Concert hall St. Ulrich Church

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Ulrichskirche in Leipziger Strasse

The Ulrichskirche in Halle (Saale) was initially built as a monastery church of the Servites and has been used as a concert hall since 1976 .

Church and building history

The church was built from the middle of the 14th century as the monastery church of St. Maria of the Servite order (Marienknechte), which had been based in Halle (Saale) since 1339 . It was first consecrated in 1496. When the vaults moved in in 1510, the church was largely completed (completion in 1531). In 1527 the monastery was closed and the church was used by the Ulrich community from 1531. From 1806 to 1836 the Ulrichskirche was also a university church . Its use as a place of worship ended in 1971.

Use as a concert hall

From 1976 the church was used as a concert hall with 500 seats after renovation. In the course of the construction work, it lost a significant amount of its furnishings, including a winged altar from 1488, baptismal font and pulpit , which were given to the Magdeburg Wallon Church . The baroque galleries built into the aisle were also removed .

organ

An organ had been in the Ulrichskirche since 1675. The baroque prospect of this Förner organ is still preserved on the west gallery of the building.

Today's concert organ in the apse of Ulrichskirche was built in 1980 by W. Sauer Orgelbau (Frankfurt / O.). The instrument has 56  registers on three manuals and a pedal and enables the performance of a wide range of organ literature from different epochs.

Organ prospect with Rückpositiv in the apse
I Rückpositiv C – c 4
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Quintadena 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. octave 2 ′
6th recorder 2 ′
7th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Scharff IV
10. Zimbel III
11. Wooden dulcian 16 ′
12. Krummhorn 8th'
tremolo
II main work C – c 4
13. Pommer 16 ′
14th Principal 8th'
15th Coupling flute 8th'
16. Black viola 8th'
17th octave 4 ′
18th Smalled up 4 ′
19th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
20th octave 2 ′
21st Cornet v 8th'
22nd Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Mixture V
24. Mixture IV
25th Trumpet 16 ′
26th Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C – c 4
27. Drone 16 ′
28. Wooden principal 8th'
29 Dumped 8th'
30th Salicional 8th'
31. Beat 8th'
32. octave 4 ′
33. Night horn 4 ′
34. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Ital. Principal 2 ′
36. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
37. octave 1'
38. Septquart 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
39. Mixture V-VII
40. Cor anglais 16 ′
41. Hautbois 8th'
42. Clairon 4 ′
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
43. Principal bass 16 ′
44. Sub-bass 16 ′
45. Soft bass 16 ′
46. Fifth bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
47. Octave bass 8th'
48. Bass flute 8th'
49. Chorale bass 8th'
50. Hollow flute 4 ′
51. Flat flute 2 ′
52. Greater sesquialtera III
53. Backset V
54. trombone 16 ′
55. Bass trumpet 8th'
56. Field trumpet 4 ′

Building description

Ortisei is a two-aisled hall church without a transept with large windows. She doesn't own a tower. Instead, two roof riders are attached. The choir polygon is five-sided, the pillars octagonal. On the north side there are remains of the former monastery retreat. The entire building design and execution is simple and largely unadorned and thus corresponds to the understanding of a mendicant church . The simplicity was broken with the star and reticulated vaults with flower ornaments from the late Gothic period and the installation of the galleries from the Baroque era .

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Equipment of the church

  • Late Gothic sacrament house from 1525/1530
  • Baroque organ brochure from 1675
  • Tympanum depicting the death of the Virgin Mary above the portal from the 14th century.

See also

literature

  • Michael Pantenius: City Guide Halle . Gondrom, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-0816-0 .
  • Brülls / Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
  • Peggy Grötschel and Matthias Behne: The churches of the city of Halle . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2006, ISBN 978-3-89812-352-5 .
  • Achim Todenhöfer: Stone praise to God. The medieval churches of the city of Halle. In: History of the City of Halle, Vol. 1, Halle in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2006, ISBN 978-3-89812-512-3 . Pp. 207-226.

Web links

Commons : Concert Hall St. Ulrich Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Brülls / Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle an der Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
  2. ↑ a b Michael Pantenius: City Guide Halle . Verlag Gondrom, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-0816-0 .
  3. ↑ Information on the Sauer organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 52.4 "  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 22.1"  E