Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul (Gliwice)

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From the All Saints Church

St. Peter and Paul is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and is located in the center of Gliwice , south of the Old Town , at ul. Jana Pawła II.

history

Image of the apostles Peter and Paul
The cathedral
The cathedral from the inside

The town of Gleiwitz donated the church grounds to the parish of the All Saints Church in 1890. Since the parish church became too small for the parish, a second church was to be built on the property. The neo-Gothic Peter-Paul-Kirche was built between 1896 and 1900 according to plans by the architect Bruno Heer from Vienna. On September 10, 1922, the bells “St. Joseph "," St. Maria "and" St. Georg ”was solemnly consecrated by Pastor Jaglo.

When the diocese of Gliwice was founded on March 25, 1992, the parish church was elevated to the status of a cathedral church.

architecture

The historicist three-aisled basilica hall is a brick building that was built in the shape of a Latin cross . The hall is closed with a chancel. There are supporting arches on the facade made of clinker and glazed bricks. A colored mosaic of the church patrons, the holy apostles Peter and Paul, is located above the main portal . They are also depicted in a painting on the main altar and in a mosaic window in the chancel. The church tower is 75.5 meters high. There is a hexagonal roof ridge above the crossing .

organ

Prospectus of the organ

The organ comes from the Rieger company . The instrument has registers on three manuals and a pedal according to the following disposition . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I. Manuals C – a 3
Principal 16 ′
Gemshorn 8th'
Double flute 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Octave 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′
Cornet III-V
Rauschpfeife II
Mixture V-VI
Trumpet 8th'
harp
II. Manuals C – a 3
Drone 16 ′
Salizional 8th'
Lovely Gedackt 8th'
Slack dolce 8th'
Principal minor 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Prefix 4 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Cymbel III
English horn 8th'
tremolo
III. Manuals C – a 3
Suspended Aeoline 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Portal flute 8th'
Violin principal 8th'
Night horn dropped 4 ′
Principal 4 ′
Fifth flute 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Flageolette 2 ′
Sifflute 1'
Sesquialtera II
Mixture IV
Rankett 16 ′
oboe 8th'
Pedals C – f 1
Gambabass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon bass 16 ′
Principal bass 16 ′
Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Bass flute 8th'
cello 8th'
Octavbass 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Rauschpfeife IV
trombone 16 ′
Bass trumpet 8th'

All metal elements in the church were made by the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry in Gleiwitz.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ (Polish)

Web links

Commons : Gliwice Cathedral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 28.6 ″  N , 18 ° 39 ′ 55.9 ″  E