John's Church (Helsinki)

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The Johanniskirche

The Johanniskirche ( Finnish. Johanneksenkirkko , Swedish. Johanneskyrkan ) is a church built in 1888-1891 in the Finnish capital Helsinki . It is located on Korkeavuorenkatu Street in the Ullanlinna district in the south of central Helsinki and is used by the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral Church of Helsinki.

History, description

The construction of St. John's Church was decided in 1873 after the Nikolaikirche (today's cathedral) and the old church no longer offered enough space for the believers in the rapidly growing city of Helsinki. In 1878 a competition was held, which the Swedish architect Adolf Emil Melander won with his design. A hill on the outskirts of the city was chosen as the location of the church. Because this place before the midsummer festival as a place for the traditional bonfire had served, was John the Baptist selected as the patron saint of the church. Construction work began in 1888. After three years of construction, the church was consecrated on the third Advent in 1891.

The St. John's Church is considered the main neo-Gothic work in Finland. Red brick was used as building material . The church is 59 meters long and has a cruciform floor plan. Two church towers, 74 meters high, rise above the main portal. The interior of the church offers space for 2,600 worshipers. In terms of the number of seats, St. John's Church is the largest stone church in Finland. The altar panel of the church was painted by Eero Järnefelt in 1932 and depicts the conversion of Saul .

Furnishing

View of the organ

The organ was manufactured in 1891 in the German organ building workshop EF Walcker . From 1892 until his death, Oskar Merikanto was a full-time organist in what was then the New Church, today's Johanneskirche. The instrument has 66 stops on cone chests, divided into three manual works and pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic. In 2005 the instrument was restored by the organ builder Christian Scheffler.

I. Manuals C – g 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Slack major 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Hollow flute 8th'
5. Octave 8th'
6th Viol 8th'
7th Quintatön 8th'
8th. Gemshorn 8th'
9. Bourdon 8th'
10. Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Principal 4 ′
12. Gemshorn 4 ′
13. Octave 4 ′
14th Reed flute 4 ′
15th third 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
16. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Octave 2 ′
18th Mixture VI
19th Scharff III
20th bassoon 16 ′
21st Ophyclaid 8th'
22nd Clairon 4 ′
II. Manuals C – g 3
23. Violin principal 16 ′
24. Bourdon 16 ′
25th Principal 8th'
26th Concert flute 8th'
27. Salicional 8th'
28. Dumped 8th'
29 Dolce 8th'
30th Principal 4 ′
31. Transverse flute 4 ′
32. Viola de amor 4 ′
33. Piccolo 2 ′
34. Cornett IV-V
35. Trumpet 8th'
36. Clarinet 8th'
III. Manuals C – g 3
37. Darling Dumped 16 ′
38. Principal 8th'
39. Pointed flute 8th'
40. Fugara 8th'
41. Darling Dumped 8th'
42. Aeoline 8th'
43. Voix celestis 8th'
44. Principal 4 ′
45. Gemshorn 4 ′
46. Flauto dolce 4 ′
47. Flaution 2 ′
48. Harm. aeth. III
49. Basson 16 ′
50. Trumpet harm. 8th'
51. oboe 8th'
52. Vox humana 8th'
tremolo
Pedals C – f 1
53. Principal bass 32 ′
54. Principal bass 16 ′
55. Sub bass 16 ′
56. Violon bass 16 ′
57. Gedackt bass (= No. 37) 16 ′
58. Accordion bass 16 ′
59. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
60. Octavbass 8th'
61. Flute bass 8th'
62. violoncello 8th'
63. Octave 4 ′
64. Trombone bass 16 ′
65. Trumpet 8th'
66. Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / I (super octave coupling), II / I, III / I (also as sub and super octave coupling), III / II (also as super octave coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids: crescendo roller, general belt, fixed combinations (p, mf, f, tutti), typesetting system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ building company Scheffler

Web links

Commons : St. John's Church in Helsinki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 60 ° 9 ′ 42.5 ″  N , 24 ° 56 ′ 41 ″  E