Martin Luther Church (Dresden)

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Martin Luther Church
Interior of the church with a view of the apse

The Martin Luther Church in Dresden Neustadt is a church built in the late 19th century. It stands on Martin-Luther-Platz, which was built in 1879, amid numerous Wilhelminian-style houses .

description

The sandstone building was built by Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner between 1883 and 1887. The architecture corresponds to the stylistic devices of historicism , with neo-Romanesque style elements such as the round arch being combined with neo-Gothic proportions such as the spire of the west tower. The church is 54 meters long, 27 meters wide and has a tower height of 81 meters. In 2016 the tower was completely renovated for around € 1.7 million; the work was completed in June 2017.

The neo-Romanesque interior is divided into three naves with around 1400 seats and has an adjoining choir . The transept with two large round windows at the sides dominates. The west tower has a neo-Gothic tower end. Since the church was only slightly damaged in World War II , the interior has largely been preserved. The lead glass windows were designed and executed by Anton Dietrich and Bruno Carl Urban , among others .

The tower clock of the Martin Luther Church was commissioned from the tower clock factory Bernhard Zachariä in 1886 .

The parish of the Martin Luther Church was formed in 1887 from the too large Dreikönigskirchgemeinde and has been united with this and two other parishes in the parish of Dresden-Neustadt since 1999 .

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1887 by the organ builder Carl Eduard Jehmlich . The mechanical slider chests -instrument initially had 33 registers on two manuals and pedal. In 1902 the swell mechanism was added behind the upper work ( cone door , pneumatic action). In 1937 the organ was equipped with electric action and expanded again, whereby the original prospectus was replaced by a free pipe prospectus. Today the instrument has 60 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The actions are electric. Today it is equipped with a 30,000-fold setter system and a crescendo roller.

I main work C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Viola di gamba 8th'
4th Gemshorn 8th'
5. Reed flute 8th'
6th octave 4 ′
7th Pointed flute 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 ⁄ 2 ′
9. octave 2 ′
10. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
11. Mixture IV 2 ′
12. Cymbel III 1'
13. bassoon 16 ′
14th Trumpet 8th'
15th Bright trumpet 4 ′
II Oberwerk C – a 3
16. Quintatön 16 ′
17th Principal 8th'
18th Quintatön 8th'
19th Dumped 8th'
20th octave 4 ′
21st Reed flute 4 ′
22nd Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Oktavlein 2 ′
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
25th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Sif flute 1'
27. Sharp IV 1'
28. Vox humana 8th'
29 Harpsichord shelf 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
30th Dumped 16 ′
31. Violin principal 8th'
32. Dumped 8th'
33. Salicional 8th'
34. Double flute 8th'
35. octave 4 ′
36. Hollow flute 4 ′
37. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
38. octave 2 ′
39. Forest flute 2 ′
40. Overtone III
41. Mixture IV-V
42. Dulcian 16 ′
43. oboe 8th'
44. Schalmey 4th
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
45. Principal bass 16 ′
46. Sub bass 16 ′
47. Subtle bass 16 ′
48. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
49. Octave bass 8th'
50. Violin principal 8th'
51. cello 8th'
52. Flute bass 8th'
53. Octave bass 4 ′
54. Tube bare 4 ′
55. Night horn 2 ′
56. Bass aliquots III
57. trombone 16 ′
58. Trumpet 8th'
59. Clarine 4 ′
60. Singing Cornett 2 ′
Tremulant
  • Coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P; II / II and III / III as sub- and super-octave couplings

Bells

After the First World War , the congregation managed in 1920 by the bell foundry brothers Ulrich , a three-part B major bells with the beat tones hour dis'-fis' on.

Because of the decree on the obligation to deliver bronze bells according to the order for the implementation of the four-year plan for the collection of non-ferrous metals in the Second World War , the large h and medium-sized dis' bells had to leave the tower to secure the metal reserves. They did not return after the end of the war; they had most likely been melted down.

With the remaining bronze f sharp bells, the two chilled cast iron bells procured as replacements from the Schilling & Lattermann foundry with the striking tones d ′ and a ′ form a D major triad d′ – f sharp ′ – a ′. All three ring cranked steel yokes in a steel bell cage .

literature

  • Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden - history of its buildings . EASeemann, Leipzig 1981, ISBN 3-363-00007-3 .
  • Festschrift on the occasion of the 100 anniversary of the parish fair in 1987 published by the parish council of the Martin Luther parish in Dresden-Neustadt

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After the renovation of the tower of the Martin Luther Church, it will open again on Friday. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tower renovation on sz.-online.de, accessed on November 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Löffler, p. 353, p. 371 image number 466 (Martin Luther Church, E. Giese and P. Wiedner, 1883 to 1887)
  4. ^ Watch Wiki: Martin Luther Church Dresden-Neustadt
  5. ↑ Order for the implementation of the four-year plan on the collection of non-ferrous metals. From March 15, 1940. In: Reichsgesetzblatt , Volume 1940, Part I, No. 48, p. 510.
  6. ^ Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony. Sound between heaven and earth. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, 2011, p. 288.

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 51.8 "  N , 13 ° 45 ′ 25.4"  E