City church Moers

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Protestant town 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 .

Town hall church Adolfinum 1850

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
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

  1. ^ Searching for traces of the oldest church in Moers Rheinische Post from December 24, 2012
  2. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtkirche-moers.de
  3. ^ Derwesten.de Descent into Moers history WAZ from August 30, 2011
  4. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eling-architekten.de
  5. ^ 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

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Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 32 ″  E