Maribor Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist ( Slovenian Stolnica svetega Janeza Krstnika ) in the city of Maribor ( Slovenia ) is the episcopal church of the Archdiocese of Maribor of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia
The church was built in Romanesque style in 1248 . In the 14th century the choir was lengthened and gothicized . The nave was rebuilt around the 15th century, so that the cathedral is completely Gothic today. The baroque chapels were added in the 16th and 18th centuries.
The original bell tower was created by Paolo Porta in 1623. After lightning struck at the end of the 18th century, it was replaced by a neo-classical 57 meter high tower. It is accessible and now serves as a lookout tower over the city.
Jozef Holzinger created the choir stalls, which were completed in 1771. Gilded reliefs show scenes from the legend of John the Baptist . The cathedra and a statue of the beatified Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek are also located here . He moved the bishopric from St. Andrä to Maribor. His grave is in the baroque cruciform chapel.
The golden candlesticks in the nave were made in 1686 and donated by the city's butchers, bakers and goldsmiths' guilds. In the central nave there are two pictures, one of which shows the baptism of Jesus , the other is a copy of Peter Paul Rubens' Descent from the Cross . The artist of the pulpit , created in 1670, is unknown; however, it shows Saints Peter and Paul and the four evangelists . The Maria-Hilf altar dates from 1699, but the associated statue of the Virgin dates from 1500. The frescoes on the ceiling of the Kreuzkapelle were created in 1775 by the Graz painter Josef Adam Mölk . In 1981 a new organ was installed in the church. The modern stained glass windows of the presbytery, the altar and the new sermon desk are also part of the furnishings . One of the windows is a memorial window and shows Pope John Paul II's visit to Maribor.
Originally four bells hung in the tower, two of which were melted down during World War I. The largest bell broke in 1921 while the late King Peter I was ringing. Four new bells were ordered, which in turn were removed during World War II . All that remains is the middle bell of the original peal with a mass of 1660 kg and the main chime es ′. In 1989 the Grassmayr bell foundry in Innsbruck cast three new bells with the masses 2300 kg, 900 kg and 530 kg and the associated main chimes c ′, f ′ and a ′. Thus the current bell sounds in the disposition c ′ - es ′ - f ′ - a ′. The tower is accessible. You pass the bells, you can visit the former tower house above the bell chamber and enjoy a wonderful view of Maribor and the surrounding area from the balcony of the tower.
Josef Adam Mölk : Finding the cross by St. Helena (1775)
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organ
The organ of the Cathedral of Maribor was built in 1981 by the Walcker company as op.5742 and has the following disposition :
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Coupling : I-II, III-II, Super III-II, Sub III-II in Tutti, IP, II-P, III-P.
Mechanical action mechanism, electrical stop action mechanism.
Web links
- slovenia.info (German)
- official website (Slovenian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Organ of the Cathedral of Maribor (Slov.) (Accessed on November 9, 2017)
Coordinates: 46 ° 33 ′ 32.9 " N , 15 ° 38 ′ 42" E