Lutheran Parish Church of St. Marien (Marburg)

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The parish church from the castle
On the right the parish church - behind it the castle
Longhouse from the west
Choir from the west
Longhouse from the east

The Lutheran Parish Church , also called St. Marien Church or City Parish Church, is a Protestant church in the center of the city of Marburg . It supplies the Lutheran parish church of St. Marien Marburg / Lahn with its catchment area in the southern upper town and the adjacent areas. It is also the deanery church of the Protestant church district of Marburg .

history

Originally the two Marburg churches of St. Maria and St. Kilian were branch churches of the Martinskirche in Oberweimar . The first documented mention of the Marienkirche as ecclesia maior in Marburg comes from the year 1222 . On April 6, 1227, her independent parish rights were granted by Landgrave Ludwig IV . The Marienkirche consisted of a Romanesque predecessor, to which the Gothic choir was added around 1288. This was about as big as the Romanesque church. The choir was consecrated in 1297. Between 1318 and 1390–95 the Gothic nave was built on the site of the previous building under the master builder Tyle von Frankenberg . In the middle of the 15th century, the construction of the church tower and the tower hall on the west side of the nave began. In 1473 the tower was given the wooden spire that is still preserved today, which is noticeably crooked and is a striking landmark of Marburg's old town.

Under Philip I , the Lutheran Reformation was introduced in the Landgraviate of Hesse . In 1567 the territory was divided among Philip's four sons. Hessen-Kassel went over to the Reformed Confession from 1592 under Landgrave Moritz . When the Hessen-Marburg line died out , Marburg and its surrounding area became part of Hessen-Kassel in 1605. Moritz led the university from the Lutheran to the Reformed creed; the Reformed university and town community gathered around the university church . The parish church of St. Mary and the majority of the population remained Lutheran. The centuries-long coexistence of the two Protestant denominations in Marburg explains the addition Lutheran in the name of the church.

architecture

The church stands on a terraced plateau on the Schlossberg between Ritterstrasse and Rübenstein, supported by large walls. It is a Gothic style church, consisting of a choir and a three-aisled hall longhouse . While the exterior is conspicuous by a smooth wall without buttresses , inside there are wedge-shaped buttresses that support the four-part ribbed vault . High double-lane windows are arranged between the buttresses. Originally a 15th century tower supposed to have a spire preserved in stone, but it remained at a wooden temporary. Since the wood of the tower has warped from prolonged exposure to the sun, the tower helmet is crooked and is one of the city's landmarks. Four bells hang in the bell house .

Furnishing

organ

View of the organ prospect

The organ , originally built by Johann Nikolaus Schäfer around 1722, was moved from the choir to the western section in 1876. 1969–1989 it was rebuilt by Karl Schuke behind the historic prospect . In 2015 it was completely renovated by the company Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth . It has three manuals with an independent pedal and 56 registers .

I positive C-g 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Quintad 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Coupling flute 4 ′
5. Cane fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
6th octave 2 ′
7th Dumped 2 ′
8th. Sesquialter II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Sif flute 1'
11. Scharff IV-V 1'
12. Vox humana 8th'
13. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
14th Drone 16 ′
15th Quintad 16 ′
16. Principal 8th'
17th Playing flute 8th'
18th Reed flute 8th'
19th octave 4 ′
20th Night horn 4 ′
21st Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd octave 2 ′
23. Forest flute 2 ′
24. Mixture V-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Scharff III – IV 1 ⁄ 2 ′
26th bassoon 16 ′
27. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
28. Reed flute 16 ′
29 Wooden principal 8th'
30th Schwegel 8th'
31. Pointed 8th'
32. Principal 4 ′
33. Flute douce 4 ′
34. Fifth flute 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. octave 2 ′
36. Night horn 2 ′
37. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
38. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
40. Mixture V 2 ′
41. Dulcian 16 ′
42. Trumpet 8th'
43. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
44. Principal 16 ′
45. Sub bass 16 ′
46. Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
47. octave 8th'
48. Dumped 8th'
49. octave 4 ′
50. Pipe pommer 4 ′
51. Peasant flute 2 ′
52. Rauschpfeife IV 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
53. Mixture V 2 ′
54. trombone 16 ′
55. Trumpet 8th'
56. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bells

In the bell four hanging bell with the percussion tones d 1 , g 1 , b 1 and d 2 ( g Minor - chord ). The b 1 bell was cast by an unknown master in 1362 and is the oldest bell instrument. In 1669 Johannes Schirnbein cast the big bell in Marburg. This was lowered through the church tower during the Second World War and taken to the bell cemetery in Hamburg-Veddel , where it was melted down for the armaments industry. After escaping this fate, the bell was returned to its place of origin. Since then, its lower edge has been damaged, but this has not affected its sound. The two other bells were added by the Rincker bell and art foundry from Sinn in 1925 (second largest bell) and 1951 (small bell).

Landgrave graves

Ludwig IV tomb

On the north wall of the choir is the tomb of Landgrave Ludwig IV and his wife Hedwig von Württemberg, begun in 1590, consisting of a sandstone base with marble columns and alabaster sculptures. It is characterized by a mausoleum-like depth and triptych-like segmentation. The tomb is horizontally divided into three parts above the sarcophagus base adorned with lions: the large first floor with two larger-than-life standing figures of the landgrave and his wife and a memorial plaque, the second floor with reliefs and the gable with free-standing allegorical figures. To the left of this is the tomb of Landgrave Ludwig V and his wife, which is modeled on the previous one. The tombs were created on the right by Gerhard Wolff from Mainz (1590–1593) and on the left by Adam and Philipp Franck from Gießen (1627–31).

Wall painting

In the parish church there is an original wall painting depicting a dressed, bearded figure hanging on the cross. This should not be about Jesus, but about holy sorrow . According to legend, she was the beautiful Christian daughter of a pagan Portuguese king who crucified her after her god or Mary grew a beard to protect her from a wedding.

literature

  • Marienkirche Marburg . Hessische Heimat, special issue, organ of the Heimatbund for Kurhessen, Waldeck and Nordhessen, as well as the Hessian Museum Association, 19th year 1969, issue 4, Oberhessische Presse, Marburg 1969.
  • Erhart Dettmering (Hrsg.), Rudolf Grenz (Hrsg.): Marburg History: Review of the city history in individual contributions . On behalf of the Magistrate of the University City of Marburg, Marburg 1980, ISBN 978-3-98-004900-9 .
  • Hans-Joachim art (ed.), Eckart Glockzin (ed.): Church between castle and market. The Lutheran Parish Church of St. Marien zu Marburg. On behalf of the church council, Evang. Parish office, Marburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-00-001590-8 .
  • G. Ulrich Großmann : The parish church of St. Marien in Marburg . Second, completely revised edition. German Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999 (= DKV art guide No. 304/9).
  • Matthias Müller: The Marburg Parish Church of St. Marien , a town church and its architecture as a place of political disputes. Marburg city writings on history and culture. Vol. 34. Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 1993.

Web links

Commons : Lutherische Pfarrkirche Marburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the parish , accessed on April 7, 2012
  2. ↑ Reinhardsbrunner Chronik quoted from Matthias Müller. The Marburg parish church of St. Marien. P. 1
  3. ↑ Matthias Müller. The Marburg parish church of St. Marien. P. 63 f.
  4. ↑ Matthias Müller, ibid. P. 111 ff.
  5. ↑ universitaetskirche.de
  6. ↑ Hans-Joachim. Art (ed.). Church between castle and market: the Lutheran parish church of St. Marien zu Marburg. Marburg: 1997. p. 178 f.
  7. ↑ Information on the renovation ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the organ building workshop @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freiburgerorgelbau.de
  8. ↑ The seventh from the original Schukeschen disposition had in between been converted into a flute 1 ′. It was restored during the renovation by the Späth company.
  9. ↑ Video recording of the full bells (YouTube, 00'30 ″)
  10. ↑ Hans Lorenz: Das Grabmal Ludwig Testators In: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft , 1. Bd., 1924, S. 104-140.
  11. ^ Hans Lorenz: The tomb of Ludwig V and the high altar In: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft , 1st volume, 1924, pp. 141–194.
  12. ↑ G. Ulrich Großmann. Marburg: city guide. Petersberg: Imhof, 2015
  13. ↑ Kümmernis ( Memento from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '32.25 "  N , 8 ° 46' 5.32"  E