St. Nicolai (Pulsnitz)

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St. Nicolai

The town church St. Nicolai is the main church of Pulsnitz . Today it serves the Lutheran church as a house of worship .

history

A first church was probably located on the square of the churchyard in front of the upper gate and was built in the 12th or 13th century. Where the St. Catherine consecrated a church are Pleban , a Altarist and a school principal documented. This church, which was called the Chapel of Our Lady in 1453 , fell out of use at the beginning of the 16th century and fell into disrepair.

In 1473, another church was first mentioned in an episcopal document and, according to a document from 1498, was designated as consecrated to St. Nicholas . During the Thirty Years' War the church was pillaged. After another fire in 1742, the building was rebuilt by 1745 and received new fittings . The current altar was built in 1794.

Building description

The exterior still gives the impression of a late Gothic church, while the interior is primarily in the Baroque and Rococo styles . The pulpit, created around 1600, is of particular cultural and historical value.

A memorial chapel for Ernst Rietschel has been located on the south side of the church since 1934 .

View of the organ

The organ goes back in part to an instrument that was built in 1852 by the organ builders Kohl and Mende (Leipzig). The slider chests -instrument had 26 registers on two manuals and pedal and was in an existing organ case built, which was built around 1780 by the organ builder Johann Christian Pfützner (Pulsnitz). In 1912 the organ builders Julius Jahn und Sohn (Dresden) built a new instrument with 35 registers on three manuals and pedal in this case, reusing some parts of the organ from 1852. During the 20th century the instrument was overhauled and changed several times . The organ today has 37 stops (including a transmission in the pedal) on three manual works and pedal.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Gamba 08th'
4th octave 04 ′
5. Pointed flute 04 ′
6th Fifth 00 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th octave 02 ′
8th. Cornet III-IV
9. Sharp IV-V
10. Trumpet 08th'
Tremulant
II upper structure C – g 3
11. Gemshorn 08th'
12. Quintatön 08th'
13. Principal 04 ′
14th Reed flute 04 ′
15th Principal 04 ′
16. Pointed flute 02 ′
17th Fifth 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Sesquialtera II 00
19th Bright Zymbel III 0
III Swell C – g 3
20th Violin principal 08th'
21st Dumped 08th'
22nd Salicional 08th'
23. Violin beat 08th'
24. Gemshorn 04 ′
25th recorder 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Principal 02 ′
27. Sifflute II 00 01'
28. oboe 08th'
Pedal C – f 1
29 Principal bass 16 ′
30th Sub bass 16 ′
31. Quintbass (from No. 1) 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
32. Octave bass 08th'
33. Gemshorn 08th'
34. Octave bass 04 ′
35. Principal 02 ′
36. Mixture V
37. Trombone bass 16 ′
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P

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Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 55 "  N , 14 ° 0 ′ 42.5"  E