Karolinenkirche (Großkarolinenfeld)

Karolinenkirche Großkarolinenfeld

Interior of the Carolinian Church

The Karolinenkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Großkarolinenfeld . It is the first Protestant church that was built in Upper Bavaria.

history

After Großkarolinenfeld was settled by immigrants from the Palatinate, the first church service took place in the neighboring parish and schoolhouse, which was also completed in 1805 according to plans by Gustavus Vorherr. An originally planned simultaneous church for Catholics, Lutherans and Reformed people was not implemented. Instead, the church was built in the classical style according to plans by the Rosenheim master builder Johann Karmann and corrections by the Munich architect Gustav Vorherr . The inauguration took place in 1822. It bears the name of the Evangelical Queen Caroline , the second wife of King Max I Joseph .

The exterior building remained unplastered until 1839 and the three-colored tiled floor that characterizes the church was not laid until 1889. In 1852 the originally semicircular upper facade windows were extended, giving the church its current, light-flooded appearance. In 1908 a tower was added on the south side, which takes up the style features of the church. Today's baptismal font dates from 1950. Stalls and candlesticks were purchased in connection with the 150th anniversary celebrations in 1972.

organ

The organ was built by Quirin Weber in 1738 as a choir organ for the Tegernsee monastery church . It had eight registers on a manual and pedal . In 1824, Queen Caroline gave them to the community in Großkarolinenfeld. With the exception of the manual keyboard, the Mixtur register and the bellows , the instrument is still original. The disposition is:

manual
Covered	8th'
Principal	8th'
flute	4 ′
Octav	4 ′
Fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Octave	2 ′
Cymbel

pedal
Sub-bass	16 ′

Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical play and stop action

Web links

Commons : Karolinenkirche - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Parish website

Individual evidence

↑ “In 1852 the church underwent a radical change. Instead of the semicircular windows, 15 feet long and 4 feet wide were made with the necessary grilles. The whole church inside pale green, doors and pews painted like oak. The altar was given a pretty frame that forms the background to the crucifix, as well as new cloth clothing, including the pulpit. ”(Pfarrbuch, LAELKB, PA Großkarolinenfeld, 47, p. 28)
^ Sixtus Lampl (ed.): Music and organ works of the Tegernsee monastery . Schloßverlag Valley, Valley 2007, ISBN 3-932055-03-9 , p. 105-109 .
↑ Bavarian organ database online

47.890762 12.079714Coordinates: 47 ° 53 ′ 26.7 " N , 12 ° 4 ′ 47" E

[1] “In 1852 the church underwent a radical change. Instead of the semicircular windows, 15 feet long and 4 feet wide were made with the necessary grilles. The whole church inside pale green, doors and pews painted like oak. The altar was given a pretty frame that forms the background to the crucifix, as well as new cloth clothing, including the pulpit. ”(Pfarrbuch, LAELKB, PA Großkarolinenfeld, 47, p. 28)

[2] Sixtus Lampl (ed.): Music and organ works of the Tegernsee monastery . Schloßverlag Valley, Valley 2007, ISBN 3-932055-03-9 , p. 105-109 .

[3] Bavarian organ database online