Neander Church (Düsseldorf)

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Tower facade to Bolkerstrasse

The Neanderkirche is a Protestant church on Bolkerstraße in Düsseldorf's old town .

history

After the beginning of the Counter Reformation in Düsseldorf, the activities of the Reformed and Evangelical Church in Düsseldorf were tolerated from 1609 to 1614. In 1610, a preaching house was therefore built on what would later be the property of the Neander Church. With the end of the tolerance, this house had to be closed in 1614. It was not until the second half of the 17th century that Protestant Christians were allowed to build church buildings again in the old town. The Neander Church was built by the Reformed Congregation almost at the same time as the Lutheran Berger Church . After the laying of the foundation stone in 1683, the church was built according to the design and under the construction supervision of Michael Cagnon until 1687. The church was consecrated as early as 1684. It was named after Joachim Neander in 1916.

The Neander Church comes from the early Baroque , but has a simpler design than was common in the Baroque. Due to the predominant Roman Catholic faith in the Duchy of Berg , to which the sovereign from the Palatinate-Neuburg family adhered, and due to the reservations against Protestants resulting from the Counter-Reformation , Protestant churches were only tolerated as relatively reserved church buildings. Therefore, the Neander Church was only allowed to be built as a so-called backyard church, i.e. in the inner courtyard of a block perimeter and thus not directly on a public traffic area.

During the Second World War, the houses in front of Bolkerstraße were destroyed and not rebuilt, so that the church is visible from this side today. The churchyard that was built on the site of the destroyed houses is occasionally used as a beer garden by the brewery opposite to the key . In addition to access from Bolkerstraße, there is a passage to Andreasstraße next to the traditional restaurant Benders Marie .

Ecclesiastically it belongs to the Evangelical Church Community in Düsseldorf-Mitte.

  • Neander Church at night

  • Church interior with pulpit (right) and galleries on the east and south walls

  • baroque clock in the interior

organ

Modern organ prospect

The organ of the Neanderkirche was built in 1965 by the organ building company Rieger (Schwarzach, Austria) under the direction of Josef von Glatter-Goetz according to a layout draft by Gerhard Schwarz and Hubert Meyers. The instrument has mechanical playing and stop actions . It serves in particular as a concert instrument.

I Rückpositiv C – c 4
Hollow flute 8th'
Pipe pommer 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Third septa 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Gem quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Scharff IV
Wooden shelf 16 ′
Wooden dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
II main work C – c 4
Gemshorn 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Coupling flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Pointed Octave 2 ′
Mixture VI 2 ′
Colored cymbals 1 ⁄ 2 ′
Cornett V 8th'
Chamade 8th'
musette 8th'
Clairon (Cham) 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C – c 4
Principal 8th'
Flute 8th'
Beat 8th'
Violin octave 4 ′
Pointed 4 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Q. de Nazard 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Octave 1'
Mixture IV-VII 2 ′
Trumpet 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 8th'
Pipe whistle 8th'
Sesquialter 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 4 ′
Back set 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Bombard 16 ′
Sordun 8th'
Chamade 8th'
Chamade 4 ′
Tremulant

Web links

Commons : Neanderkirche (Düsseldorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Theo Lücker: Stones speak. Small signpost through Düsseldorf's old town . Verlag T. Ewers, Düsseldorf 1977, pp. 80-81 [No. 39 The Neander Church].
  • Gisela Vollmer: The Neander Church in Düsseldorf. Contributions to building history. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch No. 49, 1959, pp. 176–185.
  • Ingo Beucker: The Neander Church in Düsseldorf. Restoration and incorporation into the cityscape from 1957 to 1959. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch No. 49, 1959, pp. 185–195.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In: Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf , Geschichtendatei, Volume Q – S, p. 156.
  2. ↑ In 57th Neander Church. Construction and repair, vol. 1, file number 57-2,1 : “New building 1678-1685, battle for building permit 1678, design and construction management: engineer and architect Cagnon, invoices for building materials, invoice from engineer Joh. Spilberg for production of demolitions and 10-month construction supervision 1685. "P. 99 ( archiv-ekir.de )
  3. ^ Neander Church (Düsseldorf). In: Structurae
  4. ↑ Ernst von Schaumburg , in: Historical walk through Düsseldorf , lecture of April 5, 1866, p. [55] 57. Digitized edition of the ULB Düsseldorf
  5. ↑ Duesseldorf-Altstadt.de
  6. ↑ Duesseldorf-Altstadt.de
  7. ^ City of Düsseldorf
  8. ↑ More about the large organ of the Neander Church

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '36.1 "  N , 6 ° 46' 28.2"  E