Michaelskirche (Waiblingen)

View of Michaelskirche from the south

General view of the church from the Waiblingen town hall from the north-west

The Gothic Protestant Michaelskirche (formerly also called the Great or Outer Church ) in Waiblingen is the largest Protestant church in the city. The name Michaelskirche has been in use since around 1950. The much smaller nunnery is located in the immediate vicinity .

history

The construction of today's church building was probably started around 1440 by Hans von Landau . An exact date of the start of construction cannot be given. The choir was completed around 1449/50. After that there was an interruption due to the war (city war between Count Ulrich V of Württemberg and the Free Imperial City of Esslingen). The tower was built around 1462. In the 1470s and -80s the three-aisled nave was built after another interruption. The dates 1487, 1488 and 149 (0) are given in its vaults. Presumably this year the church was completed by Peter von Lahn .

In 1990, for the 500th anniversary of the church, renovation of the exterior of the nave and the church tower began. This work was completed in 2000.

Previous buildings

In the years 1866, 1910, 1938 and 1978, remnants of a total of three previous churches were found during renovation work going back to the 7th century.

Steeple

The distinctive church tower built around 1462 with a total height of 52 meters is characteristic. While the lower part has a square cross-section, the bell chamber is octagonal.

organ

View of the organ

Today's organ goes back to an instrument by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker , which he built for the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia with the hope of being able to sell it in America right away. This hope was not fulfilled, and so he had to bring the organ back to Germany and sell it cheaply. The Waiblingen parish took advantage of this offer, and so the organ was transferred to Waiblingen. In 1971 the company Weigle , Leinfelden-Echterdingen , replaced the interior work, including the historical prospectus (51 stops , three manuals and pedal ). In 2009 the organ was rebuilt by Orgelbau Mühleisen and the disposition was expanded to 55 registers. The neo-Gothic organ case from 1876 with pointed arches, quatrefoils , finials and pinnacles was preserved. In front of the side panels of the swell and the small pedal, a simple side brochure for the new Violon 16 'register was placed. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 Quintad 16 ′ Principal 8th' Pointed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Hollow flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ Big mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Small mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Cornett III-V Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

II upper structure C – g 3 Suavial 8th' Covered 8th' Quintad 8th' Principal 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ recorder 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Pointed fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp IV – V 1' Cromorne 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – g 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Flûte majeure 8th' Salicional 8th' Voix céleste 8th' Octave 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Forest flute 2 ′ Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ Sif flute 1' Fittings V-VI 2 ′ Hautbois 8th' Bombard 16 ′ Trumpet harm. 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedals C – f 1 Principal bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Subtle bass 16 ′ Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavbass 8th' Violon 8th' Gemsbass 8th' Octave 4 ′ Basszink IV 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Back set IV 4 ′ Trumpet 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clarine 4 ′ Tremulant

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, III / I 16 ′, II / III (sic!), III / II 16 ′, III / III 16 ′, III / III 4 ′, I / P, II / P, III / P, III / P 4 ′
• Secondary register: Zimbelstern
• Playing aids : setter system
• Electric game and stop mechanism, the console is set up on the side of the gallery

Bells

5 bells with the following denominations hang in the tower:

No.	Surname	image	Casting year	Foundry, casting location	Diameter (mm)	Weight (kg)	Chime	inscription	annotation
1	Big bell		1895	Heinrich Kurtz, Stuttgart		1350	cis 1	Glory to God in the highest	originally nominal d 1 , reworked in 1952. Donated in 1895 by wealthy citizens of Waiblingen
2	Prayer bell		1950	Bachert brothers , Bad Friedrichshall- Kochendorf			e 1	From below, Lord, I call to you
3	Drawing bell		1950	Bachert brothers, Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf			f sharp 1	O land, land, hear the word of the Lord
4th	Fallen Bell		1950	Bachert brothers, Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf			a 1	I am the resurrection and the life
5	Baptismal bell		1677	Timotheus Hartz, Heidelberg		260	h 1		Until about 1950 on the tower of the Nikolauskirche

Bibliography

• Evangelical parish Waiblingen: half a millennium Michaelskirche in Waiblingen, 1490 - 1990 , 1991

photos

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  The mighty church tower above the roofs of Waiblingen's old town

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  Church tower, view from the northwest

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  inside view

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  Partial view of the bells in St. Michael's Church

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  Another partial view of the peal (5 bells in total)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comprehensive information on the renovation of the organ ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the organ builder's website, accessed January 3, 2017. 
2. ↑ For disposition ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 3, 2017. 

Web links

Commons : Michaelskirche, Waiblingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about Michaelskirche on the website of the Protestant parish Waiblingen
• (Partial) bells of Michaelskirche can be downloaded from the website of the Heimatverein

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '49.3 "  N , 9 ° 19' 2.6"  E