St. Johannes Evangelist (Tübingen)

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West facade with entrance portal
Interior view with chancel and choir windows by Wilhelm Geyer

The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Tübingen was built from 1875 to 1878 by the court architect Joseph von Egle in neo -Gothic style.

Building history

Since the parish church at that time had become too small, a church building committee was founded in 1862. This commissioned the court architect Joseph von Egle in 1872. On November 28, 1878, Bishop Hefele consecrated the church in honor of the Evangelist John. Stylistically, the building is a typical representative of the neo-Gothic church architecture widespread at that time. The echoes of the medieval mendicant churches , especially the Dominican Church of St. Paul in Esslingen am Neckar, are striking .

After the Second World War , the dark interior and the neo-Gothic furnishings no longer corresponded to contemporary tastes and liturgical needs. Therefore, a concept for the renewal of the church was developed in 1959, which was implemented from 1961 to 1964. The full sculpture in the tympanum and the reliefs on the doors were designed by Toni Schneider-Manzell . The interior has been freed of ornamentation and brightened by coloring and higher choir windows. Wilhelm Geyer from Ulm designed the choir windows that contain scenes from the history of salvation .

Organs

The Rieger - Organ (1990)
Chest organ from Kopp-Orgelbau
Branmann organ

The first organ in the Johanneskirche was the work of the Ulm organ builder Heinrich Conrad Branmann . The instrument with two manuals and 25 registers was completed in 1880. The prospect whistles of this organ were expanded in the course of the First World War in 1917 as "war victims". In the 1920s, the instrument received an electric fan .

Späth organ

In 1962 the Branmann organ was replaced by a new instrument from the Späth brothers . The Späth organ had three manuals and 35 registers. The decision to replace this instrument was made back in the 1980s.

Rieger organ

On February 4, 1990, the new organ from Rieger Orgelbau , an instrument with 39 registers, divided into three manuals and pedal , was inaugurated. In 2011 the swell was re-voiced and a register (Bourdon 16 ′) was added, the trumpet 8 ′ (HW) and Hautbois 8 ′ (SW) registers were exchanged. The positive is also swellable. The disposition of the Rieger organ is as follows:

I main work C – a 3
1. Covered 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Flûte harmonique 8th'
4th Pointed flute 8th'
5. Octav 4 ′
6th Night horn 4 ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Positive C – a 3
10. Wood-covered 8th'
11. Principal 4 ′
12. Reed flute 4 ′
13. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Gemshorn 2 ′
15th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Scharff III 1'
17th Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
18a. Bourdon 16 ′
18th Coupling flute 8th'
19th Salicional 8th'
20th Vox coelestis 8th'
21st Principal 4 ′
22nd Transverse flute 4 ′
23. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
24. Hollow flute 2 ′
25th Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
26th Sifflet 1'
27. Plein Jeu V 2 ′
28. bassoon 16 ′
29 Trompette harmonique 8th'
30th Hautbois 8th'
31. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
32. Principal bass 16 ′
33. Sub-bass 16 ′
34. Octave bass 8th'
35. Covered bass 8th'
36. Chorale bass 4 ′
37. Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
38. trombone 16 ′
39. Bass trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
Kopp chest organ

Since 2012, the Johanneskirche has also had a modern chest organ from the workshop of the north German organ builder Jürgen Kopp . This instrument has 5 registers (Covered 8 ′, Principal 8 ′, Flute 4 ′, Octave 4 ′. Flute 2 ′), all of which are made of wood.

Web links

Commons : St. John Evangelist  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmut Völkl : Organs in Württemberg. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-7751-1090-9 , p. 27.
  2. ↑ a b Flyer: St. Johannes Tübingen. Catholic parish St. Johannes Tübingen (Ed.)
  3. ^ Helmut Völkl: Organs in Württemberg. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-7751-1090-9 , p. 361.
  4. ↑ To the disposition
  5. ↑ Information on the Rieger organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '18.4 "  N , 9 ° 3' 14.5"  E