Sankt Ulrici (Sangerhausen)

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St. Ulrici in Sangerhausen
Interior panorama

The Church of St. Ulrici is a Protestant three-nave Romanesque pillar basilica in Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt, which was built in the 12th century. It is the oldest and most important church in the city and, due to its special architecture, is considered a "stranger within the otherwise very uniform Thuringian - Saxon Romanesque". Today the Ulrichskirche belongs to the Eisleben-Sömmerda parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

When the first church was built on this site is unknown. In 1100, Landgrave Ludwig der Springer gave the Benedictine monastery Reinhardsbrunn the "Church of the place (which) Sangerhusen (is called)". The Ulrichskirche was probably meant. A collegiate foundation may have been attached to it during this time . Several members of the count's family were buried in the church. Soon after 1116 a new church building was built after a vow by Ludwig the Springer. It was consecrated between 1135 and 1140.

Since 1265, a Cistercian convent was established on it. In 1539 this was dissolved, the Church of St. Ulrici became a Protestant parish church .

Building history

The three-aisled pillar basilica preserved today was built around 1116. Soon after 1265 the cloister for the Cistercian nuns must have been added to the north . In the town fire in 1389, the monastery was destroyed and the church was damaged.

Upon restoration was Gothic Vierungsturm placed South transept and Mittal apse received Gothic window, the northern house was a cross yoke shortened. Buttresses were built in 1583, and the vault of the north aisle was rebuilt in 1625. In 1694 the choir, transept and west gables were replaced. A roof turret was removed in 1699. In 1706 four more buttresses were added on the south side. Another fire in 1780 led to the crossing vault being replaced in 1809.

From 1892 to 1893 the church was extensively repaired, during which the portals , friezes and windows were replaced and redesigned. The galleries , the baroque organ and the baroque altar were removed, and the church was painted in the neo-Romanesque style. Since 1991 the church has been restored again.

description

Sanctuary
Baptismal font from 1369 and epitaphs

St. Ulrici is a three-nave pillar basilica built from quarry stone and sandstone blocks with a transept and crossing tower. The pillars are cross-shaped. The nave has five yokes . To the west there is an extension with two bays in the width and height of the central nave. The choir also has three naves and comprises two bays. It ends in three parallel cones . The transept wings have two bays, the inner one continuing the flow of the aisles. The outer yoke ends in an apse to the east .

From the outside, the long, continuous ridge line around the roof and the octagonal crossing tower with a pointed helmet are characteristic . The crossing tower is one of the defining elements of the townscape of Sangerhausen.

Inside, the "impressively narrow and gorge-like looking" central nave and transept are striking. Five arched arcades of different heights and widths separate the central nave from the side aisles. Characteristic are the bent crossing piers and belt arch templates in the transept, the result of the pressure exerted by the too heavy crossing tower. The central nave, north aisle, transepts and choir have irregular groin vaults , while the south aisle is covered by barrel vaults . A tympanum from the 1st half of the 12th century is walled in in the north arm of the transept . In the front wall of the north transept, the remains of a wooden and stucco barrier can be found in the masonry. The baptismal font of bronze dates back to 1369. In the western choir bay a hanging crucifix from around the 1500th

In the church there is, among other things, the tomb of the magistrate Valtin Fuchs, who died in 1558 .

Historical organ

The Strobel organ from 1858

The organ of the Sankt Ulrici Church was built in 1858 by the organ builder Julius Alexander Strobel (Frankenhausen). The purely mechanical instrument has 20 registers ( slider drawers ) on two manuals and a pedal , in a neo-romantic prospect from 1892. The prospect whistles are mute. After a number of, in some cases considerable, interventions in the instrument, the organ was restored to its historical state in 2010 by the organ building company Sauer (Frankfurt / Oder), with a number of registers being completely or partially reconstructed.

I main work C – d 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Gedact 8th'
5. Gamba 8th' R.
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Cornett II-III R.
9. Mixture IV R.
10. Trumpet 8th'
II Oberwerk C – d 3
11. Violin principal 8th' R.
12. Gedact 8th'
13. Flauto traverso 8th' R.
14th Principal 4 ′ R.
15th Flauto dolce 4 ′
Pedals C – c 1
16. Violon 16 ′
17th Sub bass 16 ′
18th Octavbass 8th'
19th Violon 8th' R.
20th trombone 16 ′ R.
R = partially or fully reconstructed register (2010)

literature

Web links

Commons : Sankt Ulrici (Sangerhausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Koher, p. 23
  2. ^ A Ulrichskirche in the 11th century was mentioned in depictions from the 16th and 17th centuries.
  3. ↑ Köhler, p. 3
  4. ^ Kollegiatstift Sangerhausen Germania Sacra, Academy of Sciences Göttingen
  5. ↑ The inscription above a tympanum that was removed during the renovation in 1892 shows that Ludwig the Springer vowed to build the church when he was imprisoned. However, since Ludwig the Springer was caught twice (1074 and 1114 to 1116), the exact start of construction cannot be determined.
  6. ↑ Köhler, p. 12
  7. ↑ More information on the historical organ of St. Ulrici ( Memento from December 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 27.8 "  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 5.4"  E