Sankt Petri ( Swedish : Sankt Petri kyrka ) is today's Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the old town of Malmö , Sweden . It is located behind Malmö's historic town hall on Stortorget Square. The Gothic church building was built in the 14th century and is the oldest building in the city.
The Sankt-Petri-Kirche was built in the course of the city expansion of Malmö and reflects the strategic and commercial importance of the settlement at the beginning of the 14th century. It is an important example of the Baltic Brick Gothic . The Marienkirche in Lübeck is considered a model . The foundation stone for the crypt was laid in 1319 by order of King Christoph II . The church is a three-aisled basilica with a transept. A chapel surrounds the choir . Sankt Petri has two double chapels, u. a. the 15th century Marienkapelle on the south side. To the north of the entrance area is the so-called Krämarkapelle (merchant's chapel) from the 15th century. The medieval sacristy was destroyed. The church tower in the west is 96 meters high and can be seen from afar; the current shape with the cone point comes from the end of the 19th century.
Furnishing
Frescoes
Gothic fresco in the shopkeeper chapel
Some ceiling frescoes from the time before the Reformation are noteworthy, especially the paintings in the Krämarkapelle and the remains of the paintings in the main nave, which were whitewashed during the Reformation and could be exposed.
Baroque furnishings
Nothing has been preserved from the rest of the pre-Reformation furnishings. The baroque main altar is of particular importance . It was created in 1611 by the artist Jakob Kremberg . The sandstone pulpit and baptismal font date from 1600.
Organs
In the years 1913–1914, the organ builder EF Walcker equipped Sankt Petri with a large new organ system . On the west gallery, the main organ was built in an existing organ case by the organ builder Olof Schwan from 1797. It had 61 stops (plus three transmissions and an effect stop) on three manuals and a pedal . A special feature of the organ system were two other organ works: At the southwest corner of the crossing of Sankt Petri, Walcker set up a remote work with 6 registers, and behind the altar a choir work with 3 registers. These two works could be played from the fourth manual of the general console by means of electro-pneumatic actions.
Disposition of the organ from 1913/1914 (Walcker)
I. Manuals C – a 3
Drone
16 ′
Principal
16 ′
Principal
8th'
Double flute
8th'
Gamba
8th'
Coarse
8th'
Gemshorn
8th'
Flauto Amabile
8th'
Syntematophone
8th'
octave
4 ′
Flute octave.
4 ′
Quinta
2 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Octave
2 ′
Mixture V
Cornet V-VIII
Trumpet
16 ′
Tuba mirabilis
8th'
Clairon
4 ′
II. Manuals C – a 3
Quintadena
16 ′
Flute principal
8th'
Quintadena
8th'
Concert flute
8th'
Fugara
8th'
Dumped
8th'
Violin principal
4 ′
Transverse flute
4 ′
Piccolo
2 ′
Mixture III-IV
Konrettino III-V
bassoon
16 ′
Trumpet
8th'
Trumpet
4 ′
Carillon
III. Manuals C – a 3
Lovely Gedackt
16 ′
Violin principal
8th'
Flute harmonique
8th'
Salicional
8th'
Reed flute
8th'
Voix céleste
8th'
Aeoline
8th'
violin
4 ′
Flauto dolce
4 ′
Flautino
2 ′
Harmonia aeth. III
Cornet V-VIII
Euphon
8th'
oboe
8th'
IV. Manuals C – a 3
Fernwerk
Vox angelica
8th'
Lovely Gedackt
8th'
Echogamba
8th'
Gemshorn
4 ′
Flauto dolce
4 ′
Vox humana
8th'
Tremulant
Choir organ
Tube bare
8th'
Dulcian
8th'
Pointed flute
4 ′
Pedals C – f 3
Principal
32 ′
Principal
16 ′
Sub bass
16 ′
Violon
16 ′
Accordion bass
16 ′
Echobass (from III)
16 ′
Quinta
10 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Octavbass
8th'
cello
8th'
Gedackt bass (from II)
8th'
Salicetbass (from III)
8th'
Choral bass
4 ′
Mixture V
Bombardon
32 ′
Contrabassoon
16 ′
Basson
16 ′
Trumpet
8th'
Clairon
4 ′
Main organ
Main organ on the west gallery
In 1951, the organ building company Marcussen (Appenrade, Denmark) built a new organ in the historic organ case from 1797. From the Walcker instrument from 1913/1914 only the long-distance and choral works have survived.
The organ is currently being revised. It is to become part of a new organ system from 2018; the entire facility will be the largest in Scandinavia. The organ building project operates under the name "Nya toner i S: t Petri" (New Tones in St. Petri).
The main organ is being completely renovated by the organ building company Th. Fobenius og Sønner (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) and electrified by the organ building company A. Mårtenssons (Lund / Sweden); the remote work at the crossing and the choir behind the altar are being restored by the organ builder Mårtensson. The arrangement of the main organ is supplemented by the organ building company Klais (Bonn), namely with a 32 'register in the pedal and three chamad registers, which are installed in the window niches on both sides of the main organ. The instrument on the west gallery will have 81 stops, divided into 5 manual works and a pedal. In addition, the registers of the altar organ and the echo organ can be played from the gallery organ as before.
In 2019, the new choir organ in the north arch of the choir was completed and consecrated. The instrument was built by the organ builder Klais, together with a new, mobile six-manual general console in the choir room, from which the main and choir organs can be played.
The new choir organ has 18 rows of pipes, 15 of which cover the traditional tone colors of the organ. Two of these 15 rows of pipes and three further rows are used to form all harmonic partials within an octave: a total of 18 partials can be registered for each fundamental. The entire register fund of the new choir organ can be "managed" completely freely from the new general console, ie freely assigned to each manual or pedal. The new crossing organ thus has a total of 109 stops and 5 effect stops. A special feature is the large number of aliquots.
