Holy Spirit Church (Schweinfurt)

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Holy Spirit Church in Schweinfurt

The Holy Spirit Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of the city of Schweinfurt . The neo-Romanesque basilica was built from 1897 to 1902 according to plans by Anton Leipold .

history

Demolition of the hospital church in 1896

Hospital Church

The imperial city of Schweinfurt had been Lutheran since the Reformation . A Catholic community was only able to re-establish itself in the Napoleonic period . In 1803 the royal Bavarian government assigned the Gothic hospital church to the Holy Spirit as a parish church. This was founded in 1338 and rebuilt in 1554 after being destroyed in the Second Margrave War .

For the refurbishment after 1803, the Catholic community acquired works of art from secularized monastery churches in the region.

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Holy Spirit Church

In the second half of the 19th century, industrialization and influx of people let the community grow strongly. After long planning and site inspections, it was decided to demolish the old hospital church and build a large new building at the old location with the historical name. Work began in 1897. On March 2, 1902, the church was consecrated . At that time, there were only four floors of the bell tower. It was not until 1911 that, according to plans by Jakob Angermair , another three storeys were added to its current height of 56 m.

The Holy Spirit Church survived the Second World War undamaged. In the decades that followed, numerous daughter parishes emerged in the parish area. A historicism- critical interior renovation from 1959 to 1961 was later partially reversed. In 1974 the chancel was redesigned according to the requirements of the liturgical reform.

architecture

The Holy Spirit Church is a replica of a Romanesque cathedral . It is a three-aisled basilica on a cross plan. Choir and transept arms close with round apses . There is an octagon above the crossing . The show facade in the southeast is designed in the manner of a western bar , in the middle of which the bell tower with a tent roof and a crowning statue of the Virgin Mary rises. Its three upper floors show their later, simplified development. The rest of the building is richly structured with arched windows , arched friezes , blind columns and pilasters . The tympana of the three portals show biblical characters and scenes related to the patronage of the church. They are works by Georg Wrba .

The crossing tower and partly also the choir of the Holy Spirit Church are replicas of the Cathedral of San Vigilio in Trento .

  • Cathedral of San Vigilio Trento

  • Holy Spirit Church

The central nave of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche is based on the Speyer Cathedral , whose tower above the west facade is also very similar to the crossing tower of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche.

  • Speyer Cathedral

  • Holy Spirit Church

Furnishing

The furnishings , including the crucifixus above the altar by Heinrich Söller , mostly date from the 1960s and 1970s. The main apse was brought back to its original state during the last renovation. To the right and left of the central axis with the tabernacle and a sculpture of the blessing Christ are figures from the Old and New Testaments and from church history.

The church has two organs from the Steinmeyer company (Oettingen). The main organ with 46 registers on three manuals and a pedal was built in 1967. The console of the main organ has four manuals. The choir organ can be played from the 4th manual. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Covered 8th'
2. Quintad 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. Flageolet 2 ′
6th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Carillon III 4 ′
8th. Sharp IV 1'
9. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
10. Pommer 16 ′
11. Principal 8th'
12. Covered 8th'
13. Gemshorn 8th'
14th Octave 4 ′
15th Flute 4 ′
16. Octave 2 ′
17th Cornet IV-V
18th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
20th Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
21st Principal 8th'
22nd Cane-covered 8th'
23. Viol 8th'
24. Vox coelestis 8th'
25th Principal 4 ′
26th Pointed flute 4 ′
27. Forest flute 2 ′
28. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
29 Third ninth II 1 2 ⁄ 3  ′
30th Plein-jeu V. 2 ′
31. bassoon 16 ′
32. oboe 8th'
33. Trumpet 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
34. Pedestal 32 ′
35. Principal 16 ′
36. Sub-bass 16 ′
37. Octave 8th'
38. Beard pipe 8th'
39. Night horn 4 ′
40. Peasant pipe 2 ′
41. Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
42. Backset VI 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
43. trombone 16 ′
44. Trumpet 8th'
45. Clarine 4 ′
46. Cornett 2 ′
  • Link : I / II, III / I, III / II, IV / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
  • Playing aids: 3 free combinations, 2 free pedal combinations

The choir organ with 17 registers on three manuals and pedal was built in 1968. The instrument has mechanical key actions and electric stop action. The main and swell of the choir organ can be played from the fourth manual on the console of the main organ. Conversely, the main organ can be played from the console of the choir organ, which is also equipped with a remote roller to the main organ.

I Shelf C – g 3
1. shelf 8th'


II Hauptwerk C – g 3
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Sesquialter II 2 ′
6th recorder 2 ′
7th Mixture V
III Swell C – g 3
8th. Covered 8th'
9. Salicional 8th'
10. Hollow flute 4 ′
11. Fugara 4 ′
12. Fifth 2 ′
13. recorder 2 ′
14th oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Revelation 8th'
17th Chorale bass 4 ′
18th trombone 8th'

See also

literature

  • Erich Schneider : Schweinfurt: Catholic parish church of the Holy Spirit - Small art guide No. 219 . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3795441883
  • Erich Schneider (Hrsg.), Uwe Müller (Hrsg.): Search for traces 1806-2006 - 200 years of the parish of the Holy Spirit, 200 years of Catholics in Schweinfurt . Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3926300577
  • Catholic Parish Office of the Holy Spirit (Ed.): 1902-2002. 100 years of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche Schweinfurt - built from living stones , Schweinfurt 2002

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personal data (bildindex.de)
  2. ↑ Disposition of the main organ ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heilig-geist-schweinfurt.de
  3. ↑ Disposition of the choir organ ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heilig-geist-schweinfurt.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 33.3 "  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 47.2"  E