Ludwigskirche (Strasbourg)

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Facade of the church
The organ

The Catholic Parish Church of St. Ludwig (Église Saint-Louis) is a small baroque church in downtown Strasbourg in Alsace . It is not to be confused with the neo-Gothic Protestant parish church St. Ludwig / Saint-Louis in the Strasbourg district of La Robertsau .

history

Was up to at the site of the Church Reformation a Carmelite monastery . In 1528 this was secularized and its buildings turned into residential buildings.

In 1687 Louis XIV founded the current church in the course of the recatholization of Alsace, which he dedicated to his royal predecessor Saint-Louis . In 1790, during the French Revolution , the church was turned into a tobacco warehouse. In 1805 it burned down. In 1827 the restored church, which was kept extremely simple on the outside, was consecrated again.

Furnishing

In the course of the 19th century it was given a partly neo-baroque and partly contemporary interior. Most notable are the listed organ from 1896 and the choir paintings by Martin von Feuerstein .

organ

The organ was built by Charles and Edgard Wetzel in a neo-baroque organ case . It replaced an instrument made by Jean-Conrad Sauer. The organ work itself is based on organs from Cavaillé-Coll. It has 25 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The main plant (Grand Orgue) is equipped with Barker machines. The instrument has only been slightly modified over time. In 1973, a number of rows of pipes in the main plant (Grand Orgue) were stolen. They were replaced in 1983.

Grand Orgue C-g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Montre 8th'
3. Bourdon 8th'
4th Flute 8th'
5. Prestant 4 ′
6th Cor de nuit 4 ′
7th Duplicate 2 ′
8th. Fittings IV
9. Cymbals III
10. Trumpets 8th'
II Récit expressif C – g 3
11. Bourdon 8th'
12. Salicional 8th'
13. Voix céleste 8th'
14th Prestant 4 ′
15th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Quarte de nasard 2 ′
17th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
18th Cymbals III
19th Basson / Hautbois 8th'
Tremolo
Pedale C – f 1
20th Contrebasse 16 ′
21st Soubasse 16 ′
22nd Bass 8th'
23. Prestant 4 ′
24. Bombard 16 ′
25th Trumpets 8th'

literature

  • Roland Recht, Georges Foessel, Jean-Pierre Klein: Connaître Strasbourg. 1988, ISBN 2-7032-0185-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , as seen on June 3, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / decouverte.orgue.free.fr

Web links

Commons : Église Saint-Louis de Strasbourg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 42 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 44"  E