Jakobuskirche (Bruchköbel)

The Jakobuskirche in Bruchköbel

The Evangelical St. James Church in Bruchköbel , a town in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse , is the oldest church and its tower is the town's landmark.

history

In 1392 a "pharkirchen sente Jacobs zu Bruchkebil" is mentioned, that is, a church that was consecrated to James the Elder and was then still a Catholic church. However, other documents and finds from the wall suggest that a church must have existed there before the 12th century.

organ

The current organ was built in 1991 by Werner Bosch Orgelbau as Opus 842. It has 27 registers on two manuals and a pedal , 23 of which are sounding. The key action is mechanical, the key action electrically. There are also two free combinations . The disposition is:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 Gedacktpommer 16 ′ Principal 8th' Flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Dumped 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ Mixture III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th'

II Swell C – g 3 Wooden dacked 8th' Gamba 8th' Principal 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Hollow flute 2 ' third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Scharff III 1' oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Sub-bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Tube bare 8th' Chorale bass 4 ′ trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : II / P, I / P, II / I.

literature

• Georg Ulrich Großmann : South Hesse. Art guide. Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-935590-66-0 , pp. 139f.

Web links

• www.jakobuskirche-bruchkoebel.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 44.5 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 16.8 ″  E