Little Church (Karlsruhe)

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The little church

The small church is one of the oldest church buildings in the city of Karlsruhe . It is located on Karlsruhe's main shopping street, Kaiserstraße , near the market square (Kaiserstraße 131). Kreuzstrasse, one of the nine streets of the fan-shaped city plan, leads from Karlsruhe Palace to the main facade of the Little Church.

history

The small church was built by Wilhelm Jeremias Müller from 1773 to 1776 on the site of a wooden church built between 1719 and 1721 for the Reformed congregation, but soon in disrepair .

The church was rung in 1807. When the Reformed and Lutheran congregations merged , the church passed to the new Evangelical congregation.

After being destroyed in the Second World War in September 1944, it was largely restored to its original state from 1946 to 1949.

The new organ from Steinmeyer with two manuals and 20 registers was installed in 1950. In 1952 the church received a new bell (the third).

The church is used for worship purposes by the city church, the Protestant student community and two Orthodox communities. It also serves as a "Church of Silence".

investment

The south-facing church with a slightly protruding facade tower in the north is made of red sandstone in the Louis-seize style. The spire wears a princely hat. There is a round anteroom under the tower. The nave hall has pilasters in the Corinthian style, segmented arched windows and a hollow ceiling with a rectangular mirror field. To the south it is closed off by a round arched niche for the altar and pulpit.

organ

In 2019, the organ building company Lenter built a new organ above the pulpit. The prospectus was designed by the architects Klinkott (Karlsruhe). The instrument has 22 stops on two manual works and a pedal (cone chest). The action actions are mechanical, the stop actions are pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Salicional 00 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Covered 08th'
4th Gamba 08th'
5. Dolce 08th'
6th Octave 04 ′
7th Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Octav 02 ′
9. Mixture IV
II Hinterwerk C – g 3
10. harmonica 08th'
11. Quintatön 08th'
12. Salicional 08th'
13. Covered 08th'
14th Transverse flute 04 ′
15th clarinet 08th'
16. Physharmonica 00 16 ′
17th Physharmonica 08th'
Pedal C – f 1
18th Sub bass 16 ′
19th Salicional 16 ′
20th Octavbass 00 08th'
21st Octav 04 ′
22nd clarinet 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I (normal coupling and super octave coupling), I / P, II / P.
  • Side features: Metaphone Physharmonica, prolongation to registers, swell step for Physharmonica

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on the municipality's website
  2. ↑ Information about the organ on the Lenter company website

Web links

Commons : Small Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 33.2 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 19.2 ″  E