St. Stephan (Bamberg)

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Stephanskirche (far left)
also: Upper Parish and Bamberg Cathedral
Saint Stephen's Church

The St. Stephen's Church in Bamberg 's Old Town is the only Protestant church now that of a pope ( Benedict VIII. Was dedicated). The monastery was founded in 1007/09 by Bishop Eberhard I of Bamberg , possibly on the instructions of Empress Kunigunde ; it was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . The collegiate church, which was consecrated to Saint Stephen , became a Protestant church in 1807. A preparatory school was later housed in the monastery building .

Building history

The current construction comprises three construction periods. The oldest component is the tower, with the roof from 1698. The choir from 1628 was built by the builder Giovanni Bonalino , the church in Greek cross shape with the three other cross beams by Antonio Petrini 1678–1681. Petrini retained the original floor plan from the 11th century.

In 1808 the church was handed over by the state to the Evangelical Lutheran parish. Due to the marriage of the Bavarian Crown Prince Maximilian to Princess Marie Friederike of Prussia and her longer stay in Bamberg, the church received a royal box in the western cross beam.

Legends

There is a legend about the penny miracle about the construction of St. Stephen's Church , which is depicted on the imperial grave in Bamberg Cathedral :

“The grave of the holy couple Heinrich and Kunigunde is located in Bamberg Cathedral. A picture of this tomb shows the Empress paying the builders of St. Stephen's Church. For it was a vicious, dissatisfied man among the workers who stole the money from the conductor of the building so that the certain sum never wanted to be paid. It took a long time to track down the thief. One day St. Kunigundis went herself to the workmen and held up a bowl from which each took his penny. The thief also reached into the bowl, but, as before, unnoticed took several pfennigs. No sooner had he seized it than his hands burned terribly, so that he ran away crying, and when he got home he had only one penny in his hand. "

organ

The organ of St. Stephan was built between 2003 and 2008 by Mühleisen (Leonberg) in the existing historical organ prospectus, which was made for an instrument from 1710. Today's organ replaces an instrument that GF Steinmeyer built in 1892 . This predecessor instrument was expanded, rebuilt and changed several times during the 20th century. Due to the damage findings in 2003, an overhaul of the Steinmeyer organ did not make sense. Today's instrument has 54 registers on slider drawers. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions mechanical and electrical.

I main work C – a 3
1. Praestant 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Fifth tones 8th'
5. Copula 8th'
6th Octav 4 ′
7th Pointed flute 4 ′
8th. Quinta 3 ′
9. Octav 2 ′
10. Mixture V 2 '
11. Zymbel III 1'
12. Cornett V (from g 0 ) 8th'
13. Trumpet 16 ′
14th Trumpet 8th'
II Oberwerk C – a 3
15th Suavial 8th'
16. Portal flute 8th'
17th Salicional 8th'
18th Gedact 8th'
19th Octav 4 ′
20th Wood lull 4 ′
21st Nasat 3 ′
22nd third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Principal 2 ′
24. Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Mixture IV 1'
26th Dulcian 16 ′
27. Trumpet 8th'
28. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
29 Salicional 16 ′
30th Violin principal 8th'
31. Hollow flute 8th'
32. Flute harmonique 8th'
33. Gamba 8th'
34. Aeoline 8th'
35. Vox coelestis 8th'
36. Fugara 4 ′
37. Transverse flute 4 ′
38. Forest flute 2 ′
39. Prog. Harmonica II-IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
40. bassoon 16 ′
41. Trumpet 8th'
42. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Carillon
Pedal C – f 1
43. Stand (No. 44) 32 ′
44. Sub bass 16 ′
45. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
46. Principal bass 16 ′
47. Octave bass 8th'
48. Flute bass 8th'
49. Grand Cornet II 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′
50. Basset hound 4 ′
51. Mixturbass IV 3 ′
52. Bombard 16 ′
53. Bossaun bass 8th'
54. Trumpet 4 ′

literature

  • Helmut Glück : St. Stephan 1808-2008. 200 years of the Protestant parish of St. Stephan Bamberg . Published on behalf of the St. Stephan Church Council. Private printing. St. Stephan parish, Bamberg 2008.
  • Margit Fuchs: Innovation and Pragmatism. Sankt Stephan in Bamberg as the initial building of baroque architecture in Franconia (= publications by the Society for Franconian History. Series VIII, sources and representations on Franconian art history 18). Stegaurach: Wissenschaftlicher Kommissionsverlag 2017 ISBN 978-3-86652-818-5 (not evaluated)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Schöppner : Bayrische Sagen, Sagenbuch der Bayerischen Lande , Volume 1, Munich 1852. Quoted from http://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/deutschland/bayern/bamberg/schale_kunigund.html
  2. ↑ More information on the history of the organs in St. Stephan , as seen on May 21, 2012.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 17.9 "  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 10.3"  E