Church of Our Lady (Bruges)

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Church of Our Lady ( Dutch Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk ) is the name of a Gothic church in the Belgian city ​​of Bruges . The Liebfrauenkirche, whose beginnings go back to the early 13th century, is stylistically one of the earliest brick architecture in Flanders.

Church of Our Lady in Bruges

history

The initially three-aisled nave was built between 1210 and 1230. The two filigree stair towers on the west facade date to around 1280. In the second construction phase, which had already started around this time and lasted until 1335, the transept, choir and the mighty, unaccustomed way north of the nave were built Tower from 1320, which with a height of 115.6 meters characterizes the southern cityscape. In 1345 a second northern nave was added to the nave , and its counterpart in the south was built in 1450–1474. These two outer aisles of the now five-aisled complex together with the paradise portal on the tower, which was built in the late phase, represent the Brabant Gothic style , which goes back to northern French influences. In 1480 the construction of the sacristy and chapels was completed.

Furnishing

Sarcophagus of Mary of Burgundy (Jan Bormans and Renier van Thienen, 1502)

In the church there are among other things the sarcophagus of Charles the Bold and next to it that of his daughter Maria of Burgundy . The tomb of Maria, the wife of Maximilian I , who died in 1482 , was designed by Jan Borman the Elder. Ä. designed and cast in bronze by Renier van Thienen (* around 1484, † around 1530) in 1502 . The bronze tomb figure of Charles the Bold, based on a design by Cornelis Floris , was completed by the sculptor Jacob Jonghelinck (1530–1606) in 1562. The tanners' guild chapel housed the painting The Seven Joys of Mary by Hans until 1764/65 Memling .

Bruges Madonna (Michelangelo, 1503)

Michelangelo: Bruges Madonna, 1503

The Bruges Madonna by Michelangelo , which was made in 1503, is one of the early sculptures by the Italian sculptor. Originally intended for the high altar of the Cathedral of Siena , Michelangelo sold it to the Bruges merchants Jan and Alexander Mouscron .

organ

View of the organ

The organ goes back to an instrument that was built in 1721/1722 by the organ builder C. Cacheux (Arras). In 1954, the organ builder Loncke built a new organ in the existing historical case , reusing existing pipe material. The instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Gedekt 16 ′
Prestant 8th'
Spitsfluit 8th'
Holpijp 8th'
Oktaafprestant 4 ′
Fluit 4 ′
Oktaaf 2 ′
Mixture V
Vulwerk III-V
Trumpet 8th'
shawm 4 ′
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
Gedekt 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
Nazaard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Woudfluit 2 ′
Terts 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Kwint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Cimbelstem II
Kromhoorn 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
Fluit 8th'
Zweving 8th'
Wilgenpijp 8th'
Fluit 4 ′
Zwegel 2 ′
Klein Vulwerk III
Bassoon hobo 8th'
Pedals C – f 1
Gedektbas 16 ′
Zachtbas 16 ′
Oktaafbas 8th'
Gedekt 8th'
Koraalbas 4 ′
Oktaaf 2 ′
Bazuin 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Hoorn 4 ′
  • Coupling: II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), III / I, III / II (also as sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P

literature

  • O.-L.-Vrouwekerk, Brugge / Bruges, the Church of Our Lady / Die Brügger Liebfrauenkirche / Bruges, Chiesa della Madonna . Thill, Brussels 1985.
  • Jean Luc Meulemeester: The St. Boniface Shrine in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges . In: Das Münster , Vol. 45, 1992, ISSN  0027-299X , pp. 205-212.
  • Detlev Arens: Flanders. Flemish Belgium: The unique urban landscape around Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp . 6th edition Cologne 2010, pp. 68–70.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ S. Partsch: Look me in the eye, Dürer! The art of the old masters. Munich 2018. p. 18f.
  2. ↑ Information on the organ

See also

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '17.2 "  N , 3 ° 13' 28.1"  E