Neuwerkskirche (Erfurt)

The Neuwerk Church

Sanctuary

Organ prospectus

Ceiling painting

The Neuwerkskirche (also called Cruciskirche ) is a church on the edge of the old town of Erfurt . Today it is a branch church of the Catholic parish of the Wigbertikirche .

history

The Neuwerk Church was first mentioned in a document in 1168. The church with the patronage of the Holy Cross ( lat. Sanctae crucis , hence Cruciskirche ) belonged to the monastery of the Augustinians , the Neuwerk monastery . From 1285 it was used as a parish church. In 1466, today's church was built in late Gothic forms, which were then redesigned in Baroque style between 1731 and 1735. In 1982 the community was merged with the Wigbertigemeinde.

organ

The organ of the Cruciskirche was built between 1732 and 1737 by the organ builder Franciscus Volckland from Erfurt. The purely mechanical instrument has 28 registers on two manuals and a pedal . It was restored and partially reconstructed from 2000–2003 by the organ builder Alexander Schuke (Potsdam).

I main work CD – c 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Quintatön 16 ′ 3. Viola di gamba 8th' 4th Gemshorn 8th' 5. Drone 8th' 6th Traversière 8th' 7th Octave 4 ′ 8th. Fifth 3 ′ 9. Sesquialtera 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 10. Octave 2 ′ 11. Mixture IV 12. Cymbel IV 13. Vox humana 8th' Tremulant Carillon

II breastwork CD – c 3 14th Principal 4 ′ 15th Quintatön 8th' 16. Dumped 8th' 17th Slack douce 8th' 18th Night horn 4 ′ 19th Fifth 3 ′ 20th Octave 2 ′ 21st third 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 22nd Mixture IV

Pedal CD – c 1 23. Principal 16 ′ 24. Violone 16 ′ 25th Sub bass 16 ′ 26th octave 8th' 27. Octave 4 ′ 28. trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : Manual sliding coupler II / I, I / P

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More details on the history of the Volckland organ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Neuwerkskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the parish
• The Neuwerkskirche at erfurt-web.de ( Memento from February 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 30.1 ″  E