Luther Church (Bilk)

Luther Church

The Luther Church is a Protestant church in Düsseldorf-Bilk , Kopernikusstraße 9, and is a listed building .

history

The church was built in 1925–1927 based on a design by the Düsseldorf architect Julius Stobbe . Stylistically, the architecture shows elements of classicism , but also of the moderate expressionism typical of the time - comparable to the buildings on the Düsseldorf courtyard in the style of the GeSoLei architecture from 1925/1926. The sculptor Emil Jungblut designed the shell limestone portals with children's figures .

The Luther Church was an important place for resistance during the Nazi regime. In the rectory of Luther Church was for the Confessing Church important pastor Brotherhood founded.

organ

The organ was built in 1991 by the organ builder Georg Westenfelder (Luxembourg). The slider chests -instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Covered 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Pointed flute 8th' 4th Wooden flute 8th' 5. octave 4 ′ 6th flute 4 ′ 7th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 8th. octave 2 ′ 9. mixture 10. Trumpet 8th'

II Positive C-g 3 11. Covered 8th' 12. Quintad 8th' 13. Principal 4 ′ 14th Reed flute 4 ′ 15th octave 2 ′ 16. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 17th Sesquialter II 18th Cymbal 19th Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – g 3 20th Quintad 16 ′ 21st Reed flute 8th' 22nd Viol 8th' 23. Beat 8th' 24. Pointed flute 4 ′ 25th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 26th recorder 2 ′ 27. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 28. oboe 8th' 29 Vox humana 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 30th Principal 16 ′ 31. Sub bass 16 ′ 32. flute 8th' 33. flute 4 ′ 34. bassoon 16 ′ 35. Trumpet 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

literature

• Jörg AE Heimeshoff : Listed houses in Düsseldorf, with garden and ground monuments. Volume 1. Nobel, Essen 2001, ISBN 3-922785-68-9 , p. 405 f.

Web links

Commons : Lutherkirche (Bilk)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Evangelical Church: Luther Church
• Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
• The Luther Church , project “The Church Flights of the Wind Riders”, accessed on September 6, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 26.1 ″  E