Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Breda)

The Grote Kerk in Breda

Aisle

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk ( German Church of Our Lady ), also Grote Kerk , is a Protestant church in the Dutch city of Breda , where it is the most important monument. The basilica made of tuff stone with ornaments made of ashlar is an important example of the Brabant Gothic .

history

A stone church in Breda is mentioned for the first time in 1269 and was elevated to a collegiate church in 1303. In 1410 construction work began on today's church. The new building started in the east. In 1468 the transept was completed. After the old tower collapsed in 1457, the current tower was built between 1468 and 1509. The side chapels of the nave were built by 1526, and the ambulatory was built from 1526 to 1536. In 1547 the construction work was completed. After the iconoclasm had already taken place in 1566 - today there is almost nothing left of the original furnishings - Protestants and Catholics alternated several times in the use of the church. In 1637 it finally passed to the Reformed in the course of the Reformation . The pen was abolished in 1648. After the fire of the spire in 1694, the tower received a Baroque crown in 1702; today it is 97 meters high. The church has been thoroughly restored since 1843. The last major renovation took place from 1993 to 1998.

Today the church belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and is only occasionally used for worship purposes, but at the same time serves other purposes, including as a restaurant.

Ancestors of the Dutch royal family (from the Nassau- Breda house) are buried in the Prince's Chapel.

Furnishing

The furnishings that have been preserved in spite of the destruction and looting include the grave monument Engelbert (Engelbrecht) I of Nassau , the grave chapel ( Prinsenkapel ) of the Nassau dynasty (1530–34), the epitaph of the bailiff Dirk van Assendelft (1555), the heavily damaged grave of the couple van Renesse (1538), a baptismal font in brass (1540) and a big Christopher - fresco , the (1500), Hieronymus Bosch is attributed.

organ

View of the great organ

The organ goes back to an instrument from 1534, which has been changed and rebuilt several times over the years. The current condition (four manuals and pedal ) goes back to an extensive restoration by the organ building company Flentrop (Zaandam) in 1938.

I Hoofdwerk C – g ³
1.	Prestant	16 ′
2.	Prestant	8th'
3.	Roerfluit	8th'
4th	Octaaf	4 ′
5.	Quintads	4 ′
6th	Quint	3 ′
7th	Octaaf	2 ′
8th.	Mixture IV-V
9.	Scherp III-IV
10.	Cornet V
11.	Trumpet	16 ′
12.	Trumpet	8th'

II Rugwerk C – g ³
13.	Prestant	8th'
14th	Holpijp	8th'
15th	Octaaf	4 ′
16.	Fluit	4 ′
17th	Octaaf	2 ′
18th	Quint	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
19th	Mixture IV
20th	Sexquialter II
21st	Dulciaan	8th'
	Tremulant

III Bovenwerk C – g ³
22nd	Gedekt	16 ′
23.	Prestant	8th'
24.	Holpijp	8th'
25th	viola	8th'
26th	Octaaf	4 ′
27.	Open fluit	4 ′
28.	Nasard	3 ′
29	Fluit	2 ′
30th	Terts	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
31.	Flageolet	1'
32.	Mixture IV
33.	shawm	8th'
34.	Hobo	8th'

IV Brushwork C – g ³
35.	Gedekt	8th'
36.	Quintads	8th'
37.	Prestant	4 ′
38.	Roerfluit	4 ′
39.	Gemshoorn	2 ′
40.	Quint	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
41.	Cornet V
42.	Vox Humana (B / D)	8th'
	Tremulant
	Klokkenspel
	Cimbelstern

Pedal C – f ¹
43.	Prestant	16 ′
44.	Subbas	16 ′
45.	Octaaf	8th'
46.	Gedekt	8th'
47.	Roerquint	6 ′
48.	Octaaf	4 ′
49.	Night horn	2 ′
50.	Mixture V
51.	Bazuin	16 ′
52.	Trumpet	8th'
53.	Clear	4 ′

Individual evidence

↑ More information about the organ (Dutch)

Web links

Commons : Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk Breda - Collection of images

Official website (Dutch)

51.588888888889 4.7752777777778Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ N , 4 ° 46 ′ 31 ″ E

[1] More information about the organ (Dutch)