St. Bernhard (Karlsruhe)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 31.8 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 12.4"  E

St. Bernhard

The St. Bernhard Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in neo-Gothic style in Karlsruhe . It is located in the east of the city at Durlacher Tor , where the foundation stone for it as the third Catholic parish church in the city was laid in 1893. The sacred building made of red sandstone until 1901 reflects on the one hand the efforts of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden to achieve confessional balance by emphasizing the increased importance of Catholicism in the traditionally Protestant part of Baden ( Baden-Durlach line ) in the 19th century State capital gives expression. On the other hand, the building, including the 86 m high tower facing the city center, forms the structural end of Kaiserstraße in the east, which is visible from afar . In terms of urban morphology, the church at Durlacher Tor corresponds to the Christ Church at Mühlburger Tor in the west of the city.

history

The church was built from 1893 to 1901 according to the plans of the archbishop's building inspector Max Meckel . Previously, Grand Duke Friedrich I had designated a plot of land of over 5200 m 2 in the courtyard kitchen garden as a building site for the city's third parish church. The building has a cross-shaped floor plan and cites the architectural treasure trove of the Gothic, namely the Teutonic Order Church of St. Elisabeth in Marburg, built between 1235 and 1283 . As a single-tower facade, it is also based on the Freiburg Minster . Seven bells were cast in 1902 by the B. Grüninger foundry in Villingen. Six of them were confiscated during World War II, but were eventually found again and returned along with another in 1947.

meaning

Statue of Bernhard II of Baden

St. Bernhard, the second main Catholic church in the city after St. Stephen , is a three-aisled basilica with the highest church tower in the city. The high altar with a crucifixion group, completed in 1905, is one of her furnishings . St. Bernhard is regarded as an important neo-Gothic sacred building in the former Grand Duchy of Baden. A statue of the patron saint of the church, Margrave Bernhard II of Baden , characterizes the west side of the tower at a height of 21 m. It was created by Fridolin Dietsche .

organ

After the Second World War, the church received a new organ in 1959 to replace the instrument that had been destroyed in the war.

The organ building company Mühleisen (Leonberg) is building a new organ with 59 registers (including 10 transmitted and extended voices) on three manual works and a pedal. The organ should be completed in early summer 2018.

I main work C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. flute 8th'
4th Reed flute 8th'
5. Viola da gamba 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Pointed flute 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Super octave 2 ′
10. Mixture major 2 ′
11. Mixture minor 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Cornett V (from g 0 ) 8th'
13. Trumpet 16 ′
14th Trumpet 8th'
II threshold positive C-a 3
15th Bourdon 16 ′
16. Principal 8th'
17th Covered 8th'
18th Salicional 8th'
19th octave 4 ′
20th Reed flute 4 ′
21st Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Duplicate 2 ′
23. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
24. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th bassoon 16 ′
27. Trumpet 8th'
28. Vox humana 8th'
29 Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
30th Drone (= No. 15) 16 ′
31. diapason 8th'
32. Flood 8th'
33. Bourdon 8th'
34. Viol 8th'
35. Voix celeste (from c 0 ) 8th'
36. Viole 4 ′
37. Flood 4 ′
38. Octavine 2 ′
39. Plein Jeu IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
40. Octavine 2 ′
41. Trumpet 16 ′
42. Hautbois 8th'
43. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – g 1
44. Subbass (Ext. No. 47) 32 ′
45. Principal 16 ′
46. Violon 16 ′
47. Sub bass 16 ′
48. Bourdon (= No. 15) 16 ′
49. Octave 8th'
50. Violon (ext. No.46) 8th'
51. Gedackt bass (ext. No.47 ) 8th'
52. Bourdon (= No. 33) 8th'
53. Octave (Ext. No. 49) 4 ′
55. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
55. Counter trumpet 32 ′
56. trombone 16 ′
57. bassoon 16 ′
58. Trumpet 8th'
59. Trumpet (Ext. No. 58) 4 ′

literature

  • Annette Ludwig, Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann , Bernhard Schmitt: Karlsruhe - architecture in view. A cross section. Röser, Karlsruhe 2005, ISBN 3-9805361-2-2 , p. 85.
  • Clemens Rehm: Saint Bernhard in Karlsruhe, 1901/02 . In: Martin Stingl (ed.): Ritter - Landespatron - Jugendidol. Margrave Bernhard II of Baden , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2019, ISBN 978-3-17-036528-5 , pp. 116–117.

Web links

Commons : St. Bernhard (Karlsruhe)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Annette Ludwig , Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann , Bernhard Schmitt: Karlsruhe - architecture in view. A cross section. Röser, Karlsruhe 2005, ISBN 3-9805361-2-2 , p. 85.
  2. ^ Heinrich Alois Schillinger, Regina Speck: Catholic Church St. Bernhard (City of Karlsruhe, Monument Day 2010)
  3. ↑ Werner Wolf-Holzäpfel: The architect Max Meckel 1847-1910. Studies on the architecture and church building of historicism in Germany . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2000, ISBN 3-933784-62-X , p. 192 .
  4. ↑ This is how the new organ will be. Catholic parish of St. Bernhard, accessed on May 31, 2018.