St. Stephen's Church (Aschersleben)

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St. Stephen's Church in Aschersleben
St. Stephani by night
View from the tower to the east over the city

The St. Stephen's Church in Aschersleben was built from 1406 to 1507 and is a Gothic hall church . Today it belongs to the Evangelical parish of Aschersleben with the St. Margarethen Church and St. Johannis Church .

The St. Stephen's Church is the largest city church in Saxony-Anhalt and can be visited.

Building history

The St. Stephen's Church is the successor to a smaller Romanesque basilica , which stood in the same place as today's church. The construction of the church began towards the end of the 14th century with the demolition of the towers of the Romanesque basilica. In 1406 the current tower was built, which can still be seen today above the west portal of the church. At the same time, the construction of the high choir began. Part of the material from the towers of the old church was used in the lower part of the tower. The tower was built up to the first floor and then left for about 30 years. During this time, the sandy subsoil under the tower began to settle, which led to problems during the entire construction phase of the towers, and ultimately even resulted in a change in the construction plans for the tower. After completion of the south tower (height approx. 82 meters), the idea of ​​completing the north tower was abandoned. The already planned round decorative window in the tower front was walled up. Construction of the nave did not begin until 1480. The large Gothic church was built around the smaller Romanesque basilica, so to speak, and it was torn down piece by piece during the construction work. Today the southern tower is also on the decline. Regular checks are carried out to determine whether the tower is tilting further.

Timetable

1406 Start of construction of the Gothic towers
1437 Casting the evening bell
1469 Completion of the towers
1475 First lightning strike in the south tower
1480 Start of construction of the Gothic nave and demolition of the Romanesque nave
1492 Completion of the walls of the Gothic nave
1494 The large clock bell is poured and the roof timber is rafted to Aken on the Elbe
1506 The clockwork will be installed in the south tower
1507 Church consecration after over 100 years of construction
1575 Casting of the chamber bell by Eckard Kucher
1826 The old bridal bell shows a crack
1839 Font of the new bridal bell
1862 The church and tower will receive lightning rods
1925 Casting the Luther bell
1940 Of the 10 bells, 7 have to be delivered for armament purposes
1950 In the spring, all 7 bells return from Hamburg to Aschersleben and are hung up again in the south tower and ceremoniously put into service on Ascension Day
1957/58 Bell machines are installed
2001 The tower head will be completely renovated and the tower crown will be removed and opened

Furnishing

Altar of the Stephanikirche in the eastern part of the church

The St. Stephen's Church has a rich interior. It houses pictures from the Cranach School in Wittenberg and various other paintings and epithets . In the center of the high choir is the old bronze baptismal font from the 14th century.

The old baroque pulpit from the 17th century is still in the nave. The high altar with gold inscription by the founder on the side, the pulpit in the transitional area between the high choir and nave and the rest of the stalls date from 1905/06, donated by the imperial councilor and large grain dealer Gustav Ramdohr .

Röver organ

The church still houses a Röver - organ from 1907, which the old, 1655-1657, built by Georg Nothnagel and 1712 by the organ builder Christoph Concius ( Wernigerode replaced outdated) organ. In 1907, the prospectus of the previous organ from 1855 was taken over and expanded.

The organ was then equipped with new pipes from 1940 to 1944 by the company Palandt & Sohnle (Hildesheim) . Today the instrument has 51 registers (approx. 3,500 pipes) on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are pneumatic.

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Quintadena 8th'
4th Gemshorn 8th'
5. Nasat 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th octave 4 ′
7th Covered flute 4 ′
8th. Viol 4 ′
9. octave 2 ′
10. recorder 2 ′
11. Night horn 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Sesquialter II
13. Mixture IV-VI
14th Trumpet 8th'
15th Trumpet 4 ′
II Oberwerk C – f 3
16. Salizet 16 ′
17th Principal 8th'
18th Covered 8th'
19th Wooden flute 8th'
20th Octave 4 ′
21st flute 4 ′
22nd Delicate violin 4 ′
23. octave 2 ′
24. Forest flute 2 ′
25th Bell tenter 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
26th Scharff V
27. Rankett 16 ′
28. shawm 8th'
III Swell C – f 3
29 Covered 16 ′
30th Principal 8th'
31. Covered 8th'
32. Salizional 8th'
33. octave 4 ′
34. Reed flute 4 ′
35. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Schwiegel 2 ′
37. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
38. Sif flute 1'
39. Tertian II
40. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
41. Principal bass 16 ′
42. Sub bass 16 ′
43. Octave bass 8th'
44. Covered bass 8th'
45. octave 4 ′
46. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
47. flute 2 ′
48. Mixture II-VI
49. trombone 16 ′
50. Trumpet 8th'
51. Clarine 4 ′
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Super octave coupling: II / I
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I, III / II

Organ prospectus

In 1907 a total of 26 oil paintings by former members of the Aschersleben magistrate were hung around the organ. These were made around 1660 to commemorate the “excellent management of the city” during the Thirty Years War by the painter Wulf Ernst Lindemeyer (* 1601; † around 1663) from Halberstadt. They show:

  • three mayors: Ascan Pflaume , Daniel Lindau, Joh. Hertzog
  • three city bailiffs: Daniel Hauenschild, Valentin Zwanzig, Joh. Roloff
  • two mayors: Gottfried Herwig and Andreas Müller (the 3rd was Valentin Drosihn)
  • two riders: Johann Müller and Johann Wolff (the 3rd Erasmus Beyse had died shortly before)
  • two Chamberlain: David Beyse and Daniel Pfeiffer (the 3rd missing)
  • three chamberlains: Valentin Lamprecht, Theodor Herzog, Balthasar Büssdorf
  • three riders: Andreas Gräffenstein, Busse Maschau, Caspar Niethard
  • three main builders: David Waldmann, Michael Heise, Caspar Heyberg
  • three wine owners: Asmus Pflaume, Valentin Lamprecht II, Hennig Müller, and
  • two clients: Joachim Ramdohr and Burchard Hecht (the third one is missing).

One of the councilors did not want to be painted, namely the mayor Valentin Drosihn, because, as they say, he was ashamed of his big nose.

Bells

Bell 2 - Sunday bell (above) and Bell 3 - Luther bell
Belfry

Today the church has a total of ten bells , six of which are in the bell room, five of which are rung electrically. Two more bells are in a bay window on the north side of the tower. These are the bells of the striking mechanism that are out of order. In the southern part of the nave there is a small belfry with two bells that come from the roof turret above the high choir. These bells are the baptismal and hospital bells . The bell is in a technically defective condition, which will have to be overhauled.

No.
  		Name
(Name) 		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )
1 Chamber bell 1575 Eckard Kucher, Erfurt 1830 3710 b 0 0 -4.5
2 Sunday bell 1331 unknown 1600 2400 c 1 0 +4
3 Luther bell 1925 Schilling, Apolda 1300 1332 it 1 −2
4th Evening bell 1437 probably Joh. Floris 1120 879 g 1 0 +2
5 Ave Maria bell 2nd half of the 13th century unknown 920 355 as 1 −6
6th Little bell 2nd half of the 13th century unknown 830 342 b 1 0 +3
I. Striking the hour bell 1494 (?) unknown 1170 776 e 1 0 −7
II Quarter-strike bell 13th century unknown 630 276 g 2 0 −6
III Roof turret, baptismal bell 14th century unknown 330 40 ~ it 3
IV House bell, hospital bell 14th century unknown 230 25th ~ b 3

photos

  • View from the tower of St. Stephen's Church to the north, onto the market square with the hen fountain and town hall

  • Stairway in the north tower

  • Staircase

  • Pulley wheel in the tower hood of the south tower (diameter ~ 3 m)

literature

  • U. Stephan, W. Schlothauer: 500 years of the St. Stephani town church in Aschersleben . 1st edition. Buchhaus am Markt, December 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020488-3 .

Web links

Commons : St. Stephanikirche (Aschersleben)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://kircheaschersleben.wordpress.com/unsere-kirchen/
  2. ↑ pretzien.de
  3. ↑ evangelische-kirche-aschersleben.de ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2008 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evangelische-kirche-aschersleben.de
  4. ↑ https://www.orgelbau-huefken.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Restaurierung/aschersleben-roeverorgel/aschersleben-roever-disposition.pdf
  5. ↑ Prof. Dr. Emil Strasbourg: History of the city of Aschersleben . Neudruck, Naumburg / Saale 2003, p. 297
  6. ^ Entry on regiowiki.hna and article by Griep, Hans-Günther (1963): Daniel and Wulf-Ernst Lindemeyer. Painter, wood cutter and copper engraver in Goslar (1601–1663) , in: Harz magazine. Vol. 15, 1963, p. 105
  7. ↑ Constanze Treuber u. a .: Cast diversity. Bells in Saxony-Anhalt . Hinstorff, Rostock 2007, pp. 19-22.

Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 14.2 "  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 18.3"  E