Holy Spirit Church (Düsseldorf)

Holy Spirit Church

The Holy Spirit Church in Düsseldorf, Moltkestrasse, built by Prof. Kleesattel in 1911

The Catholic Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort is one of the nine churches designed by the architect Josef Kleesattel in the city ​​of Düsseldorf .

history

As with most of his churches, the architect Kleesattel chose the neo-Romanesque style , based on late Romanesque basilicas. The Roman basilica of St. Neuseus and St. Achilles served as a direct model .

Nevertheless, Heilig-Geist has architectural features: The church is designed with four aisles. The chancel above the crypt is higher than the Romanesque architecture. Three different types of columns were also used.

The Holy Spirit Church was built in 1911 and consecrated in 1913.

During the Second World War, the church suffered considerable damage. The architect Heinz Thoma had the church rebuilt with some simplifications in the interior.

In 1980 Heilig Geist was extensively renovated. In 1998 the church received new windows based on designs by the artist Karl-Martin Hartmann .

organ

The organ was built in 1967 by the organ builder Johannes Klais (Bonn). The slider chests -instrument has 34 registers on three manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I main work C– Pommer 16 ′ Principal 8th' Gemshorn 8th' Octave 4 ′ Transverse flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th'

II positive C– Wooden dacked 8th' Capstan whistle 4 ′ Principal 2 ′ Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Non 8 ⁄ 9 ′ Cymbel III 1 ⁄ 2 ′ Ducian shelf 16 ′ musette 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C– Reed flute 8th' Viola da gamba 8th' Principal 4 ′ Quintad 4 ′ Forest flute 2 ′ Octave 1' Sesquialter I-III Sharp IV-V 1' Schalmey 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C– Principal 16 ′ Pedestal 16 ′ Octave 8th' Tube bare 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ Rauschpfeife II 2 ′ Nursing trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

literature

• Manfred Becker-Huberti (Ed.): Düsseldorf churches. The Catholic churches in the city dean of Düsseldorf. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2219-3 , p. 56f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Church of the Holy Spirit in Düsseldorf (Moltkestrasse), built by Professor Kleesattel, will be inaugurated on Sunday, October 26th. (with illustration) , in Rhein and Düssel (No. 43), from October 25, 1913
2. ↑ More information on the organ ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Holy Spirit Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Church in Derendorf: Holy Spirit
• Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 17.7 ″  N , 6 ° 47 ′ 18.1 ″  E