Rheingau Cathedral

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The neo-Gothic west towers of the Rheingau Cathedral by Philipp Hoffmann
South view

Rheingau Cathedral is the name of the Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz in Geisenheim in the Rheingau (Bischof-Blum-Platz 1, 65366 Geisenheim).

history

The late Gothic hall church was largely built between 1510 and 1518, under the Mainz cathedral master builder Johann von Hattstein , as a successor to a Romanesque church first mentioned in 1146 . After the west towers from the Romanesque era were demolished in 1829 due to disrepair, the builder Philipp Hoffmann, who was born in Geisenheim, carried out a neo-Gothic renovation from 1834 to 1838. In addition to the new construction of the now 46-meter-high towers, the arching of the nave was changed. The building was named cathedral due to its size and importance compared to other churches in the region. It was never the seat of a bishop . Since 2015, the Rheingau Cathedral has been the parish church of the newly founded Heilig-Kreuz-Rheingau parish, a so-called parish of a new type. In addition to Geisenheim, it includes the following local churches with their respective church locations:

Furnishing

The reticulated vault of the choir and the so-called three king altar are still preserved from the late Gothic period . In 1886 the neo-Gothic high altar was added.

organ

The organ was built in 1842 by the Stumm brothers . The instrument has 33 stops on two manuals and a pedal . As part of a fundamental restoration, modifications were reversed and the organ returned to its original state. Many of Stumm's stops have been preserved in their original form.

I substation C – g 3
1. Principal 8th' (S)
2. Bourdon (bass) 8th' (S)
3. Flautraver (treble) 8th'
4th Octav 4 ′ (S)
5. Bourdon (treble) 8th' (S)
6th Spitzfloet 4 ′ (S)
7th Gamb 4 ′
8th. Quint 3 ′
9. Reed flute 4 ′ (S)
10. Octav 2 ′
11. Mixture III
12. Krummhorn 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
13. Principal 16 ′ (S)
14th Principal 8th' (S)
15th Cornet V (treble) (S)
16. Dumped 8th' (S)
17th Solicional 8th'
18th Viola de gamba 8th' (S)
19th Octav 4 ′ (S)
20th Quintatoene 8th' (S)
21st Solicional 4 ′ (S)
22nd Quint 3 ′ (S)
23. Slack 4 ′ (S)
24. Super octave 2 ′ (S)
25th Mixture IV (S)
26th Trumpet (bass) 8th'
27. Trumpet (treble) 8th'
Pedal C – c 1
28. Sub-bass 16 ′ (S)
29 Violon 16 ′ (S)
30th Octave bass 8th' (S)
31. Violoncello 8th' (S)
32. Octav 4 ′ (S)
33. Trombone bass 16 ′
  • Remarks
(S) = Originally preserved register from Stumm

Bells

The four-part ringing of the “Rheingau Cathedral” consists of three historical and one modern bells. They hang in the wooden bell chairs of the two towers, on wooden yokes that were renewed in 2011.

No.
  		Surname
  		Mass (kg) Ø
(mm) 		Strike tone
(16th note) 		Casting year
  		Bell caster
  		Location
 
1 Christ approx. 2500 1570 cis 1 -9 1401 unknown North tower
2 St. Martin approx. 1300 1300 d 1 -11 1631 Thomas Simon from Mainz South tower
3 St. Joseph 1231 1230 e 1 -8 1960 Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling North tower
4th Sta. Maria about 800 1080 f 1 +2 1484 Heinrich Moller / Frankfurt South tower

Graves

Friedrich von Stockheim (1462–1528) and his wife are buried in the Rheingau Cathedral .

More pictures

  • The choir

  • The longhouse

  • The nave seen from the choir

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adam Gottron : Hattstein, Johann von in: Neue Deutsche Biographie , Volume 8, 1969, p. 61, online view
  2. ↑ www.schau-mal-einer-an.com ( Memento from November 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Baedeker Wiesbaden Rheingau, 2001, ISBN 3-87954-076-4 , p. 115.
  4. ↑ https://heilig-kreuz-rheingau.de/beitrag/die-13-kirchorte-der-pfarrei-heilig-kreuz-rheingau/
  5. ↑ More information on the historic Stumm organ ( Memento from February 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ [1] Geisenheim [D] - Parish Church of the Holy Cross - special bells (tower mount) - description

See also

Web links

Commons : Rheingauer Dom Hl. Kreuz (Geisenheim)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '57.7 "  N , 7 ° 58' 2.6"  E