Peterskirche (Leipzig)
The Peterskirche is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the southern center of Leipzig on today's Gaudigplatz . Due to the fact that the church no longer has fixed seating, the nave offers a flexible event space which, in addition to church services, is also used for a variety of concerts, theater performances, exhibitions and conferences. So find u. a. Events of the Leipzig Wave-Gotik-Treffen take place in the church.
Building history (1876–1886)
Due to the strong growth in the number of members of the Petersgemeinde, the church council decided in 1876, chaired by pastor and theology professor Gustav Adolf Fricke , to build a new church. The parish acquired a suitable area by exchanging the area of the old St. Peter's Church for the former Schletterplatz south of the city center. After an architecture competition was announced in the entire German-speaking region in 1877 and the 80 designs received were examined, the architects August Hartel and Constantin Lipsius were engaged to create and implement a joint design based on their two proposed building plans. The laying of the foundation stone for the new St. Peter's Church was celebrated on September 17, 1882, but construction work had already started in March. The neo-Gothic building has 88.5 meters until now the highest spire in the city and was ordained on 27 December 1885th At this point, however, not all construction work had been completed. The painting of the church and the fitting of the stained glass windows were not completed until 1886.
Development (1886–2009)
At the beginning of the 20th century, the originally existing gas lighting in the church was replaced by powerful electric chandeliers, which in turn gave way to new ceiling lights in 1965. On December 4, 1943, the church suffered considerable damage in an air raid on Leipzig . a. concerned the main roof, the chapels, the windows and also partly the interior. The large organ made by Wilhelm Sauer in 1885 was lost. The roof structure and the vault were provisionally secured in 1948/49. The church had no main roof for about ten years before it was rebuilt from 1954 with Swedish help. The plan to erect the Sauer organ was finally given up in 1957. In the following years there was further destruction due to theft, vandalism and weather-related stone breakdown. In 1978 the parish decided to remove the stalls from the church.
After the political change , the clearing and gradual repair of the church began in 1992. Since then, the roof, large parts of the sandstone facade and the entire baptistery have been renovated. The bell tower was removed from 2005 to 2009 due to the heavily weathered sandstone up to the level of the clock face and rebuilt with a combination of old material (outside) and new sandstone (inside / load-bearing parts). In addition, the inside of the point was secured with several ring anchors and steel struts. In a second construction phase within these five years, the tower shaft, i.e. the lower part of the tower, was also renovated. The thorough renovation of all outer areas of St. Peter's Church was completed in July 2014.
Noteworthy is the restored figural cycle of colored glass paintings in the church, which is unique in Saxony.
Organs
Until 1943, the Peterskirche had a large organ made by the organ building company Wilhelm Sauer (Frankfurt / Oder). This instrument was built in 1885 and had 60 registers .
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- Coupling : manual coupling, pedal coupling, general coupling
The instrument has been exposed to the elements since the bombing in 1943. In 1958 the pipes were partly melted down and partly reused in other instruments. Only the prospectus remains . Since 1995 there have been plans to build a large organ based on the model of Aristide Cavaillé-Colls . The execution of this project will only be possible after the restoration of the interior of the church is complete.
A small organ built by Johannes Jahn (Dresden) around 1900 is currently in use.
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Bells
There are four bronze bells in the 88 meter high tower . They weigh 1,568, 1,304, 781 and 339 kilograms and come from GA Jauck's bell foundry in Leipzig and are tuned to the A major chord.
Pastors (since 1876)
| Surname | Life dates | at the Peterskirche | Parish office (noun) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gustav Adolf Fricke | 1822-1908 | 1876-1887 | I. |
| Ernst Bruno Hartung | 1846-1919 | 1876-1916 | II, I |
| Emil Joseph Krömer | 1845-1921 | 1876-1884 | III |
| Arthur Thilo Schuch | 1858-1925 | 1881-1883 | IV |
| Friedrich Johann Karl Oskar Sell | 1857-1923 | 1885-1911 | IV, III, II |
| Alexis Schumann | 1849-1931 | 1887-1890 | III, II |
| Paul Martin Thieme | 1854-1904 | 1887-1904 | IV, III |
| Paul Johannes Eckardt | 1861-1920 | 1890-1920 | IV, III, II |
| Ewald Paul Scherffig | 1866-1947 | 1904-1915 | IV, III |
| Johannes Ernst Rietschel | 1872-1960 | 1912-1928 | IV, III, II |
| Curt Dehne | 1882–? | 1915-1917 | IV |
| Walther Ludwig Zenker | 1864-1932 | 1916-1932 | I. |
| Adolf Paul Wunsch | 1874–? | 1917-1925 | IV, III |
| Paul Wilhelm Julius Fiebig | 1876-1949 | 1918-1946 | V, IV, III |
| Hermann Theodor Walter Kötzschke | 1873-1939 | 1920-1926 | V, IV |
| Karl Konrad Richter | 1886-1971 | 1926-1933 | V, IV |
| Johann Wilhelm Georg Walther | 1884-1984 | 1927-1947 | IV, II |
| Heinrich Otto Walther Lenz | 1892–? | 1929-1948 | IV, III |
| Heinrich Andreas Fröhlich | 1886-1971 | 1932-1945 | I. |
| Arnold Ludwig Christfried Meigen | 1889-1957 | 1934-1957 | V, II |
| Gothardt Albrecht Willibald Fehlberg | 1906-1974 | 1947-1954 | III |
| Hans Walter Friedrich | 1911-1991 | 1948-1956 | I. |
| Ernst Georg-Siegfried Schmutzler | 1915-2003 | 1954-1961 | III |
| Manfred Seumel | 1927–? | 1957-1972 | I. |
| Walter Krumnow | 1909-1993 | 1959-1970 | II |
| Christian Schreier | * 1938 | 1971-1980 | II, I |
| Johann-Georg Haeffner | * 1942 | 1973-2001 | II, I |
| Horst König | 1928-2014 | 1984-1993 | II |
| Johannes Toaspern | * 1955 | 2001–2012 | I. |
| Andreas Dohrn | since 2013 | I. | |
| Christiane Dohrn | since 2013 | I. |
Historical views
Peterskirche Leipzig, projected version from 1879
Peterskirche Leipzig, woodcut by P. Meurer, 1882
Peterskirche Leipzig, woodcut by Bruno Straßberger, 1885
Peterskirche Leipzig, choir part, zincography, 1889
Peterskirche Leipzig, cabinet photo , Römmler & Jonas , 1896
Peterskirche Leipzig, chromolithography by C. Schäffer, around 1898
Peterskirche Leipzig, lithograph of the Peterskirche Leipzig, Bruno Bürger & Ottilie, Leipzig, 1898
Peterskirche Leipzig, photography, Zedler and Vogel, Kunstanstalt Darmstadt, 1898
Peterskirche Leipzig, artist postcard by Michael Zeno Diemer, around 1905
Peterskirche Leipzig, picture postcard, around 1910
See also
literature
- Bruno Hartung : The old and the new Peterskirche in Leipzig. A memorandum. Published by Heinrich Matthes (Herm. Voigt), Leipzig. Printed by Bär & Hermann in Leipzig 1885. ( online )
- Association of Leipzig Architects and Engineers: The Peterskirche. In: Leipzig and its buildings. For the Xth hiking meeting of the Association of German Architects and Engineers in Leipzig from August 28 to 31, 1892. JM Gebhardt's Verlag (Leopold Gebhardt), Leipzig 1892. ( online )
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Peterskirche. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 17th booklet: City of Leipzig (Part I) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1895, p. 149.
- Ernst Bruno Hartung (author), clergy and church council of the Peterskirche Leipzig (ed.): For the 25th anniversary of the Peterskirche parish in Leipzig on the 1st Easter holiday in 1901. Printed by Bär & Hermann, Leipzig 1901.
- Paul Johannes Eckardt: 25 years of Christl. Association of young men (ev. Youth association) of the Petersgemeinde in Leipzig 1890–1915 at the same time gratefully donated a piece of the history of the Petersgemeinde itself to its church council. 1915.
- Johannes Ernst Rietschel: The Peterskirche in Leipzig. 8 intaglio images after photographs by Ernst Hugo Schulze, with a foreword by Pastor Lic. Rietschel. Leipzig, around 1927.
- Lic. Georg Walther: The Peterskirche in Leipzig. In: The beautiful German church. Verlag Kunst und Kirche, Berlin W 62, 1939.
- Association for the promotion of the construction and maintenance of the Peterskirchgebäudes eV: Peterskirche Leipzig. Information folder "Salvation of St. Peter's Church". Self-published, 2002.
- Hartmut Mai (author), parish council of the Peterskirche Leipzig (ed.): The Peterskirche in Leipzig. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, 1996/2. Edition 2007. ISBN 978-3-930076-33-8
- Church council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Petri, Leipzig (ed.): History in stories. 125 years Neue Peterskirche Leipzig self-published, 2010.
- State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony: 125 Years of the Peterskirche Leipzig Workbook 15 of the State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony , Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2010. ISBN 978-3-942422-19-2
- Uwe Schumacher: Cathedral builder August Hartel. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, 2011. ISBN 978-3-86729-085-2
- Jens Trombke: St. Petri Leipzig. On the history of the St. Peter's Church in Leipzig and its community. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, 2012. ISBN 978-3-86729-109-5
- Jens Trombke: "That the 'Black Peter' is a ruin ...". The drama of the rescue of the St. Peter's Church in Leipzig since it was bombed in World War II in 1943. In: Leipzig city history. Yearbook 2013. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, 2014. ISBN 978-3-86729-129-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ By resolution of the council meeting of May 18, 2011 (resolution no. RBV-822/11), official announcement: Leipzig Official Gazette no. 11 of June 4, 2011, in force since July 5, 2011 and August 5, 2011, renamed Gaudigplatz. See Leipzig Official Gazette No. 16 of September 10, 2011.
- ↑ The speeches and sermons the groundbreaking ceremony and inauguration in 1886 were as commemorative sheets issued Digitized output
- ↑ a b Hartmut Mai: The Peterskirche in Leipzig . Ed .: Parish council of the Peterskirche Leipzig. Sax-Verlag, Beucha 2007, ISBN 978-3-930076-33-8 .
- ↑ More details on the historic Sauer organ ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ To the Jahn organ
- ↑ Information text : The St. Peter's Church in Leipzig. In: https://www.peterskirche-leipzig.de , online portal. May 6, 2018, accessed May 13, 2018 .
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 49.7 " N , 12 ° 22 ′ 32.5" E