St. Nikolaus (Schluchsee)

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St. Nicholas Church
View of the church from the northwest

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Schluchsee in the southern Black Forest is the towering structure in the place.

history

A Bruderhof of the St. Blasien monastery was the nucleus of the Schluchsee parish around the year 1000. A document mentioning a St. Nicholas chapel took place in 1095. The listed tower from 1275 comes from a larger church.

The current church was built in 1979/80 after repeated alterations and extensions and the demolition of the previous church, with the aforementioned tower being integrated into the new building. The inauguration took place on September 26, 1982.

description

View to the altar

The Nikolauskirche has a heptagonal floor plan. The roof is tent-shaped and spans four blocks of stalls, between which three passages lead to the altar. The corner parts and the top of the altar table were taken from the altar of the old church, while the side elements were redesigned. On the two walls to the right and left of the chancel there are two stylized trees of life made of concrete with branches and leaves carved from linden wood and six fruits each made of gold-colored metal.

The impressive three-winged altar from 1896 was also taken over from the old church. The left middle section shows the angel Gabriel's Annunciation to Mary between two violin-playing angels. The right middle section contains the figures of the just born baby Jesus between Mary and Joseph and angels playing the flute. The center is a crucifix with the crucified.

The left side wing bears reliefs of St. Blaise and St. Benedict , the right shows the reliefs of St. Conrad and St. Nicholas . All saints have a connection to Schluchsee: Blasius is the patron saint of St. Blasien, Nikolaus von Schluchsee, Benedikt founded the Benedictine abbey and Konrad is the patron saint of the Diocesan of Constance.

The eye-catching rusty iron balls on the windows form the way of the cross of the church. The individual stations are in the spheres, the spherical shells of which close more and more from station to station. The fourteenth station ( burial of Jesus ) can only be seen through a narrow slit. It is unusual to have another instead of the usual 14 stations. The gilded interior of the 15th station, of which only tattered spherical shells can be seen, symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus .

The baptismal font of the church is nearby.

organ

View of the organ

In 1983 the Mönch & Prachtel company from Überlingen built the organ on the left side gallery. Here too, parts of the organ are taken from the old church. It's the gold-decorated carving on the organ front . The instrument has 30 stops on two manual works and a pedal.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Reed flute 8th'
5. Octav 4 ′
6th recorder 4 ′
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Super octave 2 ′
9. Sifflet 1'
10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Cornet V 8th'
12. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – g 3
13. Bourdon 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Beat 8th'
16. Principal 4 ′
17th Coupling flute 4 ′
18th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Flageolet 2 ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Cymbel IV 1'
23. Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
24. Sub-bass 16 ′
25th Octave bass 8th'
26th Thought bass 8th'
27. Chorale bass 4 ′
28. Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
29 Bombard 16 ′
30th Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P

  • View to the gallery

  • View to the altar

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder

Web links

Commons : St. Nikolaus Church (Schluchsee)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 3 "  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 40.8"  E