City parish church St. Maria (Landau in der Pfalz)

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Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption

City parish church of St. Maria

Basic data
Denomination Catholic
place Landau in the Palatinate, Germany
Building history
Client Catholic Church Council of Landau
architect Joseph Cades
construction time 1907-1911
Building description
inauguration 1911
Architectural style New Late Romanesque, New Early Gothic
Construction type three-aisled gallery basilica, double tower facade
Coordinates 49 ° 11 '35.4 "  N , 8 ° 6' 52"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '35.4 "  N , 8 ° 6' 52"  E
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View inside the church
View from the chancel to the organ gallery
Organ gallery with the Steinmeyer organ

The Catholic parish church of St. Maria is in the city center of Landau / Pfalz , directly on the Südring. It is the most powerful church in the entire southern Palatinate. Because of its overwhelming size in the neo-Romanesque cathedral style, it is also called the Landau Cathedral . The church is listed in the register of cultural monuments of the independent city of Landau.

History and dimensions

In 1907 the Catholic Church Council of Landau decided to build a new, larger and more modern church in the newly created district of Landau-Süd, after the Augustinian Church on Königsstraße had become too small. In 1908 the foundation stone for the Marienkirche was laid according to plans by Joseph Cades , Stuttgart. Around 1910 the church was ready to be built with the exception of the two towers. 1911 then the church by then was Speyer bishop and later archbishop of Munich and Freising, Michael von Faulhaber solemnly inaugurated .

The Marienkirche is after the Speyer cathedral and the monastery church of Otterberg together with the Speyer memorial church the third largest church building in the Palatinate. The church is a total of 73 m long, 40 m wide and with the two west towers 60 m high. In the interior, the church is dedicated to the late Romanesque with early Gothic forms. Arched windows and buttresses based on the Chartres model determine the exterior.

During the Second World War the sacristy of the church was destroyed by bombing and was later rebuilt in a modern style. The 3.5 m high statue of the Virgin Mary with a child made of wood is particularly worth seeing in the Marienkirche . The church can be entered via the north side entrance on Marienring.

organ

The organ of the Marienkirche was built in 1924 by the organ builder G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. ( Oettingen ) with 70 sounding stops on three manuals and pedal (plus two transmissions into the pedal). In the 1950s the instrument was rebuilt and adapted to the sound ideals of the time ("baroque"). In addition, the previous prospectus was replaced by a free pipe prospectus. Between 2010 and 2012 the organ was extensively restored with the aim of restoring the original late-romantic state of 1924. Of the approx. 4,500 original pipes , approx. 3,500 have been preserved, as well as a large part of the technical system. The historical prospectus has been reconstructed. The following disposition shows the restored condition from 1924. The two swell works are each expanded up to (g 4 ). Registers 33 and 34 are in a special swell box.

I main work C – a 3
1. Grand principal 16 ′
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Viola da gamba 8th'
5. Gemshorn 8th'
6th Dumped 8th'
7th Soft flute 8th'
8th. Tibia 8th'
9. octave 4 ′
10. Salizet 4 ′
11. Reed flute 4 ′
12. Super octave 2 ′
13. Terzian 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
14th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Cymbel III 1'
17th tuba 16 ′
18th Trumpet 8th'
19th Trumpet 4 ′
II Swell C – a 3 (a 4 )
20th Night horn 16 ′
21st Violin principal 8th'
22nd Salizional 8th'
23. Unda maris 8th'
24. Dolce 8th'
25th Quintaton 8th'
26th Concert flute 8th'
27. Fugara 4 ′
28. Solo flute 4 ′
29 Flautino 2 ′
30th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
31. Mixture III 2 ′
32. Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
33. Echo cordon 8th'
34. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant for No. 34
III Swell C – a 3 (a 4 )
35. Large covered 16 ′
36. Horn principal 8th'
37. Viola alta 8th'
38. Aeoline 8th'
39. Vox coelestis 8th'
40. Lovely covered 8th'
41. Pointed flute 8th'
42. Jubilee flute 8th'
43. Prestant 4 ′
44. violin 4 ′
45. Gemshorn 4 ′
46. Transverse flute 4 ′
47. Piccolo 2 ′
48. Pointed fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
49. Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
50. Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
51. Large Mixture V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
52. Larigot II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
53. Basson 16 ′
54. Tuba mirabilis 8th'
55. oboe 8th'
56. Trumpet 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
57. Principal bass 16 ′
58. Violon bass 16 ′
59. Accordion bass 16 ′
60. Sub bass 16 ′
61. Subtle bass (No. 35) 16 ′
62. Octave bass 8th'
63. Covered bass (No. 40) 8th'
64. violoncello 8th'
65. Choral bass 4 ′
66. Forest flute 2 ′
67. Cornet Bass IV 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
68. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
69. Counter trumpet 32 ′
70. Bombard 16 ′
71. Trumpet bass 8th'
72. Bass clarin 4 ′
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Super octave coupling

Bells

On June 12, 1953, six bells were cast in the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock from Gescher in Westphalia. Master Hans Hüesker was responsible for casting the bell . Finally, the bells for the Marienkirche could be received in a joint celebration with the new bells of the collegiate church on July 4, 1953 on the Rathausplatz. The following day there was a solemn consecration of the bells by Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel . This unique bell is considered one of the best in the foundry among experts. The big Christ the King bell hangs in the right tower, the other five bells in the left tower. In 2008 all bells received new clappers to improve the sound acoustics. In the ringing order, the angelus is rung with bell c 1 . The full bells are used on public holidays and on very special occasions.

No. Surname volume Casting year Foundry, casting location Weight
(kg)
1 Christ the King a 0 1953 Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher 3565
2 Maria Assumpta c 1 2160
3 St. Catherine e 1 1143
4th St. Theodore g 1 671
5 St. Luzia a 1 603
6th St. Joseph h 1 410

Web links

Commons : Stadtpfarrkirche St. Maria  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Landau in the Palatinate. Mainz 2019, p. 3 (PDF; 5.0 MB; search: Parish Church of the Assumption).
  2. ↑ a b History of the Marienkirche ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: kirchelandau.deevine.de ( Church in Landau / Pfalz ), accessed on August 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kirchelandau.deevine.de
  3. ↑ Construction of the church ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2012 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. On: kirchelandau.deevine.de ( Church in Landau / Pfalz ), accessed on August 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kirchelandau.deevine.de
  4. ↑ Church of St. Maria Landau> Organ> Restored original condition ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: kirchelandau.deevine.de ( Church in Landau / Pfalz ), accessed on August 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kirchelandau.deevine.de
  5. ↑ Detailed information on the Steinmeyer organ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.marienkirchenorgel.de