Mylau town church

Choir view

Historical view of the Silbermann organ with the original case

The Protestant town church Mylau is a stately neo-Gothic hall church in the district of Mylau von Reichenbach in the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony . It belongs to the parish of Mylau in the Plauen church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and is known for its organ by Gottfried Silbermann , which was later given a neo-Gothic case.

History and architecture

The neo-Gothic church with an unusually high tower was built in the years 1887–90 in place of a previous building, presumably from the 13th century. The first draft by Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel dates from 1884 and was revised and expanded in 1886 by Julius Zeißig from Leipzig. The stonemasonry and sculpture work was carried out by Hermann Hasenohr from Dresden. The interior was restored in 1933 and 1986–89.

The elaborately designed red brick building with a cross-shaped floor plan ends in a choir with a five-eighth end , which is flanked by the sacristy and staircase. The slender tower on a square floor plan with a pointed helmet is easily set into the ship and is flanked by two round stair towers. Figures of the Evangelists from 1894 by Heinrich Weinhold are placed above the portal.

Inside, the three-aisled hall church shows a separated crossing and a triumphal arch to the choir and is closed with reticulated rib vaults over the wide central nave. The narrower aisles and transept arms are provided with wooden galleries. The wall and vault decorations with gilding, executed in stencil painting, were made by Max Schmidt from Hamburg and restored in 1986-89. The brightly colored glass paintings were supplied by Schneider and Schmölz from Cologne in 1890. In the choir they show the birth of Christ, the crucifixion and the ascension of Christ, on the side rosettes with Luther and Melanchthon are arranged. The apostles Peter and Paul are depicted in the large rosettes of the transept, and the evangelist symbols in the aisles .

Furnishing

The uniform neo-Gothic furnishings from the time it was built have been preserved. A memorial plaque for Pastor Julius Leonhard Heubner (1843–77) is furnished with a portrait of the deceased in the architectural framework and was made by Hermann Hasenohr based on a design by A. Weissbach from Mylau.

organ

The organ is a work by Gottfried Silbermann with 21 stops on two manuals and a pedal and was consecrated on December 2nd, 1731. In 1743 Silbermann carried out the first repair. When the church was rebuilt in 1887, the organ was taken over from the previous building, but was given a neo-Gothic prospect by Carl Eduard Schubert . A number of pipes for the new prospectus with extra lengths were newly manufactured. In 1896 the Vox humana 8 ′ was exchanged for a Salicional 8 ′ . In 1911 Alfred Schmeisser replaced the quintadena 8 'of the main work with a viol 8' and removed the sif flute 1 ' . In 1932 an Aeoline 8 ′ was installed. In 1989, the Quintadena 8 ′ and Sifflute 1 ′ registers were reconstructed by the Jehmlich brothers and installed in place of the viol and aeoline . Salicional 8 ′ was retained; thus the condition of 1896 was restored. The organ thus has about two thirds of the original pipes from 1731. Today's disposition is:

I main work CD – c ³
Principal	8th'
Reed flute	8th'
Quintadena	8th'
Octave	4 ′
Pointed flute	4 ′
Fifth	3 ′
Octava	2 ′
Cornet III	(from c ¹ )
Mixture IV
Salicional	8th'	(originally Vox humana)

II Oberwerk CD – c ³
Dumped	8th'
Pipe lull	4 ′
Nassat	3 ′
Octave	2 ′
third	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
Fifth	1 ¹ ⁄ ₂  ′
Sif flute	1'
Cymbal	II

Pedal CD – c ¹
Sub-bass	16 ′
Octave bass	8th'
trombone	16 ′

Subsidiary register

Remarks

Pitch: currently a ¹ = 466 Hz
Mood: currently equal.
Wind pressure : 79 mm water column

Peal

The bell consists of four bronze bells , the bell cage is made of steel. the bell yokes made of cast steel. Below is a data overview of the bell:

No.	Casting date	Caster	material	diameter	Dimensions	Chime
1	1931	Bell foundry SF Schilling	bronze	1680 mm	2860 kg	b °
2	1890	Bell foundry CA Bierling	bronze	1380 mm	1414 kg	d ′
3	1919	Bell foundry SF Schilling	bronze	1158 mm	800 kg	f ′
3	1990	Metz bell foundry	bronze	1010 mm	665 kg	G'

literature

Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. The administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 , p. 713.
Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 333 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche Mylau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Mylau in the Plauen church district
Mylau - organ from 1731 on the website of the Gottfried Silbermann Society

Individual evidence

↑ Frank-Harald Greß, Michael Lange: Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns (= publications of the Society of Organ Friends. No. 177). 2nd Edition. Sandstein-Verlag, Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-930382-50-4 , p. 90.
^ ^A ^b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 333 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).

50.619911 12.26472Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 11.7 " N , 12 ° 15 ′ 53" E

[1] Frank-Harald Greß, Michael Lange: Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns (= publications of the Society of Organ Friends. No. 177). 2nd Edition. Sandstein-Verlag, Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-930382-50-4 , p. 90.

[Thümmel_S.333-2] A ^b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 333 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).