St. Marien (Haldensleben)
The St. Marien Church is a Protestant church in Haldensleben . It is located on Marienkirchplatz, which is only separated from the neighboring market square by the town hall complex .
history
It was built on the foundations of older church buildings. Even before the city of Haldensleben was destroyed by troops from Archbishop Wichmann of Magdeburg in 1181 , there was a church here. This was also destroyed in 1181. Together with the reconstruction of the city, a new church was built from 1223. From 1375 the construction of a three-aisled church in the Gothic style began. In a city fire in 1661, however, this structure was also largely destroyed. The reconstruction was completed in 1675. The church had two towers and otherwise largely corresponded to the current shape.
After the southern tower collapsed, the northern tower was also demolished in 1808. From 1812 a new tower was built according to plans by the district master builder Friedericus Germanus Weishaupt . The tower of St. Mary's Church in Berlin is said to have served as a model for the tower dome .
Furnishing
The early Gothic sacristy with a crucifixion relief from 1400 is remarkable . In the southern wall of the church are the tombstones of the well-known Haldensleber mayors Joachim and Sebastian Alstein . In the church there is also a pulpit and an altar in the Baroque style .
The furnishings include two goblets from the 13th century, and the associated godparents have also been preserved.
The church is now surrounded by a small green area that used to be the churchyard . On the northeast side of the church there is a linden tree that was planted at the end of the Thirty Years War .
organ
The first evidence of an organ in St. Mary's Church dates from the end of the 17th century. The instrument of that time was on the upper west choir gallery. At the end of the 18th century it was replaced by a larger instrument, which was placed on the lower west choir gallery. For reasons of space, the upper gallery was removed beforehand. The new instrument was built between 1791 and 1793 based on a design by organ builder Christoph Trautmann. This instrument was replaced in the 1870s. The new instrument was designed in the years 1873 to 1875 by the organ builder Carl Böttcher ( Magdeburg ). While the organ was being built, the Böttcher company went bankrupt. Between 1877 and 1878, master organ builder August Troch ( Neuhaldensleben ) completed the instrument. The neo-Gothic organ prospect and the case were designed and built by the organ building workshop Wilhelm Sauer ( Frankfurt (Oder) ). The organ was inaugurated on September 29, 1878.
In 1936 the instrument was fundamentally rebuilt by the organ building company Eduard Cover ( Halberstadt ): The slider drawer technology was replaced by pocket drawers, the mechanical action was replaced by pneumatic action; in addition, the disposition was changed. Over the years the condition of the instrument deteriorated to such an extent that in 1988 it was decided to build a new technical facility. In 1991 these plans were revised and the organ building company Schuke (Potsdam) only commissioned repairs, which, however, were not sufficient to keep the instrument permanently in a playable condition. In 2011 a new technical building was therefore decided. The instrument has 42 registers on three manual works and a pedal .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Marie Luise Harksen, Die Kunstdenkmale des Kreis Haldensleben, Leipzig 1961, p. 347f.
- ↑ Ibid. P. 354.
- ↑ More information on the history of the organs in St. Marien
- ↑ To the disposition
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 27 " N , 11 ° 24 ′ 47.3" E