Hall choir

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first German hall choir: Verden Cathedral on the Aller
Hall choir of the Holy Cross Minster in Schwäbisch Gmünd

As a hall choir is called a multi-wing , mostly three-aisled, choir with the same level of individual ships . Runs the aisle of the hall as ambulatory around the choir around, one speaks of the hall ambulatory . The inner choir, the inner choir polygon, receives its light through the side aisles and the ambulatory.

Hall choirs were built mainly in connection with hall churches , especially in the German Gothic style.

history

The first German hall choir is that of Verden Cathedral (near Bremen), the first construction phase of which was from 1290 to 1323. In southern Germany, the pioneering building is the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd (built from around 1320).

Construction methods

The exact design was different. One can roughly distinguish between four different construction methods:

  • The city ​​church St. Jakobi in Chemnitz is a representative with a choir ambulatory but without a chapel wreath

  • Interior view of the hall choir. You can see the choir ambulance

  • In many cases, the buttresses that support the vault are incorporated into the interior of the choir, creating a chapel wreath. It can either be connected with an upper aisle,

  • The Gmünder Münster is a representative with a choir ambulatory and chapel wreath, which ends with an upper balcony

  • The chapel niches can be seen below, which are connected to the ambulatory by an ogival opening

  • The buttresses in the choir area are also used for the chapels

  • or with a gallery above which there are niches as deep as the chapels.

  • The Franciscan Church in Salzburg is a representative with a choir ambulatory and chapel wreath with a gallery created inside

  • Interior view of the hall choir

  • The last alternative ends without a choir ambulatory and chapel wreath.

  • The Kilian's Church in Heilbronn is a representative without a choir ambulatory and chapel wreath

  • The three naves with small apses end here

literature