St. Kilian (Korbach)

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View from the south from Enser Straße to St. Kilian
South side of the church building (2010)
Interior view with a view of the pulpit from 1390 (Photo: 2007)

The Protestant parish church of St. Kilian is the oldest church building in Korbach , the district town of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district ( Hesse ). It is the historic main church of Korbach's "old town", which at the time of construction in the 14th century was already facing the "new town" in the north.

History and architecture

Construction of the Gothic church began in 1335 with the choir . At the same time, the small Johanneskapelle on the north side of the choir, which has been used as a sacristy since the 16th century , was built. The basement of the tower also dates from this year. The tower superstructure was built between 1380 and 1392. The original tower had a height of 317 feet (with a foot measurement of 0.293 m), thus 92.88 meters. At the time of its completion in the 14th century, it was one of the 15 tallest church towers in the world. Today's so-called Welsche hood or lantern was not put on until 1709 after the original roof helmet was destroyed several times as a result of lightning. The nave was started in 1388 and the arching was completed in 1450 . Up until then there was an old, smaller church between the choir and the tower, which was probably still in use in the decades after construction began. After the fire of 1685, the church roof was renewed by 1692.

The spacious, late Gothic hall church in the division 3: 3 is equipped with a short choir yoke and a five- eighth end. The three naves have the same width, so that the nave is wider than it is long in the case of transverse rectangular yokes. The individual forms are reminiscent of the construction of the Wiesenkirche in Soest. The strong west tower closes with four gables; it is crowned by a small baroque ridge turret. On the south side of the tower the former two-bay Marienkapelle, which was later used as a mint , was added around 1340 . The chapel has been a war memorial site since 1958. Portals crowned by eyelashes and flanked by pinnacles are built into the north, south and west sides . In the western portal, the door and the high window above are framed by a common drapery. The southern portal was created at the beginning of the 15th century, it is designed as a figure portal with an extensive iconographic program. The interior of the church was restored from 1957 to 1958. In the choir, steeply rising ribbed vaults rest on slender service bundles . In the nave, the vaults rest on well-proportioned round pillars. The keystones of the vaults in the choir date from the 14th, those of the vaults in the nave from the 15th century. The three to six-part tracery windows are divided across. The colored painting was renewed on the basis of old remains. Extensive renovations have been carried out inside and outside over the past few decades.

Furnishing

  • The Hochaltarmensa was made around 1340.
  • The large painted winged altar was created in 1527 by the Korbach Franciscan painter . In the middle is a crucifixion rich in figures with the donors Count Philip III. von Waldeck and his wife Anna von Kleve. Passions and saints can be seen on the wings .
  • A large sacrament house with a high spire was built in 1525 by Bernd and Johann Bunkeman.
  • A stone Atzmann (desk support) from the beginning of the 15th century.
  • A stone pulpit from the end of the 14th century, with small figures of saints under eyelashes, with the original setting . It is the oldest stone pulpit preserved in Hessen .
  • The pulpit cover from more recent times is supported by Gothic figure consoles from the end of the 14th century and crowned by a standing wooden Virgin from the 15th century.
  • a sandstone group from the early 15th century shows the adoration of the kings .
  • The wooden crucifix dates from the beginning of the 14th century, at the ends of the cross you can see remains of painted evangelist symbols .
  • The font with tracery panels is also attributed to the 14th century.
  • Two late Gothic brass candlesticks.
  • two epitaphs from the 16th century ( Otto von Wolmeringhausen , Johann von Wolmeringhausen)
  • several cast iron tombstones from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Organs

Euler organ

The organ in the west gallery was built in 1957 by the organ building company Euler. The instrument has 34 registers on three manuals and a pedal .

I main work C–
Gedacktpommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Mixture IV-VI 2
Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C–
Metal dacked 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Pointed flute 2 ′
Sif flute 1'
Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Scharff IV 1'
shelf 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C–
Harp pipe 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Wooden flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Zimbel III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Rankett 16 ′
Rohrschalmei 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C–
Violon 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Principal bass 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Rauschpfeife IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′
shawm 4 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Kuhn organ

In 2011, the Orgelbau Kuhn company built a new, free-standing organ with 34 registers but a different layout and a modern sound concept.

I main work C – a 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Bourdon 8th'
4th Viol 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture V 2 ′
9. bassoon 8th'
II Solo C – a 3
10. Concert flute 8th'
11. Prefix 4 ′
12. Reed flute 4 ′
13. Flageolet 2 ′
14th Cornet II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
15th Sharp III – IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Trumpet 8th'
17th Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
18th Salicet 16 ′
19th Flûte harmonique 8th'
20th Viola da gamba 8th'
21st Voix céleste 8th'
22nd Fugara 4 ′
23. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
24. Flautino 2 ′
25th Plein-jeu IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Basson 16 ′
27. Trompette harmonique 8th'
28. Hautbois 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
29 Principal bass 16 ′
30th Sub bass 16 ′
31. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Salicetbass (= No. 18) 16 ′
32. Octavbass 8th'
Violoncello (= No. 20) 8th'
33. Octave 4 ′
34. trombone 16 ′
  • Pairing : II / I, III / I, III / I Sub, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, III / P Super

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments, Hessen I, administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Founded on the Day of the Preservation of Monuments in 1900, continued by Ernst Gall, edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 .
  • L. Curtze, F. von Rheins: History and description of the church St. Kilian zu Corbach. Arolsen 1843 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Louis Curtze, Ferdinand von Rheins: History and description of the Church of St. Kilian zu Corbach. Arolsen 1843 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Information about the organ on Orgbase.nl. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The organ in Korbach on the website of the Kuhn Korbach company, Evang. Kilian's Church , accessed on June 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ The new Kilians organ , accessed on June 11, 2019 (PDF).

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 21.3 ″  E