St. George (Sopron)

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St. George Cathedral Church

The cathedral church of St. George ( Hungarian Szent György Dómtemplom ) is a sacred building in Sopron (German Ödenburg ) in the west of Hungary .

history

Portals

A Gothic chapel was built around 1380 . In 1398 the chapel of St. George and Margaret was in a bull by Pope Boniface IX. mentioned.

At the end of the 16th century it was a Protestant parish church. In 1674 the chapel came into the possession of the Jesuits in the course of the Counter-Reformation . The building burned down in 1676 and was expanded again in 1685–1694. The baroque side chapels were added and the interior design was changed to baroque style. In 1705/06 it was redesigned by Pietro Antonio Conti.

In 1780, after the dissolution of the Jesuit order, the church came to the cathedral chapter of St. George. It was restored in 1839. The building was badly damaged in 1944 and restored in 1948 and 1959.

Architecture and equipment

Sanctuary
Organ from 1633/1756

The main nave has four baroque chapels on each side. The interior design consists of Gothic and Baroque elements.

The main altar from 1761 shows the martyrdom and the transfiguration of St. George. The organ built by Johann Wöckherl is in parts from 1633, the organ cabinet dates from 1756. From 2003 to 2008, the original arrangement from 1756 was restored through restorations . The bell is the oldest in Sopron.

Web links

Commons : St. Georg (Sopron)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Program: Long Night of the Churches: Cathedral and Parish Church of St. George, page IX , German / Hungarian, accessed on June 9, 2014
  2. ↑ St. Georg Sopron Magical Hungary
  3. ↑ Organ with history and disposition (Hungarian)
  4. ↑ Orgonája (Hungarian)

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 6.8 ″  N , 16 ° 35 ′ 31 ″  E