St. Fidelis (Berlin)

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St. Fidelis Church at the entrance to the St. Matthias Cemetery

St. Fidelis is a Roman Catholic cemetery church in Berlin district of Tempelhof the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg . It is located in the cemetery of the St. Matthias Parish .

history

The church was built in the cemetery between 1926 and 1927 at the instigation of the pastor of St. Matthias , Clemens August Graf von Galen . After being destroyed in two bombings in March and August 1943, St. Fidelis Church was rebuilt in a modified form in 1951.

Today the Korean Mission of the Archdiocese of Berlin is based in the St. Fidelis Church.

organ

Späth organ on the gallery of the church

The organ was built in 2002 by the organ building workshop Hartwig and Tilmann Späth using some of the registers from the previous organ . It replaced the previous instrument, which was built by the Sauer company in the St. Matthias Church in 1946 and transferred in 1958.

I main work C – c 4
01. Principal 08th'
02. Reed flute 08th'
03. Viola di gamba 08th'
04th octave 04 ′
05. Pointed flute 04 ′
06th Nazard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
07th Forest flute 02 ′
08th. third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
09. Mixture III-IV 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Wooden shelf 08th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – c 4
11. Bourdon 16 ′
12. Wooden principal 08th'
13. Salcional 08th'
14th Voix celeste 08th'
15th Flauto amabile 04 ′
16. Rauschpfeife II 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th English horn 16 ′
18th oboe 08th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
19th Subbass (No. 11) 16 ′
20th Open bass (No. 12) 08th'
21st Salicetbass (No. 13) 08th'
22nd Flauto amabile 04 ′
23. Rauschpfeife II 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
24. English horn 16 ′
25th oboe 08th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Super octave coupling: II / I, II / P
  • Playing aids : collective steps Choralforte (on, off)
  • Grinding wind chest .
  • Action :
    • Mechanical tone action.
    • Mechanical stop action.

Web links

Commons : St. Fideliskirche (Berlin)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History
  2. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '14.7 "  N , 13 ° 21' 39.9"  E