City church Moers
The Moerser Stadtkirche is the Protestant parish church in the city center of Moers , North Rhine-Westphalia. It is consecrated to the Evangelist John .
Location
The church is visible from afar in the center surrounded by commercial buildings near the Neumarkt and the fort square in downtown Moers.
history
The oldest church in the city was built in the 10th or 11th century. The oldest indirect evidence for this church is a document from 1230. It was located in front of the later walled city, where the small chapel is today in the old cemetery on Rheinberger Strasse, and was called Bonifatiuskirche . The first settlement area was thus northeast of the current old town center. Moers initially belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne and was subordinate to the Archdiaconate Xanten .
The forerunner of the Evangelical City Church was a 1363 by Count Dietrich VI. donated chapel. In 1441, Count Friedrich III entrusted the Carmelite Order with the administration of this "Johannes-Evangelist-Kapelle" with the requirement to found a monastery . Around 1450 both the construction of the monastery buildings and the conversion of the chapel into the larger monastery church took place. A Tilmann who was identified with the foreman at Cologne Cathedral mentioned in 1466 is named as the builder . The monastery church has served as the Protestant town church since the Reformation .
Count Hermann von Neuenahr-Moers pushed through the Reformation permanently in the city and in the county of Moers by 1560 at the latest . Count Hermann also issued a new church ordinance and dissolved the monastery in 1573. In place of the monastery he founded a Latin school , the beginnings of the Adolfinum grammar school . The Protestant church service was held in today's town church in 1608. Since a big fire raged in Moers in 1605 and burned almost the entire city center, including the monastery church, the church had to be rebuilt. Moritz von Oranien (1567–1625) bought goods and buildings of the monastery in 1614.
architecture
The originally single-nave brick church was extended in 1655 by two low transepts . The year 1655 can still be read on the south transept. The naves are closed off by paved cross-ribbed vaults over wooden ribs.
The neo-Gothic tower was built in 1889–1891 , based on the model of the Christ Church in Bochum (1879). In 1898 the old grammar school was demolished so that a sacristy with a larger portal could be added to the south side .
Since 2011, due to general renovation work and archaeological investigations , the church has been closed for the installation of new underfloor heating and was reopened on May 8, 2016 after over five years of construction.
Furnishing
For a long time it was not known how the former Carmelite Church or St. John's Chapel was designed inside. During the 20th century the whitewash peeled off the pillars next to the organ and frescoes of Saints Barbara and Anna Selbdritt came to light. The small Flemish brass candlesticks in the side aisles and in the galleries date back to 1628–1639. The stained glass windows were designed in 1927 by H. Bänder, in the choir window the teaching Christ .
organ
The town church of Moers received its first organ in 1673. It came from the workshop of the Dortmund organ builder Johann Georg Alberti and was relatively small with 11 stops. Around 1787 it was replaced by a larger baroque organ. This was created by Johann Gerhard Schrey , a master organ builder from Wuppertal-Elberfeld . The organ prospectus has been preserved to this day. It is a listed building.
Over the years the organ has been rebuilt and rebuilt several times in order to adapt it to the increasing demands and the musical zeitgeist. In 1959, the organ builder Willi Peter from Cologne completely renewed its inner workings and received additional manuals and pedal stops . It was based on the disposition of the baroque organ from 1787 and had 38 sounding stops. Until the renovation of the Protestant town church in March 2011, she accompanied church services and concert evenings.
The organ then had to be completely cleaned and overhauled in 2016. Most of the costs were covered by pipe sponsorships. With the restoration by Orgelbau Oppel from Schmallenberg , the instrument was expanded from 38 registers to 56 registers and technically adapted. It received an electric tone and stop action mechanism, numerous additional wind chests and a new console. The extensions come mainly from 19th century English organs. The organ has been sounding in the new sound since the end of 2017.
Disposition after the renovation
Aux = auxiliary row
Q = CH as a fifth circuit
Main work 1: | Main work 2: | Swell 1: | Swell 2: | Rückpositiv | pedal | ||||||
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Principal
Principal Open diapason Viol Clarabella Octava Maior Fifth Super octave trombone bassoon Tromba |
32 '(Aux)
16 '(Aux) 8th' 8th' 8th' 4 ' 2 2 / 3 ' 2 ' 32 '(Aux) 16 '(Aux) 8th' |
Dumped
Praestant Reed flute Octava Minor Small set Capstan flute Sesquialter 2f. Mixture 3-4f. Trumpet |
16 '
8th' 8th' 4 ' 4 ' 2 ' 2 2 / 3 ' 2 ' 8th' |
Principal
Principal Bourdon Lovingly dumped Viola di gamba Celeste Gemshorn Super octave trombone bassoon Cornopean oboe Tremulant |
32 '(Aux)
16 '(Aux) 16 ' 8th' 8th' 8th' 4 ' 2 ' 32 '(Aux) 16 '(Aux) 8th' 8th'
|
Principal
Gemshorn Octave Nasard Echo night horn third Scharff 2-3f. Dulcian Clairon Tremulant |
8th'
8th' 4 ' 2 2 / 3 ' 2 ' 1 3 / 5 ' 1 1 / 3 ' 16 ' 4 '
|
Principal
Praestant Drone Quintad violin Principal Transverse flute Octave Night horn Fifth Cymbel 2-3f. Clairon Vox Humana Tremulant |
16 '(Aux)
8th' 8th' 8th' 8th' 4 ' 4 ' 2 ' 2 ' 1 1 / 3 ' 1' 8th' 8th'
|
Open
Principal Bourdon Bourdon Principal Principal Principal Principal Sub bass Octave Pommer Tenor octave Rauschwerk 4f. Contraposaune trombone Tenor trombone Trumpet bassoon bassoon bassoon bassoon |
32 '(Q)
32 '(Q) 32 '(Q) 16 ' 16 '(Aux) 8 '(Aux) 4 '(Aux) 2 '(aux) 16 ' 8th' 8th' 4 ' 2 2 / 3 ' 32 ' 16 ' 8th' 4 ' 16 '(Aux) 8 '(Aux) 4 '(Aux) 2 '(aux) |
Each work can be assigned to any manual in equivalence (8 '), sub- (16') or super octave position (4 ').
Individual evidence
- ^ Searching for traces of the oldest church in Moers Rheinische Post from December 24, 2012
- ↑ stadtkirche-moers.de The history of the city church ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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.
- ^ Derwesten.de Descent into Moers history WAZ from August 30, 2011
- ↑ eling-architekten.de renovation and redesign Ev. Stadtkirche, Moers ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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.
- ^ Glasmalerei-ev.de Foundation Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century eV, Mönchengladbach 2004-2015
literature
- Margret Wensky (Ed.): Moers The history of the city from the early days to the present. Verlag Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2000, 2 volumes, ISBN 3-412-04600-0 , Volume 1: pp. 130–138, 260–261, 364–366; Volume 2: pp. 238-241.
Web links
- kgm-moers.de Protestant parish Moers
- moers.de History Station 03: Evangelical City Church
- support facebook.com city church
- kirche-moers.de heiner_faulenbach_ festival lecture on September 26, 2008.pdf
- Protestant town church Moers - 11 stations: The organ (p. 14)
- Orgelbau Oppel: "What takes a long time ..."
- Association of Organ Friends at Moers City Church eV (VOMS) - The organ in the Protestant City Church of Moers
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 5 ″ N , 6 ° 37 ′ 32 ″ E