Nikolauskirche (Scheer)

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Parish Church of St. Nikolaus in Scheer
View through the nave

The parish church of St. Nikolaus is a Catholic church building in the town of Scheer in the Sigmaringen district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The church with a Gothic cross was built in the 14th century on one of the last limestone cliffs of the White Jura before the Danube leaves the Swabian Alb in a wide loop . In the 18th century she was given a rococo dress .

Furnishing

The church owns important art treasures, such as the bust reliquary of Saint Wunibald and a sandstone epitaph. Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer created the stucco decorations and the frescoes were painted by Joseph Esperlin (1707–1775). A restored diorama on the outer wall shows the praying Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, in the background the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In 2009 the ringing in the tower with its six bells was renewed.

  • Frescoes by Joseph Esperlin

  • The baroque town church of St. Nikolaus in Scheer

View of the west portal with the organ stage

Organ builder Tilman Trefz is currently building a new organ for the church. The instrument will have 26 stops on two manual works and pedal work.

I main work C – f 3
1. Copel 16 '
2. Principal 8th'
3. Covered 8th'
4th Viola di gamba 00 8th'
5. Flauttravers 8th'
6th Octav 4 '
7th Idleness 4 '
8th. Nazard 3 '
9. Super octave 2 '
10. Sesquialtera II
11. Mixture V
12. Trumpets 8th'
II Echo positive C – f 3
13. Drone 8th'
14th Dulciana 8th'
15th Bifara 8th'
16. Quintadena 8th'
17th Octav douce 4 '
18th Peak lull 4 '
19th Flagiolet 2 '
20th Cornett II-III 00
21st Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – d 1
22nd Sub-bass 16 '
23. Octave bass 8th'
24. Slack douce 00 8th'
25th trombone 16 '
26th Trumpets 8th'

Eduard Mörike

The poem “Josephine” by Eduard Mörike is said to have its origin here.

The high mass was. The morning sun view
Glomm wonderfully in the sweet incense;
The priest was silent; now the music roared
From the choir down to the depths of the community.
A sun-drunk Aar falls like this
From heaven with glorious plumage,
Thus Jehovah's cloak leaves invisible
Storming down from the clouds.
In between I hear a voice blowing
Which gently interrupted the storm of the choirs;
She huddled with sisterly supplication
Following the sweetly related tone of the flute.
Who is it that sends these heavenly sounds?
The girl there who looks so humble.
I hurry gently to the gallery;
My heart is pounding, but I step behind her.
Here I can then in innocent pleasure
Touch her festive dress with a soft hand,
I could still, unconscious of you,
Feel the close movement of her being.

Mörike: Poems (edition 1867).

literature

  • Otto Beck: Parish Church of St. Nikolaus Scheer / Danube. Kunstverlag Joseph Fink, Lindenberg 1997, ISBN 3-931820-51-3 . (not evaluated)

Web links

Commons : Parish Church of St. Nikolaus (Scheer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on the organ builder's website (accessed on July 25, 2018)

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 24 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 34 ″  E