St. Anna and Maria (Haarlem)
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| Denomination : | Old Catholic |
| Patronage : | Saints Anna and Maria |
| Consecration year : | 1938 |
| Rank: | cathedral |
| Bishop : | Dick Schoon |
| Parish : | Haarlem Parish |
| Address: | Kinderhuissingel 78 NL-2013 AV Haarlem |
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '9.5 " N , 4 ° 37' 51.2" E
The Old Catholic Church of St. Maria and Anna ( Dutch H.H. Anna en Mariakathedraal ) in Haarlem is the episcopal church of the Old Catholic Diocese of Haarlem .
history
Predecessor churches
The first Old Catholic Schuilkerk in Haarlem was in the 18th century on the corner of Bakenessergracht and Kokstraat . This church received the status of a cathedral for the diocese of Haarlem as early as 1742. The pastor Augustine Bloemaert donated it in 1636 under the patronage of St. Anne in the attic of a malt house . Since these house churches often could only accommodate very few people, it happened that several churches were built close to each other, this was also the case in Haarlem at the time.
In the vicinity of the "attic church" of Pastor Bloemaert there was a second church, which was under the patronage of St. Mary , the mother of Jesus . Which of the two churches was the older can no longer be determined, since no data are known about the foundation of the St. Mary's Church. The entrance to the Marienkirche was located on Biggesteeg , this street was later renamed Blommertsteeg . The rectory had a gate to the Bakenessergracht and formed a courtyard called "Marode" with the two adjoining houses under the same roof. In 1779, at the same time as Pastor Ferdinand Botman was appointed, the decision to close St. Mary's Church was made. The patronage of the church passed to St. Anna, who from then on was named “St. Anna und Maria ”and existed until 1938, at that time it was so dilapidated that a new building was necessary.
Today's church building
From the end of 1935 under the direction of architect Henry Tino Zwiers at the Kinderhuissingel a new church with a conference room, classroom, rectory, sexton house and four or five houses built, which was inaugurated in the year 1938th Since the land prices in this area of Haarlem were very high and to prevent the church from disappearing into the surrounding buildings, a special solution was necessary for the ensemble. This, in turn, was based on the 300-year history of the "attic church" by moving the church interior to the upper floor. This also made it possible to accommodate the community library and a meeting room underneath. In addition, this gave the church building an outstanding position in the middle of the development. The church council and the episcopal treasury immediately agreed to this plan and commissioned Zwiers to carry out the construction.
In order to show the central feature of an Old Catholic church to the outside, it was not given a tower, but the highest point of the building is above the altar as the center of the community celebrating the Eucharist , above which a cross was erected. The church interior and the sacristy are lined with smooth, yellow and white stone. Halls, entrance area and stairwell are made of exposed brickwork, conference room, classrooms, bishop's room etc., on the other hand, have plastered walls. The roof of the church interior was designed as a visible wooden structure, the structure rises towards the center and is decorated with pictures on the visible edges. The twelve rhombic domes were provided with wooden decorations, each with one of the twelve signs of the zodiac as a center, these decorations were made by members of the community themselves.
The church is classified as a Rijksmonument .
Organs
First organ
Johann Heinrich Pothmann (also called Portman ) built a small organ in the Old Catholic Church on the Bakenessergracht in 1780 , which was built ten years earlier by Johannes Mitterreither . This Mitterreither organ has probably replaced one made by the organ builder Van Giessen. A disposition list by Van Broekhuyzen mentions that a Van Rijssen organ was built in the Roman Catholic Church on the Bakenessegracht. This was undoubtedly a misspelling of the name Van Gießen. It is not known when Van Giessen built the organ of the Old Catholic Church on the Bakenessegracht. It is believed that it disappeared in 1780 when the Mitterreither organ was installed, it is not known where it remained.
The Mitterreither organ moved in 1938 to the current church building of the Old Catholic parish in Kinderhuissingel. There it was dismantled in 1973 to make room for another instrument, only the wind chests remained.
- Disposition of the Mitterreither organ (around 1770)
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Second organ
In 1885 the widow AW Verhoef-Smit donated a new organ for the old Catholic church in Oudewater . The organ was built by JF Witte and consecrated on September 19, 1886. In 1933 the Witte organ was moved by JC Sanders to the old Catholic church in Den Helder and fitted with a swell . In 1942, when the church was demolished by the German occupiers, the organ was stored in the old Catholic church on Kinderhuissingel in Haarlem, and the organ case was lost.
In 1952, Sanders rebuilt the organ in the Old Catholic Church in Haarlem and provided it with a new case, the action was electrified. The renewed Witte organ was put into use on May 1st, 1953.
In 1973 it was replaced by today's Künckel organ, with the Witte organ being moved to the Maranatha Chapel of the New Apostolic Church in Beverwijk . Flute 4 'and Flute 2' were used for the restoration of the Witte organ in the Reformed Church of Doorn . The Witte organ was offered for sale in Beverwijk in 2005 and was bought by a Mr Verkerk Woudenberg . It was probably used in 2010 when building a new organ for the Hersteld Hervormde Kerk in Woudenberg .
- Disposition of the Witte organ (1886)
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Today's (third) organ
Probably around 1785 Johannes Pieter Künckel (1750–1815) built a positive organ for a place not known. The number of registers is unusually large for such an instrument. It is possible that it was only during construction that a decision was made to implement a second keyboard. That would explain why one keyboard has a tortoiseshell coating and the other keyboard isn't. Several places are known to be former locations for this instrument, including Santpoord , Rilland-Bath and Amsterdam .
In 1948 the instrument was placed in the Reformed Church in Driebergen by the Hoogenboezem company from Schiedam , this is indicated on the pedal keyboard. In 1961 it was transferred to the newly built Maranathakerk in Driebergen. When buying a new organ in Driebergen, the Künckel organ finally found its place in the Old Catholic Church of St. Maria and Anna in Haarlem. The "new" Künckel organ became famous when, in 1976, all of Handel's organ concerts by Daniel Chorzempa and Concerto Amsterdam were recorded for a long-playing record. In 1977 the Künckel organ was restored by the Blank company. As part of this restoration, a Cornet II was added to the lower manual . The pedal installed in 1950 was also removed. In 1991 some wooden pipes were restored. This was actually an emergency repair, and a major restoration began in 2007. This includes mechanics, bellows and wind guide. In addition, missing pipes were replaced, the front pipes were provided with tin foil and gilding, and the case with its carvings was completed and repaired where necessary. The work was carried out by the Van Brunnen brothers . On Sunday, October 19, 2008, the Künckel organ was put back into use.
- Disposition of the Künckel organ (around 1785)
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- Pairing : II / I
Web links
- Schuilkerk (Dutch)
- De 'Nieuwe' kerk (Dutch)
- Oud Katholieke Kerk van de HH Anna & Maria (Dutch)