Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Elisabeth)

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Parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Elizabeth, 2008

The parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Elizabeth, 2008
Construction time: 1912-1919
Inauguration: 1919
Architect : Karl Salkovics
Style elements : Neo-Gothic
Dimensions: 52.0 × 22.0 × 57.0 m
Space: 2000 people
Towers:

2

Location: 45 ° 44 '28.7 "  N , 21 ° 13' 35.1"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '28.7 "  N , 21 ° 13' 35.1"  E
Address: Piața Nicolae Bălcescu
Timișoara
Timiș , Romania
Purpose: Roman Catholic Church
Diocese : Diocese of Timisoara
Website: www.parohiaelisabetin.ro

The parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ( Romanian Biserica Parohială Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus ) is a Roman Catholic church on the Piața Nicolae Bălcescu in the III. District Elisabetin ( German  Elisabethstadt ) of the western Romanian city Timișoara ( German  Timişoara ).

history

Interior of the church, 2013

In 1899 the committee for the construction of the church was formed. The land on which the church is located was donated by Vilmos Mühle . Bishop Alexander III. Dessewffy donated 50,000 crowns to build the church.

The construction of the church in neo-Gothic style based on plans by Karl Salkovics began on June 12, 1912, but completion was delayed due to the First World War until 1919. Bishop Julius Glattfelder was consecrated in the same year.

Originally, the church was under the Josefstädter parish church, but was raised to the status of an independent parish on September 15, 1919.

description

The architectural style of the church is reminiscent of the Viennese Votive Church . The five altars were carved from wood by Ferdinand Stullesser in Gothic style.

  • Side view of the church, 2008

  • Church front, 2008

  • The towers of the church, 2008

  • South aspect of the church with rectory, 2008

organ

The organ of the parish church was the last instrument built by the organ building company Leopold Wegenstein's sons in Timișoara.

Construction was delayed in 1939, on the one hand because of the outbreak of the Second World War , on the other hand because of the very cold winter that year, due to which the ship with components from Germany for the organ was stuck in the ice on the Danube .

Ever since the completion of the church in 1919, its management had been trying to get a new organ, until in 1939 the most modern instrument of Timișoara could finally be installed. The completion of the organ was hampered by war and lack of money, so the organ has had to do without a "real" prospectus until today . Instead of the prospectus pipes, a Wagner from Sântana carved individual pipe shapes from wooden boards, which still exist in the prospectus today. The organ has an electric play and key action and a wheeled table.

Disposition of the organ:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Reed flute 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture V – VII 2 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II positive
Roughly covered 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Wide principal 4 ′
Forest flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Sif flute 1'
Cymbel V
Krummhorn 8th'
III swell
Quintad 16 ′
Flute Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Aeoline 8th'
Vox coelestis 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Covered 4 ′
Soft fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
recorder 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Cornet mixture
Singing shelf 8th'
Clarine 4 ′
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
double bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Apertabass 8th'
Russian horn 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′
Clarine 4 ′

literature

  • Else von Schuster: Timisoara - Timișoara. A tour of Timisoara - O plimbare prin Timișoara . ADZ, București 1999, ISBN 973-99655-4-7 , p. 117 . Bilingual (German and Romanian)

Web links

Commons : Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Elisabetin)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also