St. Martin (Worms)

St. Martin zu Worms

Westwork with portal

The churches of St. Martin and St. Lambertus, as they were before 1689; Drawing by Peter Hamann, 1692.

St. Martin is a Romanesque basilica in Worms .

Geographical location

St. Martin is located on Ludwigsplatz in the north of the old town of Worms.

history

The church is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours , who, as a Roman soldier in Worms in the 4th century, refused to do military service before a battle against the Teutons. According to legend, the church stands on the site of the dungeon into which Martin was thrown for conscientious objection. The oldest mention of the church is in a deed of donation from Emperor Otto III. preserved from the end of the 10th century. The church served as the collegiate church of the collegiate monastery of the same name . It was also an early burial place of the chamberlain from Worms and their most famous branch of the family, those from Dalberg , whose two city courtyards were in the immediate vicinity in the Kämmerergasse .

During the War of the Palatinate Succession, the church was badly damaged by the troops of King Louis XIV , and almost all of its furnishings were lost. The reconstruction was carried out in the Baroque style .

In 1802, the Martinsstift was dissolved with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the church building then continues to be used today as a Roman Catholic parish church .

Under the parish priest and honorary citizen of Worms Nikolaus Reuss (1809–1890), an interior and exterior renovation took place between 1872 and 1887. Medieval wall paintings were discovered inside and restored in the course of the measure. The baroque high altar was replaced by a new one in neo-Romanesque style. The interior design of the late 19th century was completed with a painting by Otto Linnemann , which is no longer available today.

During the air raids on Worms on October 4, 1943 and February 21, 1945 , the Martinskirche was again badly damaged. The reconstruction took place in 1946/47. In 1950 the late Gothic vestibule that connected Martinskirche and the originally neighboring Lampertikirche was demolished.

Building

building

The Ottonian building was rebuilt and vaulted in the late Romanesque style in the 13th century . The new consecration took place in 1265. The building was based on the model of the Worms Cathedral . It is a three-aisled basilica with nine bays . The church never had more than one tower. It is disputed whether a double tower facade was originally planned. St. Martin has three portals. The south portal to Ludwigsplatz and the north portal, which leads to the inner courtyard, where the cloister used to be, are late Romanesque, the west portal is early Gothic. Access is today via the north portal.

The exterior renovation of the Martinskirche is largely completed today. To finance them, a sponsorship association was founded in 2006.

Furnishing

Today's furnishings come mainly from the post-war period, the stained glass windows by Heinz Hindorf in 1967, an altar by Gustav Nonnenmacher in 1968 and the triumphal cross by Hans-Michael Kissel in 1969.

organ

A new organ was inaugurated in October 2012 . The instrument comes from the organ builder Martin Vier (Friesenheim). It is located on the west gallery in two housings , one on the south and north wall, so that the view of the west rose window remains unobstructed.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Bourdon 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Viola di gamba 8th' 4th Cornett V 8th' 5. Dumped 8th' 6th octave 4 ′ 7th Hollow flute 4 ′ 8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 9. Super octave 2 ′ 10. Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 11. Trumpet 8th'

II Swell C – g 3 12. Principal flute 8th' 13. Harp principal 8th' 14th Salicional 8th' 15th Vox coelestis 8th' 16. Transverse flute 4 ′ 17th Viola d'amore 4 ′ 18th recorder 2 ′ 19th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 20th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 21st oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 22nd Subbass (= No. 1) 16 ′ 23. Octave bass (= No. 2) 8th' 24. Cello (= No. 3) 8th' 25th Choral bass (= No. 6) 4 ′ 26th Flute bass (= No. 7) 4 ′ 27. Trumpet bass (= No. 11) 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

literature

• J. Kaiser: St. Martin Worms. Quick Art Guide No. 2407.
• Irene Spille: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate 10 = city of Worms. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1992, ISBN 978-3-88462-084-7

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Worms)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monasteries and monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate: Collegiate monastery St. Martin
• worms.de: St. Martin - The church and its patron
• Friends of St. Martin Worms

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St. Martin - The Church and its Patron> Stadt Worms. In: worms.de. Retrieved April 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Carl. JH Villinger: The chamberlain from Worms called von Dalberg and their relationship with Oppenheim . In: 1200 years of Oppenheim am Rhein. City of Oppenheim, Oppenheim 1965, pp. 55-68 (55).
3. ^ Fritz Reuter: St. Martin in Worms, 996/1996 (Festschrift for the 1000th anniversary) , Stadtarchiv Worms, 1996, p. 136
4. ^ Fritz Reuter: Der Wormsgau - S. Martin in Worms - Festschrift for the 1000-year anniversary . Stadtarchiv Worms, Worms 1996, p. 115 .
5. ↑ Spille, p. 62.
6. ↑ Spille, p. 64.
7. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder; see also (PDF; 170 kB)

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '59.5 "  N , 8 ° 21' 48.2"  E