Basilica of Our Lady (Maastricht)

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Westwork of the church
Onze Lieve Vrouwkerk
View of the historic organ
Cloister and courtyard

The Basilica of Our Lady ( Dutch Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopneming ) is a Catholic church in the center of the Dutch city ​​of Maastricht .

history

In the place of the Basilica of Our Lady there was perhaps already a church in the Roman castrum of the 5th century . Century could have served as a bishop's church.

The westwork of today's church dates from the 11th century. The foundations of the westwork were probably laid around 1000 and partly built from the demolition material of the Roman fort. The nave originates mostly from the second half of the 12th century, the eastern choir from the third quarter of the 12th century. Until the city wall was surrounded in 1229, the church was the center of Maastricht. In the 14th century a parish church was added to the Liebfrauenkirche , nothing of which has survived (demolished in 1837). A late Gothic cloister was added to the church from 1558 to 1559 . After the French occupation in 1794, the Liebfrauenstift located at the church was abolished and the church was temporarily used as a horse stable. In the 19th century, the church could be used again for Catholic worship . During the renovations of the 19th century, the alterations made in the late Middle Ages and early modern times were largely reversed. In 1933 the church was opened by Pope Pius XI. for minor Basilica appointed. It suffered minor damage in the Second World War .

The Wachthuis next to the Basilica created Mathias Soiron 1787th

organ

The organ was built in 1652 by the organ builder Severijn. The instrument has 37 registers on three manuals and a pedal .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Montre 8th'
3. Bourdon 8th'
4th Viola di gamba 8th'
5. Prestant 4 ′
6th Flute 4 ′
7th Nasard 3 ′
8th. Duplicate 2 ′
9. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Cornet IV
11. Fittings IV
12. Cimbel III
13. Trumpets 8th'
14th Voix Humaine 8th'
15th Clairon 4 ′
II Positive C-g 3
16. Bourdon 8th'
17th Prestant 4 ′
18th Flute 4 ′
19th Nasard 3 ′
20th Duplicate 2 ′
21st Quarte de Nasard 2 ′
22nd Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Fittings III
24. Cymbel II
25th Cromhorne 8th'
III Echowerk C – g 3
26th Bourdon 8th'
27. Prestant 4 ′
28. Duplicate 2 ′
29 Flageolet 1'
30th Cornet III
31. Chalumeau 8th'
Tremblant gone
Tremblant doux
Rossignol
Pedals C – f 3
32. Subbas 16 ′
33. Flute 8th'
34. Flute 4 ′
35. Bombard 16 ′
36. Trumpet 8th'
37. Clairon 4 ′

literature

  • Franz Bock : The medieval art and reliquary treasures of Maestricht, kept in the former collegiate churches of St. Servatius and Our Lady there , archaeologically and historically described and illustrated by 66 woodcuts v. Mgr. Dr. Franz Bock u. Vicar M. Willemsen, Thesaurar, Cologne and Neuss 1872.

Web links

Commons : Liebfrauenbasilika Maastricht  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ (Dutch)

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 50 ″  N , 5 ° 41 ′ 37 ″  E