St. Georg (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Church of St. Georg in St. Georgen

The St. Georg Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the St. Georgen district of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau . It belongs to the pastoral care unit St. Georgen-Hexental of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

history

The Hard Church. The drawing was probably made before the church was demolished in 1866; it was subsequently colored with watercolor techniques in 1870. It is the only known traditional representation of the Church.

The church site can be traced back to the year 804; A church in the village of Hardkirch is documented in a deed of foundation by the knight Gisalher to the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen . The village of Hardkirch later became part of St. Georgen. The church was consecrated to St. George in 1178. The first written evidence of the church name St. Georg for the Hardkirche is from 1322 as "kilche sant Georium". In 1516 a new church was built in the Gothic style under the Johannites : the Hardkirche, which existed until the 19th century and was redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century .

The new building in the 19th century was necessary because the parish had grown so much that many parishioners could no longer find a place in the church with 400 seats at church services. As a Catholic, you were not allowed to stay away from the Sunday service and there was only one Holy Mass on Sunday. Heinrich Hübsch , the original architect, wanted to build the new church in addition to the old Hardkirche and had support from the community for this. Hübsch's successor changed this amicably with the archbishop's building authority, the local council and the citizens of St. Georgen, against the will of the residents of the districts of Uffhausen and Wendlingen, who also belonged to the community.

Today's church building

Interior view of St. George

The current church was built between 1866 and 1869 according to plans by Lukas Engesser , with a wide central nave and two narrow aisles. The church was consecrated on February 7, 1869. The interior of the church was repeatedly adapted to current tastes; the last major renovation was made in 2005 and 2006. The plans for the church building in the style of Romanesque historicism with an attached church tower were typical of the time and corresponded to designs by Heinrich Hübsch , see also the churches in Sulzburg and Schallstadt -Mengen. The old Hardkirche was demolished in 1865 for the new church. Parts of the inventory were taken over into the new church. The new building was laid out in such a way that - as is typical of the time - it faced Baslerstrasse, the main street.

Furnishing

Baptismal font
High altar

The baptismal font from the Renaissance period (around 1600) was taken over from the demolished Hardkirche, as was a Baroque figure of Saint Sebastian.

The figure of George on the outside was made by Franz Xaver Reich .

Altars

Joseph Dettlinger's high altar was erected when the church was first renovated in 1896. It is a copy of the late Gothic winged altar from Kaysersberg by Hans Bongart from 1518 and shows scenes from the story of the Passion . Dettlinger also used motifs from this for the Way of the Cross in the Church of Our Lady in the southern part of Karlsruhe .

The baroque altarpiece of the Marien Altar was given to the church by the Augustinermuseum Freiburg in 1961 . The celebration altar comes from the Freiburg sculptor Bruno Knittel .

organ

The organ of St. Georg goes back to an instrument from the organ building workshop Merklin and Fröhlich from the year 1869. The organ case comes from the singer house in Freiburg. In 1978 the instrument was rebuilt by the organ building company Fischer & Krämer (Endingen), whereby some of the old registers were reused. Today the instrument has 34  registers on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical. 2008 renovation by Orgelbau Mühleisen (Leonberg).

I main work C – a 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′ H
2. Principal 8th'
3. Viola da gamba 8th'
4th Bourdon 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′ H
6th Reed flute 4 ′ H
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Super octave 2 ′
9. Sifflet 1'
10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Cornet V 8th' H
12. Trumpets 8th' H
Tremulant
II Swell C – a 3
13. Metal flute 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Beat 8th' H
16. Prestant 4 ′
17th Flauto dolce 4 ′ H
18th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Octavine 2 ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Cymbel III 1'
23. Dulcian 16 ′
24. Hautbois 8th'
25th Chalumeau 4 ′
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
26th Sub bass 16 ′ H
27. Violon bass 16 ′ H
28. Octave 8th' H
29 Covered bass 8th' H
30th Octave 4 ′
31. Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
32. Bombard 16 ′
33. Trumpet 8th'
34. Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Remarks:
H = historical register or pipe inventory

further reading

  • Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Volume 6. Jacob Christian Benjamin Mohr, Tübingen and Leipzig 1904, S: 321. Digitized. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  • Hermann Brommer : Freiburg, St. Georgen: cath. Parish Church of St. George, patronage April 23; District of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau (238 m above sea level) , Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1979

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Georgener Chronik, Walter Schlatterer, Klaus Eugen Meier Verlag, 1986
  2. ↑ Silvia Faller: Dispute about the church split the place , Badische Zeitung December 28, 2009 online
  3. ↑ Dr. van Endert (editor): Organ for Christian Art , 18th year, Verlag der M. DuMont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, Cologne 1868, p. 249, full text in the Google book search
  4. ^ Church of Our Lady (Karlsruhe) online
  5. ^ Michael Klant: The artist family Knittel. In: Sculpture in Freiburg. 19th century art in public spaces, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-922675-77-8 , p. 180
  6. ↑ Portfolio of the Werkstätte für Orgelbau Mühleisen GmbH online

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '52.3 "  N , 7 ° 47' 37.3"  E