St. Martha (Nuremberg)

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The west facade of the Marthakirche, seen from Königstrasse.
Aerial photo one month after the fire, July 2014 (to the left of the construction crane)

The Marthakirche is a church in the Königstrasse in the southeast of the old town of Nuremberg , diagonally opposite the Klarakirche between Königstor and Lorenzkirche . The recessed location in a gap between two houses is remarkable.

On the night of June 5, 2014, St. Martha's Church was largely destroyed by fire. After the reconstruction, it was reopened in 2018.

The church is the station of the historical mile Nuremberg .

history

Middle Ages and Reformation

From left to right: the large window (north II), the Waldstromer window (I) and the Stromer window (south II) in the choir of the St. Martha church, all around 1390
Marthakirche choir (2009)

Konrad and Johann von Waldstromer donated the church and the St. Martha's pilgrim hospital in 1363. In doing so, they fulfilled a commitment made by their parents Agnes Pfinzing and Konrad von Waldstromer in 1356. On March 24, 1385, the Martha Church was consecrated to St. Martha , theirs three altars were dedicated to the Holy Trinity , the Blessed Virgin Mary and the twelve apostles .

Around 1390 the choir of the church was equipped with a cycle of Gothic glass windows, each of which was donated individually by Nuremberg patrician families. Further windows were made around 1410–1430.

The church and pilgrim hospital were closed in 1526 as a result of the Reformation . The former church was used for plays and as a rehearsal room for the Nuremberg Mastersingers , who had their own stage there. In 1614, the shows in the church were banned. From 1615 the building was renovated and from 1627 it was used as a church again. In 1800 it was handed over to the Evangelical Reformed community. As a result, the statues and the altar were removed from the church and given to the Lorenz Church .

Second World War

On February 21, 1945, an aerial bomb dropped by a US Army Air Forces bomber damaged the roof and choir vault of St. Martha. The damage was relatively minor and was repaired in 1946.

Fire 2014

Church fire in the early morning hours of June 5, 2014 (view from the parking lot of the building yard)

In the early morning hours of June 5, 2014 , a fire broke out in the roof of the church. The entire roof structure burned out and fell into the nave . The organ and two out of three bells were completely destroyed. Due to ongoing renovation work, the historic church windows, among other things, had previously been removed and thus remained.

The Hans Glockengießer hour bell from the 14th century, which cracked into several parts during the rescue, could be repaired.

On February 10, 2017, the Rincker bell and art foundry cast two new bells. At the topping-out ceremony on May 16, 2017, carpenters pulled the topping-out crown together with one of the new bells onto the roof and struck it there for the first time.

On November 10, 2018, the church was officially reopened with a celebration.

Furnishing

organ

The organ , which was destroyed in the fire, was built in 1990 by the organ builder Peter Vier (Friesenheim). The instrument had 30 sounding stops (including 2 stops as preliminary prints ) on two manuals and a pedal . The actions were mechanical. The first manual was designed as a coupling manual .

Disposition of the former organ of Vier
The former four-organ (1990-2014), Sankt Martha Nürnberg
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Gemshorn 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Tube bare 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Coupling flute 4 ′
6th Forest flute 2 ′
7th Doublette (from No. 8) 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV 2 ′
9. Cornett V 8th'
10. Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
11. Wooden flute 8th'
12. Viola di gamba 8th'
13. Dumped 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Transverse flute 4 ′
16. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th octave 2 ′
18th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Sifflet (from No. 21) 1'
21st Sharp IV 1'
22nd oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
23. Sub-bass 16 ′
24. Octave bass 8th'
25th Gemshorn 8th'
26th Chorale bass 4 ′
27. Dumped 4 ′
28. Rauschwerk IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
29 bassoon 16 ′
30th Trumpet bass 8th'
Organ from the Lutz organ manufacturer

Today's organ was built in 2019 by the organ manufacturer Lutz (Feuchtwangen). The slider chest instrument has 31 registers (including four extended registers in the pedal) on two manuals and pedal. The mood is Neidhardt (small town). The playing and stop action mechanisms are mechanical, the stop action actions are also electrical (double action).

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Solo flute 08th'
4th viola 08th'
5. Dumped 08th'
6th Octave 04 ′
7th Pointed flute 04 ′
8th. Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Octave 02 ′
10. Mixture IV 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Cornett III (from g 0 )0
12. Trumpet 08th'
II Swell C – g 3
13. Principal 08th'
14th Salicional 08th'
15th Vox coelestis 0 08th'
16. Bourdon 08th'
17th Octave 04 ′
18th Transverse flute 04 ′
19th Nasat 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
20th flute 02 ′
21st third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
22nd Mixture III-V 02 ′
23. Trumpets 08th'
24. oboe 08th'
Pedal C – f 1
25th Principal 16 '
26th Sub-bass 16 ′
27. Octave (Ext. No. 25) 08th'
28. Bourdon (Ext. No. 26) 0 08th'
29 Octave (Ext. No. 25) 04 ′
30th trombone 16 ′
31. Trumpet (Ext.No. 30) 08th'
  • Coupling : II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), II / II (sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P (also as super-octave coupling)
  • Playing aids: Electronic setter with 20 × 1,000 combinations and USB port, crescendo (as a roller) with three freely programmable rollers , circuit for turning the pages of digital notes on tablets, balance step and hand pull for sills.
  • Remarks
  1. ↑ CH together with No. 5.

Bells

After the delivery of materials in World War II , two new bells were cast for the church in 1950. They were named after the reformers Johannes Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli and were played on a 1 and d 2 . A historic hour bell by Hans Glockengießer hung unused in the little turret on the west gable. After the fire, the historic bell was preserved, but broke into three parts when it was recovered. It was able to be repaired by the Lachenmeyer bell welding shop and was heard for the first time in 60 years in the choir room on October 4th, 2015. The two destroyed bells were replaced by a new casting in 2017 by the Rincker company. The ringing disposition was changed in order to integrate the historical bell into the overall ringing. All three bells are now in the bell room in the attic.

No.
  		Surname
  		Chime
  		Casting year
  		Bell caster
 
1 Calvin a 1 2017 Rincker
2 Zwingli c 2 2017 Rincker
3 - d 3 17th century Hans bell founder

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Martha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 650 year old church in danger of collapsing after a fire. In: Spiegel online. 5th June 2014.
  2. ↑ Timeline: History of the community
  3. ↑ 700 year old St. Martha burned out. ( Memento from June 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: BR Nachrichten.
  4. ↑ Three years after the fire: Topping-out ceremony at St. Martha Church in Nuremberg. ( Memento of May 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the Bayerischer Rundfunk website , accessed on May 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ Reopening of the Church in November. Evangelical Reformed Church Congregation St. Martha Nuremberg, accessed on April 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Soot removed from old stones. November 17, 2018, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Information on the organ at organindex.de; they also provide the information on the municipality's website
  9. ^ Report on the parish website, accessed on October 24, 2019
  10. ↑ Georg Rieger: The reconstruction of the St. Martha Church in Nuremberg, which was destroyed by fire. Presbytery of the parish of St. Martha, Nuremberg 2019.

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '54.57 "  N , 11 ° 4' 51.44"  O