Haberberger Trinitatis Church

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Haberberger Church

The Haberberger Trinitatis Church was a church in Königsberg (Prussia) .

history

In 1537 a chapel was built on the highest point of the Haberberg. Three councilors of Duke Albrecht were beheaded and buried in the churchyard in 1566 . A new church was built between 1653 and 1683, which was burned down by lightning in 1747 . The newly built church was consecrated in 1753. The altar was erected in 1765. In 1774, the tower received a heavily gilded 2.2 m angel, heavily gilded, copper-driven by the coppersmith Lorenz Wietander as a weather vane . The gold of 76 ducats was required for the gilding . On Immanuel Kant's recommendation, the church in Königsberg was the first to receive a lightning rod . In 1807 the church became a Russian military hospital. During the artillery bombardment on June 14th, the church was hit by a bullet that was retained in the wall. The uniform furnishings up to song tables and altar cabinets of playful Rococo were among the most beautiful in East Prussia.

The church stood on the forecourt of the main train station in Königsberg. The tower with its 77 meters was one of the most beautiful church towers in East Prussia. The organ, completed by Adam Gottlob Casparini in 1754 with 48 stops , was also famous. It was the second largest organ from the workshop of this master. The work was replaced in 1902 by a new organ from the Wilhelm Sauer workshop , Frankfurt (Oder) , with 50 stops on 3 manuals and a pedal , for which the historical case had to be significantly expanded.

The churchyard was pierced in 1927 in order to gain an access road to the new Königsberg main station . Due to its location south of the city center, the church survived the two air raids on Königsberg at the end of August 1944. The church was badly damaged during the battle for Königsberg in winter 1945. The outer walls and the burnt-out tower stood until the 1950s. The "Oktyabr" cinema stands today on the site of the Haberberg Church.

Pastor

Church interior

The last pastors were Anton Wormit, Superintendent Paul Heinrici, Georg Dittmar, Walter Machmüller, Ernst Müller and L. Grunwald.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Georg Author: Königsberg (Pr). Encounter with a European metropolis , 2nd edition Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen , Hamburg 2002.
  • Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia . Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 (reprint of the Stuttgart 1899 edition).
  • Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. On the way between Memel and Haff . Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X .

Web links

Commons : Haberberger Trinitatis-Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ East Prussia Control Center 1954
  2. ^ A b Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z. A city lexicon , 2nd edition. Munich 1976, ISBN 3761200927
  3. ↑ Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia. Volume II, 1: Mosengel, Caspari, Casparini . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2008, pp. 386–388.
  4. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Wurzburg 2002
  5. ↑ Heinrici († 1937) was a member of the Corps Guestphalia Marburg .
  6. ↑ Dittmar (1876–1933) was a member of the Corps Masovia .

Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′  N , 20 ° 30 ′  E