Holy Spirit Church (Menden)

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Holy Spirit Church
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Data
place Menden (Sauerland) , North Rhine-Westphalia
architect Christian Heyden
Construction year 1861-1864
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '11.4 "  N , 7 ° 47' 31.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '11.4 "  N , 7 ° 47' 31.3"  E

The Heilig-Geist-Kirche is a church building of the Protestant parish in Menden (Sauerland) . It is located at the intersection of Bodelschwinghstrasse / Bahnhofstrasse / Walramstrasse / Westwall on the southwestern edge of the old town.

History and architecture

The building was built between 1861 and 1864 according to the plans of the architect Christian Heyden and inaugurated in 1864. It has been a listed building since March 3, 1983. It is a neo-Gothic hall church with a west tower and clover leaf choir. Among other things, the organ front has been preserved from the contemporary furnishings.

The Heilig-Geist-Kirche replaced its simple predecessor from 1834, which was on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Südwall opposite the city mill.

The inscription on the memorial plaque attached to the church building reads:

EV. HEILIG-GEIST-
CHURCHE, BUILT AS A NEOGOTHIC HALL CHURCH
1861-1864 ACCORDING TO THE PLANS OF THE ARCHITECT
HEYDEN. SUCCESSOR OF
A LITTLE EV. CHURCH FROM 1834,
LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BAHNHOFSTRASSE
AND SOUTH WALL, IN FRONT OF THE
STADTMÜHLE.

organ

The organ of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche was built in 1993 by the organ builder Richard Rensch (Lauffen / N.). The organ case dates from 1862. In the current instrument, some registers from the predecessor organ from 1930 were reused, which were made by the organ building company EF Walcker & Cie. (Ludwigsburg) was built. The slider chest instrument has 30 registers on two manuals and a pedal . In addition, the organ has a further manual (II. Manual), which is firmly coupled to the swell and becomes a coupling manual through the I / II manual coupler. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I main work C–
01. Bourdon 16 ′ W.
02. Principal 08th'
03. Vox Humana 08th'
04th Viol 08th'
05. Covered 08th'
06th Octave 04 ′
07th Flauto 04 ′ W.
08th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ W.
09. Octave 02 ′ W.
10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 08th'
III Swell C–
12. Concert flute 08th' W.
13. Violin principal 08th' W.
14th Salicional 08th' W.
15th Voix celeste 08th' W.
16. Ital. Principal 04 ′
17th Flauto Dolce 04 ′ W.
18th Sesquialter I-II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ W.
19th Forest flute 02 ′
20th Plein jeu IV 02 ′
21st Dulcian 16 ′
22nd oboe 08th'
23. Trumpet Harmonique 08th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
24. Violon 16 ′ W.
25th Sub-bass 16 ′
26th Octave bass 08th'
27. Covered bass 08th' W.
28. Chorale bass 04 ′ W.
29 trombone 16 ′
30th Trumpet 08th'
  • Coupling : I / II, I / P, III / P
  • annotation
W = historical register from Walcker (1930, 1956)

Bells

After the old bronze bells were lost in World War I , four chilled iron bells were cast at the Ulrich brothers' foundry in 1918. The bells are tuned to the notes es ', f', g 'and b' and are quite sonorous despite the inferior material. For the Sunday service, bells II and III first ring, then the full bell.

See also

Web links

Commons : Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Menden)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the history and disposition of the organ of the Holy Spirit Church
  2. ↑ Rensch organ building: Ev. Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Menden, accessed on April 1, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / renschorgelbau.com