer 16 ′ 1965
Principal 8th' 1848
Covered 8th' 1953
Dolce 8th' 1782 W.
octave 4 ′ 1782 W.
Covered flute 4 ′ 1965
octave 2 ′ 1782 W.
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 1953
Mixture 4-5f 1986
Trumpet 8th' 1986
II upper structure C–
Reed flute 8th' 1965
Principal 4 ′ 1965
recorder 4 ′ 1965
Field flute 2 ′ 1965
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 1965
Sif flute 1' 1965
Sesquialtera 2f 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 1965
Sharp 3-4f 1965
Krummhorn 8th' 1986
tremolo
Pedal C–
Sub bass 16 ′ 1782 W.
Octave bass 8th' 1782/1965 W.
Cello bass 8th' 1782/1965 W.
Choral bass 4 ′ 1953
Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 2016
Trumpet 8th' 2016
trombone 16 ′ 1986
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Annotation:
W = historical register by Walcker (1782)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ of the Georgskirche

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 40.7 "  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 31.2"  E