Little Church (Alzey)

Little church

The small church is a former Lutheran church in Alzey , built between 1728 and 1731 .

history

The church was completely renovated in 1998 and rededicated on April 25, 1998. In 2005 another phase of renovation began, which aims to restore the church to its original state of 1731 and to reverse the structural changes made at the end of the 19th century.

organ

Stumm organ from 1737

The organ was built in 1737 by the Stumm family of organ builders , presumably by Johann Michael Stumm , and restored in 1998 by the organ builder Förster & Nicolaus . The instrument has 21 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.

I main work C – c 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Hollow flute 8th' 3. Viol B / D 8th' 4th Salicional D 8th' 5. Octave 4 ′ 6th Drone 4 ′ 7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 8th. Super octave 2 ′ 9. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 10. mixture 1' 11. Trumpet B / D 8th'

II Echowerk C – c 3 12. Drone 8th' 13. Reed flute 4 ′ 14th Salicional 2 ′ / 4 ′ 15th Super octave 2 ′ 16. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 17th Trumpet D. 8th'

Pedal C – c 1 18th Sub bass 16 ′ 19th Principal bass 8th' 20th Dacked bass 8th' F&N 21st Octavbass 4 ′ L.

• Coupling : II / I, I / P
• Remarks

F&N = Register by Förster & Nicolaus (1950)

L = Ladolt register (1882)

B = bass range

D = treble position

literature

• Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany : Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 20.2: District of Alzey-Worms . City of Alzey . Published on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science, Further Education and Culture by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate Directorate State Monument Preservation. Edited by Michael Huyer and Dieter Krienke. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft : Worms 2014. ISBN 978-3-88462-326-8 ; Pp. 64-66 and 70-72

Individual evidence

1. ^ Organ in Alzey , accessed on February 11, 2020.

Web links

• Alzey Church
• City tour in Alzey (here point 2)

Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 47.8 "  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 51.8"  E