St. Eberhard Cathedral (Stuttgart)

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St. Eberhard Cathedral

The St. Eberhard Cathedral (formerly: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Eberhard ) in Stuttgart has been the second cathedral church (co- cathedral of the bishop ) in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart since 1978 . The St. Martin Cathedral is located in Rottenburg . The survey took place on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the diocesan and its renaming to the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart .

history

Eberhard Church around 1890

After the practice of the Roman Catholic denomination in Württemberg was placed under royal protection in 1806, the tradition of worship of the Catholic court chapel, which had been preserved since the Reformation as a private right of the (Catholic) dukes, with the Catholic minority of the population, who had already participated in their services, could to constitute an independent parish.

This first Catholic parish in post-Reformation Stuttgart first met in the French church at the Bebenhäuser Hof and, when it had become too small, moved to the former garrison church (today the Haus der Wirtschaft, near Berliner Platz, stands on the site of the first garrison church). In 1807 Frederick I assigned the Catholic community a building site reserved for the royal family in the lower half of Königstrasse, the current location of the Eberhardskirche.

The foundation stone for this first new Catholic church in what was then Stuttgart (in what is now Stuttgart-Hofen, St. Barbara Church was consecrated in 1784) since the Reformation was laid in 1808 without any particular sympathy from the still predominantly Protestant population of Stuttgart. The church was consecrated on October 1, 1811 by the auxiliary bishop in Augsburg , Prince Karl von Hohenlohe . Friedrich I had instructed him to name the church after his ancestor, the legendary Count Eberhard im Bart , and he followed the instructions. In terms of church law, however, the assignment of patronage turned out to be more difficult, as Eberhard im Barte is not mentioned in any official calendar of saints and was therefore out of the question as a patron. On the other hand, the young congregation was not allowed to forego the king's goodwill through a possible rededication of the church. First of all, St. Eberhard I , Archbishop of Salzburg, was accepted as the official patron, although he is mentioned in the calendar of saints of the diocese of Salzburg , but not in the Roman Church. Later the Blessed Eberhard VI. von Nellenburg , the founder of the Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen , before Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht ended the discussion at the consecration of the church, which was rebuilt after the Second World War, in 1955 by appointing the last two Eberharde as patrons of the church in the dedicatory inscription.

construction

Side view of the cathedral church (visible in 2007 because of the construction of the house of the Catholic Church on the neighboring property at Königstrasse 7)
View of the altar
View of the north side gallery

The original structural form of the Eberhardskirche represented a reconstruction of the evangelical church that had been demolished at Schloss Solitude . It was carefully demolished there in 1808 and transferred to the building site in Königstrasse. From this previous church only the floor plan and the turret with the pointed dome that characterize the facade are preserved today.

The first redesign took place in 1933/34, when the original colorful and colorful interior was removed and the church was furnished in a neoclassical style . In 1944 the church was completely destroyed by two bomb attacks. The reconstruction by Hugo Schlösser on the old floor plan was completed in 1955. In 1973 the interior was again slightly redesigned to implement the decisions of the Second Vatican Council . The elevation to the co-cathedral (1978) again made structural changes necessary. These were met in 1990/91 in a profound redesign of the interior according to plans by Bert Perlias, through which the Eberhard Church received its present form.

Organs

Main organ

The picture shows the main organ above the entrance. Looking with your back to the altar.
Main organ

The organ was built in 1982 by the organ builder Winfried Albiez . The instrument has 56 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, the Registertrakturen electrically, the coupling being selectively mechanically and electrically.

Disposition of the main organ

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Prefix 8th'
2. Bourdon 8th'
3. Quintad 8th'
4th Principal 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octav 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Sif flute 1'
11. Scharff IV 1'
12. Reed flute sordun 16 ′
13. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
14th Prefix 16 ′
15th Principal 8th'
16. Cane-covered 8th'
17th Black viola 8th'
18th Octav 4 ′
19th Night horn 4 ′
20th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Super octave 2 ′
22nd Mixture V-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Cornett V (from f 0 ) 8th'
24. Trumpet 16 ′
25th Trumpet 8th'
26th Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
27. Bourdon 16 ′
28. Principal 8th'
29 Flute harmonique 8th'
30th Salicional 8th'
31. Voix celeste (from c 0 ) 8th'
32. Flood 4 ′
33. Prestant 4 ′
34. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Duplicate 2 ′
36. Quarte de Nasard 2 ′
37. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
38. Fittings IV – V 2 ′
39. Cymbals IV 1 ⁄ 2 ′
40. Basson 16 ′
41. Trompette harmonique 8th'
42. Hautbois 8th'
43. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
44. Principal bass 16 ′
45. Sub bass 16 ′
46. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
47. Octavbass 8th'
48. Covered bass 8th'
49. Choral bass 4 ′
50. Capstan flute 4 ′
51. Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
52. Mixture III 2 ′
53. Bombard 32 ′
54. trombone 16 ′
55. Trumpet 8th'
56. zinc 4 ′

Choir organ

Since 2006 the co-cathedral has had a choir organ made by Claudius Winterhalter (II / 10).

Disposition of the choir organ

I main work Cg 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Lull major 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Octave (from No. 5) 2 ′
5. Mixture III-IV 2 ′
II Swell Cg 3
6th Double clad 8th'
7th viola 8th'
8th. Slack travers 4 ′
9. Gemshorn 4 ′
10. Trumpets 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal Cf 1
11. Sub bass 16 ′
12. Gedacktbass (from No. 11) 8th'

Cathedral music

The cathedral music at St. Eberhard includes the Cathedral Choir, the Mädchenkantorei at the Stuttgart Cathedral , the cathedral orchestra St. Eberhard and the Schola Gregoriana. The cathedral music team consists of cathedral music director Christian Weiherer , cathedral cantor Lydia Schimmer and cathedral organist Johannes Mayr .

Together they organize the services at St. Eberhard and cover the entire range of the church music repertoire. In addition, the ensembles can be heard in various concert series in the cathedral.

literature

  • Egon Hopfenzitz (ed.): Church in the heart of the city. 200 years of religious freedom in Württemberg, 200 years of the parish of St. Eberhard in Stuttgart. Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7966-1308-X

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Dücker: Information on the organs of the church music centers. (PDF) St. Eberhard Cathedral, June 14, 2016, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The main organ of the cathedral by Winfried Albiez. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014 ; Retrieved October 9, 2014 .
  3. ^ The choir organ of the cathedral by Claudius Winterhalter. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014 ; Retrieved October 9, 2014 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 47 "  N , 9 ° 10 ′ 48"  E