Maria and Martha Church (Bautzen)

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Maria and Martha Church
Maria and martha church bautzen 101.JPG
Data
place Bautzen , Saxony
builder Christian Schramm
Construction year 1888/89
height 68 m
Coordinates 51 ° 10 '34.8 "  N , 14 ° 25' 56.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '34.8 "  N , 14 ° 25' 56.3"  E

The Maria-und-Martha-Kirche , in Upper Sorbian Cyrkej Marje a Marty , is a church belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Petri in Bautzen and the largest Protestant church in the city, as St. Petri Cathedral serves both denominations. It is located outside the outer city wall in the urban expansion area, which was created between 1870 and the First World War. The Bautzen bus station is located around the church on August-Bebel-Platz .

history

Old Marien- und Marthenkirche on Steinstrasse before the demolition in 1899
Portal on the south side with figures of the 4 evangelists and relief of Mary and Martha

A Maria and Martha church in Bautzen was first mentioned in 1359 on today's Steinstrasse . In 1382 her name appears in connection with a Maria Marthen Hospital . Both the hospital and the church were destroyed by fires several times, namely in 1488, 1620 and 1686. In the course of the city's strong growth to the east from around 1870, the city council decided to demolish the old church and build a new one in it to create new, increasingly important, eastern districts.

Between 1888 and 1891 the new Maria-und-Martha-Kirche was built as a catechism and garrison church in neo-Gothic style according to plans by the Dresden architect Christian Schramm . In 1971 the sanctuary was redesigned. After severe storm damage, the 68 m high tower was simplified in 1975.

organ

The organ was built in 1985 by Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen as opus 526. The design of the prospectus or housing should be reminiscent of a tree, as a symbol for the growth of the community. The slider chest instrument has 34 registers (2691 pipes) on two manuals and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions pneumatic.

I main work C – c 4
1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Pointed flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Forest flute 2 ′
8th. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Cornett III-V 8th'
10. Mixture V 2 ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – c 4
12. Pointed Principal 8th'
13. Dumped 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Unda maris 8th'
16. Principal 4 ′
17th Wooden flute 4 ′
18th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th octave 2 ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Sif flute 1'
22nd Scharff V 1'
23. Dulcian 16 ′
24. Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
25th Principal bass 16 ′
26th Sub bass 16 ′
27. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
28. Octave bass 8th'
29 Gemshorn 8th'
30th Wood octave 4 ′
31. Backset V 4 ′
32. trombone 16 ′
33. bassoon 8th'
34. Clarine 4 ′
Tremulant

Jackdaws in the tower

With the “Nestgucker” project, the MDR brought a German premiere to television and the Internet. Since April 2005 there have been insights into the life of a jackdaw family on the Internet around the clock , which nested at a height of 46 m at the Maria-und-Martha-Kirche. The long-term observation was regularly reported in SachsenSpiegel. Ornithologists expect new insights into the behavior of the animals from the evaluation of the over 200 recording cassettes.

literature

  • Silke Kosbab, Kai Wenzel: Bautzen's missing churches. Lusatia-Verlag, Bautzen 2008, ISBN 978-3-936758-48-1 , pages 118-147.
  • Claudia Scharschmidt: Churches between Königsbrück and Weißenberg. Lusatia-Verlag, Bautzen 2011, ISBN 978-3-936758-75-7 , pages 20-21.

Web links

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