St. Stephan (Bad Langensalza)

The St. Stephan mountain church

Interior panorama

The Protestant mountain church St. Stephan is in Bad Langensalza in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish Bad Langensalza in the parish of Mühlhausen of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

The church, first mentioned in a document as a chapel in 1196 , is the oldest sacred building in Bad Langensalza. The church developed from an original monk's chapel through renovations and additions.

In 1394 the Gothic renovation took place . The stained glass windows are foundations of the citizens in the 19th century. The coats of arms of the donor families can still be seen on the ceilings . The pulpit was built in the Renaissance style in 1590 .

organ

Organ by Friedrich Petersilie

Pulpit from 1590

The organ of the church was built in 1884/1985 by the Bad Langensalza organ builder Friedrich Petersilie . It is a romantic work with a mechanical action and Bark levers . Your disposition is as follows:

I. Main work C– Principal 16 ′ Drone 16 ′ Principal 08th' Double Dacked 08th' Hollow flute 08th' Viola Di Gamba 08th' Fifth flute 05 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 04 ′ Hollow flute 04 ′ Octave 02 ′ Cymbel 3f. Cornett 2f. Mixture 5f. Trumpet 08th'

II. Upper structure C– Tibia major 16 ′ Violin Principal 08th' Lovely Gedackt 08th' Flauto Harmonica 08th' Salicional 08th' Violin Principal 04 ′ Flauto amabile 04 ′ Flautino 02 ′ Progressive 2f. oboe 08th'

III. Fernwerk C– Harmonica 08th' Concert flute 08th' Vox coelestis 08th' Flauto Harmonica 04 ′

Pedal C– Principal bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Quintbass 010 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavbass 08th' Flute bass 08th' Violon cello 08th' Mixture 3f.

• Pair : II / I, III / II, I / Ped, II / Ped
• Kicks: Piano, Mezzoforte, Forte, Fortissimo
• Schweller: Fernwerk

Web links

Commons : Bergkirche St. Stephan Bad Langensalza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• St. Stephan mountain church. In: arch INFORM .
• The church on www.kirchenbau.de
• Information about the church and congregation on the church district website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St. Stephan on the city's website ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 26, 2014 

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 39.8 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 42.7 ″  E