Monastery church (Vechta)
The monastery church of Saint Joseph is a church building on Franziskanerplatz in Vechta .
history
In 1642 the Franciscans from Rheine founded a monastery in Vechta. The monastery initially only had a small chapel . In 1727 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of a new monastery church, which was completed in 1731.
In 1812, the monastery was dissolved and evacuated by Napoleon's decree . In the following years the monastery was converted into a penal institution . The demolition of the monastery church, planned in 1816, was prevented by resistance from Catholics and Protestants ; it was converted into a simultaneous church between 1816 and 1818 . From 1885 the interior and the windows were redesigned in the neo-Gothic style.
The building was renovated from 1955 to 1957. In 1957 the west window was redesigned, in 1958 a new organ was installed on the gallery and the church was equipped with electric heating. In 1960 the baroque high altar from Amelungsborn ( Holzminden district ) was installed in the monastery church, and nine years later a pulpit from 1630 was also installed.
The state-owned church now serves, among other things, as the institutional church of the Vechta prison .
Woehl organ (2015)
The organ was built in 2015 by Gerald Woehl ( Marburg ). The instrument has 46 stops (plus several extensions and a transmission ) on two manuals and a pedal with mechanical performance and electrical stop action .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, Sub I / I, Sub II / I, Sub II / II, Super II / P.
- Playing aids : typesetting system , sequencer, swell kick for the second manual, crescendo roller , classic wind on, upper work on (opening / closing the cover of the second manual to change the swelling effect).
- Remarks
- ↑ Extension and transmission of No. 1.
See also
literature
- Otto Terheyden: The abolition of the Franciscan monastery in Vechta . In: Home calendar for the Oldenburger Münsterland . Vol. 12. 1963. pp. 102-108 ( online )
- Katrin Zempel-Bley: New organ inspires the monastery church. Gerald Woehl is a passionate organ builder . In: Kulturland Oldenburg . Edition 3/2014. P. 16ff. ( online )
Web links
- Website of the Vechta monastery church . https://vechta.kirche-oldenburg.de . Accessed July 16, 2018.
- Brief historical description of the Jesuits in Vechta on the Lower Saxony monastery map of the Institute for Historical Research . www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de. Accessed July 16, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Vechta . https://vechta.kirche-oldenburg.de . Accessed July 16, 2018.
- ↑ Disposition . http://www.claudius-may-woehl.com . Accessed July 16, 2018.
- ^ Description of the Woehl organ on the website of the Vechta monastery church . https://vechta.kirche-oldenburg.de . Accessed July 16, 2018.
- ↑ Vechta monastery church . www.orgelsammlung.de. Accessed July 16, 2018.
Coordinates: 52 ° 43 ′ 34.7 " N , 8 ° 17 ′ 12.8" E