St. John's Church (Deutz)

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The St. John's Church

The St. Johannes Church is a Protestant church in Cologne-Deutz .

Building history

Since all Protestant believers in the area on the right bank of the Rhine opposite Cologne had to visit the Friedenskirche in Mülheim , Robert Ferdinand Cremer's design for a church building in the then independent Deutz was created in the mid-19th century . Construction began in 1859, and St. John's Church was consecrated on Reformation Day in 1861. With the population growth, the initially solitary structure was soon integrated into the Tempelstrasse street. It stands out with an eight-sided tower and portal that protrude from the three-part western bar. The church was built by Eduard Kramer in a mix of styles with classicistic and neo-Romanesque elements in the style of Friedrich August Stüler and Ernst Friedrich Zwirner according to the Eisenach regulation .

During the Second World War , the church burned down completely on the night of May 31 to June 1, 1942. In 1943 an explosive bomb caused further damage. The reconstruction took place in stages: in 1952 the curved organ loft was built in, the organ was added in 1963 and in 1970 the tower at its original height.

organ

The organ from 1963 comes from Willi Peter's Cologne workshop in neighboring Mülheim . It has 27 registers , two manuals and a pedal with mechanical action . In 2003 it was overhauled by the Karl Schuke Berlin organ building workshop. There was also a positive built in 1973 by Gebr. Oberlinger Orgelbau , which was also completely overhauled by Schuke in 2003.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Dumped 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. recorder 4 ′
6th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Forest flute 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Exulting whistle 1'
10. Mixture V-VI 2 ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – g 3
12. Reed flute 8th'
13. Black viola 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Night horn 4 ′
16. octave 2 ′
17th Overv. Chamois fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th None 8 ⁄ 9 ′
19th Scharff IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Schalmey 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
21st Sub-bass 16 ′
22nd octave 8th'
23. Gemsbass 8th'
24. Pipe whistle 4 ′
25th Night horn 2 ′
26th Mixture IV 2 ′
27. trombone 16 ′

Bells

The ringing consists of four bells from the Rincker bell and art foundry .

No.
  		Name
(position) 		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 ) 		inscription
 
1 - 1,024 655 g 1 −1 -
2 Prayer bell 773 287 c 2 −0.5 SING THE LORD A NEW SONG
3 - 660 185 it 2 +1.5 SERVE THE LORD WITH JOY
4th - 590 128 f 2 +1+ ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANK YOU

Web links

Commons : St. Johannes Church (Deutz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cited from the 1963 Festschrift in the organ website
  2. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 7.2 ″  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 23.9 ″  E