St. Martin (Zyfflich)

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The parish church of St. Martin in Zyfflich
Lintel over the main portal of the church with the inscription "VITA SALUS REQUIES DATUR HIC PULSATE FIDELES". Reconstruction based on the original that was destroyed in World War II.
Look at the choir
Interior

The core of the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Zyfflich dates from the 11th century and was a collegiate church until 1436 .

Building history

Between 1002 and 1021, Count Balderich von Uplage donated a monastery in Zyfflich, for which a new church was started. The capitals built into the central nave arcades, in particular the so-called “Atlantenkapitell”, are among the most important Ottonian large-scale sculptures in the Rhineland.

In the second half of the 14th century the church received a Gothic choir. Probably as a result of the monastery moving to Kranenburg in 1436, the church was reduced in size by demolishing the side aisles and walling up the arcades. In 1718 the church was redesigned in Baroque style and the vaults were replaced by a low wooden ceiling. During a renovation from 1911-14, the southern arcades were exposed again and a new aisle was built.

The church was very badly destroyed in the war winter of 1944/45. The reconstruction, which began in 1950 and was accompanied by archaeological investigations, took into account the original building design. The Ottonian arcades could be opened on both sides by adding side aisles. In 1961 the church was rededicated.

The glass pictures on the windows were designed by Ludwig Baur in 1960 .

organ

The organ was built in 1965 by the Walcker organ builder . The instrument has registers on two manuals and a pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Gemshorn 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. Forest flute 2 ′
6th Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Wooden dulcian 16 ′
Tremulant
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
8th. Wooden dacked 8th'
9. Salicional 8th'
10. recorder 4 ′
11. Principal 2 ′
12. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
14th Rohrschalmey 8th'
tremolo
Pedals C – f 1
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Octave bass 8th'
17th Chorale bass 4 ′
18th Octave Cornet II 2 ′
19th Silent trumpet 16 ′

literature

  • Robert Scholten: Cranenburg and his pen , Kleve 1902.
  • Hans-Peter Hilger: Kleve district , vol. 5: Kranenburg - Zyfflich (= The monuments of the Rhineland, vol. 7). Rheinland-Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1970.
  • Leo Schaefer: The founding building of the collegiate church St. Martin in Zyfflich , Essen 1963.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rp-online.de Open wounds healed from October 6, 2011
  2. ^ Glasmalerei-ev.net, Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century
  3. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : Saint Martin Church (Zyfflich)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 23 "  N , 5 ° 58 ′ 27"  E