Kreuzkirche (Düsseldorf-Pempelfort)

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Main facade of the Kreuzkirche am Straßenstern
View from the south
Interior of the Kreuzkirche
The beheading of John the Baptist , relief by Gregor von Bochmann d. J., around 1910

The Kreuzkirche is a church building by the Protestant parish of Düsseldorf- Mitte in the Pempelfort district on the borders with Golzheim and Derendorf . It was built in the neo-Romanesque style , the preferred style of Kaiser Wilhelm II for church building .

history

At the site of today's church there used to be an estate of the Barons von Collenbach, from 1827 to 1839 the common residence of Karl Immermann and his prominent companion, Elisa von Ahlefeldt (Collenbach's estate). Many of Immermann's works were created there, including his novel Münchhausen in 1838/39 .

In 1899, the Protestant parish built a sermon hall on this site. Next to it, on the corner of Klever Strasse and Collenbachstrasse, the Kreuzkirche was built from 1907 to 1910 by the architect Carl Wilhelm Schleicher , a student of the architect Julius Carl Raschdorff . The inauguration took place on September 21, 1910. The civil engineer Karl Walter Mautner was called in to construct the vault .

Architectural models of the Kreuzkirche are the Speyer Cathedral , the Erlöserkirche in Bad Homburg and the Basilica of St. Margareta in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim .

In the plan, the church describes a Greek cross . In the outer appearance of the in occurs Heilbronn sandstone executed central structure plastically divided and monumental. The Wilhelmine imposing of the historicist sacred building results from its dominant position on a street star and from the five high, copper-covered towers, which make it visible as a landmark. The effect of the central octagonal bell tower with a tent roof is significantly increased by the four smaller side towers with diamond roofs surrounding it . The large window arches in the three-sided gable facades are also significant for the appearance of the church. In contrast to the Romanesque building program, the church windows, which are structured by set columns and arches, are very large in the gables in order to let in more daylight and thus increase the inner brightness.

In April and November 1944, the tower, the roofs and the rooms behind the apse were damaged by air raids during the Second World War . The original windows designed by the painter Gustav Wittschas broke. A complete burnout of the church was prevented by the then fire chief Johann Simons. The numerous bronze reliefs by Gregor von Bochmann have been preserved. In 1948/49 the roof and tower were repaired, the interior in 1950 and then the church was rededicated.

In 1959 and 1960 more windows with new motifs by the glass painter Ernst Otto Köpke were restored.

Bells

Since the old bronze bells of the Kreuzkirche had to be melted into cannons during the war, they were removed from the tower and delivered. In 1924 a new steel bell was finally obtained. This was ordered from the Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufactures in Bochum . They were cast in the tone sequence of the "Te Deum". The beats are h ° d¹ e¹. Rib construction: Undermoll extra rib

organ

The organ was also replaced by a new building in 1966. Today's instrument was built by the organ building workshop Alexander Schuke (Potsdam). The instrument has 45 registers (approx. 3,500 pipes ) on slider drawers . The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, the Registertrakturen electrically.

I main work C–
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Coupling flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Pointed flute 4 ′
6th Nassat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture VI-VII 2 ′
9. Scharff IV 1 ⁄ 3 ′
10. Trumpet 16 ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II upper structure C–
12. Principal 4 ′
13. Dumped 8th'
14th Quintadena 8th'
15th recorder 4 ′
16. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th octave 2 ′
18th Forest flute 2 ′
19th Fourth II
20th Overtone II
21st Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Third cymbal III 1 ⁄ 6 ′
23. Dulcian 16 ′
24. shawm 8th'
Tremulant
III breastwork C–
25th Wooden dacked 8th'
26th Reed flute 4 ′
27. Principal 2 ′
28. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
29 Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
30th octave 1'
31. Scharff III-IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
32. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
33. Principal 16 ′
34. Sub bass 16 ′
35. Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
36. octave 8th'
37. Pointed flute 8th'
38. Bass aliquots IV 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Pipe pommer 4 ′
40. Hollow flute 2 ′
41. Backset V 4 ′
42. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
43. trombone 16 ′
44. Trumpet 8th'
45. Field trumpet 4 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P

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literature

  • Thomas Roeb: Carl Wilhelm Schleicher (1857-1938). Life and work of an architect of historicism. Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-86130818-5 .
  • Rainer Nolden: Düsseldorf-Derendorf. (= Archive images. ) Sutton, Erfurt, ISBN 3-89702-404-7 .
  • Inge Zacher: Evangelical Kreuzkirche in Düsseldorf. Cologne 2010. (Rheinische Kunststätten Heft 522, edited by the Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz eV), ISBN 978-3-86526-052-9

Web links

Commons : Kreuzkirche (Düsseldorf-Pempelfort)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The address of the estate in the 19th century was Nordstrasse 116. - See: Irene Markowitz , Anja Zimmermann: Karl Leberecht Immermann and the Collenbach'sche Gut . In: Wieland Koenig (City Museum of the State Capital Düsseldorf): Düsseldorfer Gartenlust . Exhibition catalog, Düsseldorf 1987, p. 50 ff.
  2. ↑ Details on the Schuke organ at www.ekir.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 30.4 "  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 53.6"  E