Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit (Kulmbach)

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Hospital church in Kulmbach

The Spitalkirche Hl. Geist is a church in the old town of Kulmbach .

history

It was built in 1738 and 1739 according to the plans of the builder JG Hoffmann. Previously, the Elisabethenkapelle, which was mentioned in 1468 and belonged to the Elisabethenspital, stood here. The Bürgerhospital, which was converted into a senior citizens' home, is now located on the site of this hospital.

The church tower was built in 1749. The church corresponds to the type of an Upper Franconian margrave church . A pulpit altar and wooden galleries were built into the interior .

In the 19th century, both Protestant and Catholic services were held in the church. The building was rebuilt in 1885. Renovations were carried out from 1968 to 1973.

organ

The organ of the hospital church was built in 1973 by the organ building company Paul Ott (Göttingen). The slider chests -instrument has 21  registers on two manuals and pedal . The game actions and stop actions are mechanical. The instrument was overhauled in 2010 by Thomas Eichfelder .

I main work C–
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Gemshorn 2 ′
6th Mixture II-III
7th Trumpet 8th'
II substation C–
8th. Wooden dacked 8th'
9. Reed flute 4 ′
10. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Principal 2 ′
12. Nasat 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Zimbel III
14th Double cone shelf 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Octave bass 8th'
17th Chorale bass 4 ′
18th Night horn 2 ′
19th Mixture III
20th trombone 16 ′
21st Schalmey 4 ′

literature

Web links

Commons : Spitalkirche Hl. Geist (Kulmbach)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ of the Spitalkirche, accessed on January 5, 2017

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 28.2 ″  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 30.6 ″  E