Castle Church (Meiningen)

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Interior view of Meiningen Castle Church

The palace church "Zur Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit" is part of the south wing of Elisabethenburg Palace in Meiningen . From 1692 to 1920 it served as the court church of the dukes of Saxony-Meiningen . Profaned in 1977, it has been used as the Johannes Brahms concert hall since 1982 (also known as the Brahms Hall).

The baroque church occupies two floors in the south wing of the palace. In addition to the pulpit and choir screen from 1689, in the raised choir it has an altar with a four-column canopy from 1767 and a royal box decorated with a coat of arms frieze. The concert organ is housed there today. The church hall is spanned by a large-format coffered ceiling decorated with plenty of stucco. A spacious princely crypt is located in the basement under the church .

history

In 1680, Duke Bernhard I founded the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen and made the city of Meiningen his residence. At first he moved into the former Würzburg castle with his court . Until the inauguration of the castle church, the Duke used the Meiningen town church as a court church, where he had his first wife Marie Hedwig of Hessen-Darmstadt buried in the hastily constructed crypt as early as 1680 .

The castle church was built at the same time as the castle was built. The foundation stone was laid on July 26, 1682, and the church was consecrated on November 9, 1692 under the name " To the Holy Trinity ". From then until March 1920 it was used by the court and during the reconstruction phase of the town church from 1884 to 1889 by the parish of Meiningen as a parish church. After the dissolution of the duchy, the castle church became part of the town parish, which held services here until 1975. After the profanation in 1977, the church was left to the Meiningen State Museums for use. After renovation and renovation work from 1980 to 1982, the "Johannes Brahms" concert hall was opened in the church while preserving the pulpit and altar, which has since been used for a wide variety of events.

The castle church, also known as the “Brahms Hall”, has been the venue for the Hans von Bülow International Piano Competition since 2012 .

Furnishing

The Sauer organ

In 1986 a high quality Sauer organ was installed in the former royal box. The slider chest instrument has 34 stops on two manual works and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

  • Hauptwerk Cg 3 : Bordun 16 ', Principal 8', Koppelflöte 8 ', Octave 4', Kleinedackt 4 ', Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ', Super octave 2 ', Recorder 2', Mixture V-VI, Scharff III, Bassoon 16 ' , Trumpet 8 ', tremulo
  • Schwellwerk Cg 3 : Zartflöte 16 ', Weitgedackt 8', Spitz viol 8 ', Celeste 8', Principal 4 ', Reed flute 4', Dulzlöte 4 ', Flautino 2', Sifflute 1 ', Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ', Mixtur IV - V, Schalmay oboe 8 ', tremulo
  • Pedal Cf 1 : Subbass 16 ', Gedacktbass 16', Octavebass 8 ', Bass flute 8', Choralbass II 4 ', Gedacktflute 4', Backset IV, Trombone 16 ', Bombarde 8', Corno 4 '
  • Coupling: II / I, I / P; II / P

A bell of the church comes from the Gotha bell founder Paul Seeger (1648–1721).

literature

  • Reissland, Ingrid: The Meiningen Schloss Elisabethenburg - building history and important interiors. Meiningen museums, Meiningen 1988.
  • Kuratorium Meiningen (Hrsg.): Lexicon for the history of the city of Meiningen. Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809504-4-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ

Web link

Commons : Schlosskirche Meiningen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 12.4 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 44.3"  E