Sacred Heart Church (Weimar)
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The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is the parish church of the Catholic parish in Weimar at Paul-Schneider-Straße 1. It is the seat of the deanery Weimar in the diocese of Erfurt . The former Lottenmühle at Paul-Schneider-Straße 3 is the seat of the rectory of this church.
history
For the first time since the Reformation, there were again public Catholic services in Weimar from 1774. They took place in the Jägerhaus on Marienstraße. On the initiative of Napoleon , a Catholic parish was founded in the region in 1806, which was initially based in Jena. In 1817 it was moved to Weimar. The hunter's house was then redesigned under the direction of Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray . The church received the patronage of John the Baptist . Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Franz Liszt were prominent parishioners. It was not until the second half of the 19th century, however, that the congregation had so many members that it was thought of building a new church. A Europe-wide fundraising campaign that began in 1863 ultimately led to the construction of the new church on the square next to the old Lottenmühle - the parish of the parish since 1887 - starting in 1889.
The architect Max Meckel planned a church whose exterior was to follow the style of the Italian Renaissance . The specific model for the dome and bell tower was the Florence Cathedral . The church was consecrated on September 27, 1891.
A first renovation took place in the late 1930s. On February 9, 1945, the north aisle was damaged by bombs, but was quickly repaired after the end of the war. Following the ideas of the Second Vatican Council , the interior of the church was simplified from 1964.
The church has been a listed building since 1982. In 1988 it was renovated again under the artistic direction of Horst Jahresling . After the fall of the Wall, some remaining war damage could also be repaired. It was painted again in 1998, based on the original color scheme.
Today the Catholic community in Weimar has around 4,000 members (as of 2019).
Furnishing
The high altar in Gothic style was removed in 1964, today two half-reliefs ( The Nativity ; The Last Supper ) can be seen in the choir of the church. The late Gothic cross was left. In the northern side apse, the tabernacle with the crucifix that was once in the high altar was set up. On the side altar in the southern side apse is the figure of Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia; accordingly scenes from the life of St. Elisabeth can be seen in the windows of the apse.
"Franz Liszt Memorial Organ"
An organ built by Gebr. Walter (Guhrau) in 1895 and significantly rebuilt in 1927 by Friedrich Wilhelm Böttcher (Weimar) was damaged in 1945, but was still in service for decades. From 1991 to 2009 there was a used organ in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche, which was built in 1953 by the Metzler organ building company.
On May 8, 2011 the new “ Franz Liszt Memorial Organ” was inaugurated. The instrument, financed by public funds ( German Research Foundation , State of Thuringia), was built by the Orgelbau Waltershausen company and, in addition to liturgical use by the Catholic parish, is also available to the Liszt School of Music Weimar for concerts as well as for teaching and practice purposes. A first CD recording of the instrument was released in 2015 on the Berlin label JUBAL.
The organ has 46 sounding registers on 59 rows of pipes ("ranks") with over 3200 pipes, distributed over three manuals , remote control and pedal . There are 6 registers as advance or individual moves, 10 couplers, some playing aids and, with 3 registers of the Fernwerk, extensions (extensions) of one to two octaves. 10 registers of the manual works can be played individually via transmissions from the pedal. The remote control is located in the crossing dome of the church and can be connected to all manuals and the pedal. The Spieltrakturen - with the exception of the control of the remote work - mechanical, the Registertrakturen are electric. There are a total of 87 registers (manubria).
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- Normal coupling (mechanical): II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Remote plant coupling (electrical): to I, to II, to III, to P
- Playing aids : electronic setting system, crescendo roller
Bells
The tower was completed in 1910. This made it possible to bring the three bronze bells cast by the Ulrich (Apolda) company back to their destination in 1891 . The three bells have the impact sounds dis 1 , F # 1 and h 1 . During the First World War , the bells escaped the war-related meltdown . However, during the Second World War , the two larger bells - the Christ and Mary bells - had to be given up. Fortunate circumstances prevented them from melting down: They were brought back to Weimar from the Hamburg bell cemetery in 1947 and can still be heard to this day.
| photo | Foundry / casting location |
year | Ø (mm) | Weight (kg) | Nominal | Bell decorations and inscriptions |
Bell story |
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Ulrich Brothers / Gießer: Heinrich Ulrich (Apolda) | 1891 | 1225 | 1140 | dis1 | Shoulder a round hoop between two sharp hoops / HONOR TO GOD IN HEIGHT AND PEACE TO MAN ON EARTH / shoulder (other side) / AD 1891 / three flat hoops; Pointed arch frieze of lilies of arc ends flank / IN GOD'S NAME FLOSS I // HEINRICH ULRICH IN APOLDA GOSS ME // PRIEST KARL recently TO WEIMAR BOUGHT ME // OF RELIGIOUS GIFTS AND baptized me: / Relief Crucified Christ Wolm round four Mature / O REX GLORIAE CHRISTE, VENI CUM PACE: / | Moved to bell tower in 1910 ; Delivered to Ilsenburg in 1942 (11-23-383 C); 1947 return [list 4.2. 1948 ] |
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Ulrich Brothers / Gießer: Heinrich Ulrich (Apolda) | 1891 | 1020 | 620 | f sharp1 | Shoulder a round hoop; between two sharp tires / GUSS VON HEINR. ULRICH IN APOLDA 1891 / three flat tires, ogival Fries with lily of arc ends flank relief Maria with child Wolm via four round tire / ET VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST ET habitavit IN NOBIS./ | Moved to bell tower in 1910 ; Delivered to Ilsenburg in 1942 (11-23-384 C); 1947 return [list 4.2. 1948 ] |
| Bachert bell foundry (Karlsruhe) | 2015 | almost 550 | g sharp 1 | New Testament books as an ornament | |||
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Ulrich Brothers / Gießer: Heinrich Ulrich (Apolda) | 1891 | 799 | 330 | h1 | Shoulder a round hoop; between two sharp tire / CASTING OF HEINR.ULRICH IN APOLDA 1891./ three flat tires, ogival Fries with lily of arc ends flank relief of St. Elizabeth / ST. ELISABETH // PRAY GOD HIS STRONG HAND // PROTECT US COLLECTIVELY THE FATHERLAND! / Wolm four round hoops | Moved to the bell tower in 1910 |
See also
literature
- Christine Herzog: The local city as an ornament. 125 years of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche Weimar. Wartburgverlag Weimar GmbH, Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-86160-423-5 .
- Franz Liszt Memorial Organ May 8, 2011 (= chapter including a disposition of the organ) . In: Christoph Stölzl and Wolfram Huschke (eds.): Réminiscences à Liszt. Weimar 2011 . Without ISBN. Liszt School of Music Weimar , Weimar 2011, p. 111-128 (total: 256) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of Cultural Centers of the Early Modern Age , p. 2075
- ↑ Herz-Jesu-Kirche now has a Franz Liszt organ. MDR , archived from the original on April 18, 2012 ; Retrieved August 28, 2011 .
- ↑ CD: The Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar. Retrieved January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Organ of the cath. Sacred Heart Church in Weimar. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 4, 2016 ; Retrieved October 4, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Source: https://deutsche-liszt-gesellschaft.de/images/archiv/liszt-nachrichten/anders/LN_16_17_10-2012_3c.pdf , page 4, accessed on May 12, 2019
Web links
- Website of the Herz-Jesu-Gemeinde Weimar with information about the church
- The organ of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in the free organ database Organ index
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 44 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 13 ″ E