Collegiate Church of St. Georg (Grauhof)
The collegiate church of St. Georg is an important baroque church southeast of the Goslar district of Hahndorf . It is part of the former Augustinian Canons - St. Georg Abbey and is maintained today by the Hanover Monastery Chamber. Ecclesiastically it belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Jakobi in Goslar.
history
In Grauhof there was a forework of the monastery on the Georgenberg . When the Goslar monastery was destroyed in the Goslar riots in 1527 , the Augustinian convent moved to the Vorwerk, which was expanded into a new monastery in the following decades. In 1569 the Lutheran Reformation was carried out in the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , and a Latin school was set up in the Grauhof monastery . In 1643, when the Hildesheim monastery was restored within the limits of 1519, the monastery complex came under the rule of the prince-bishop, was re-Catholicized and settled with Augustinian canons of the Windesheim congregation . The church also became the official parish for the Catholics in the area. From 1701 today's baroque building ensemble was built. The collegiate church was rebuilt from 1711 to 1717 according to plans by the Milanese builder Francesco Mitta and decorated with works of art of high quality in the following decades. In 1741, under the direction of Johann Daniel Köppel, it received the two-storey extension on the east side with sacristy and chapel. After the secularization of 1803, buildings and lands became part of the Hanover Monastery Fund. The church remained a Catholic parish church. In 2007–2009 an extensive renovation was carried out with funds from the monastery chamber.
It is a station on the Harzer Klosterwanderweg .
architecture
The Georgskirche forms the northern flank of the monastery square and, with its ridge height of over 30 meters, towers over the other parts of the building considerably. Externally, it presents itself as a three- yoke hall church with a saddle roof , a recessed rectangular choir in the east and a square tower crowned with a pointed hood on the south side. The walls are structured with pilasters in different colors , and circular and arched windows. There are three statues of saints above the portal. The interior is rhythmized with pillars . The floor level of the choir is several meters above that of the nave and is reached via a staircase with marble railings . The crypt is located under the choir .
Furnishing
The late baroque interior of the Grauhofer church is of high quality. Most of it comes from Lorenz Franz Biggen and his workshop.
Stucco
The white framed walls are structured with a surrounding beam. It is stuccoed with foliage, cartouches and half-figures of Mary and Joseph, apostles and angels . The choir arch is decorated with a stylized curtain, angels and the Christ monogram IHS .
Altars
The high altar, which fills the entire rear wall of the choir, is an elaborate wood carving with a multi-part architectural frame made of imitation marble. The center above the cafeteria and the tabernacle structure is an oil painting of Christ crucified, which Johann Heinrich Pickart from Wolfenbüttel created in 1794. In the vault area above, the divine Trinity is depicted, surrounded by angels and allegorical figures. The statues of the church patron George and the order patron Augustine stand on the outer plinths .
The staircase to the choir is flanked by statues of St. Heinrich II , who represents the imperial founders of the monastery, and of St. Benno von Meißen , who was a canon in the Georgsstift in Goslar. Both sides of the choir arch are the Annunciation altar (left) and the cross altar (right), both from marble in white and gray tones with reliefs and statues sculpted . The Barbara and Antonius altars to the left and right of the main entrance are designed with the same means . They are also surrounded by painted draperies .
pulpit
The pulpit from 1721, carved from colored and gilded wood, is considered a masterpiece by Franz Lorenz Biggen. The abundant ornamentation and figure decorations culminate on the two-storey sound cover .
Choir stalls
On the north and south walls of the choir there are choir stalls with precious inlays and architectural elements. It was created in the Biggens workshop in the 1720s.
Tomb
The tomb of the provost and builder of the church Bernhard Goeken (term of office 1690–1726) is made and signed by Biggen himself from white and gray marble . It shows the deceased life-size, kneeling in prayer turned to the high altar, integrated into a high, with putti , drapery and a commemorative inscription provided shrine .
organ
The organ , which was created by Christoph Treutmann in 1734–1737 and, after many redesigns, is now close to its original state in terms of both appearance and sound, is of particular importance . A carillon delivered to Treutmann by the Erfurt master Buttstadt was removed and stored in 1848 as a consequence of the taste of the time. A restoration is required before reinstallation. The organ has 42 registers on three manuals and a pedal . As a concert instrument it sounds z. B. at the annual "Grauhofer Organ Summer".
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- Coupling : sliding coupler III / II, coupler pull I / II
- Playing aids : tremulant for the manual work, shut-off valves, two cymbal stars
Chronograms
Three chronograms in Latin are attached to the monastery buildings , of which the two older ones under the tympana portal of the convent building are also internally rhymed pairs of verses. The inscription above the east portal reminds the residents of unity in the form of a distich , the motto above the south entrance reminds in two distiches of the destruction of the Goslarer Georgsstift and its re-establishment in Grauhof. On the east wall of the church, a dedication to St. George refers to a building extension.
VIVI TE C ONFRATRES;
LI GET V N I O MV T V A PATRES:
PA X I N EA DV RET;
S I STYG I S I RA F V RET.
(1703)
Bernardus Göeken Praepositus.
“Live as confreres; mutual agreement binds the fathers together: peace is permanent in her when the fury of hell rages.
Bernhard Goeken , Provost. "TR I ST I B V S I N T V RB I S,
TR VCI B V SQ V E T VMVL T I B V S V RB I S
Q V AE VICI NA F VIt
FABR IC A FRA C TA R VI T.
(1527 )
BERNAR DV S STR VXI T,
V ASTATAQ V E TE C TA RE DVXI T:
ASS I STEBAT E I
GRAT I A L ARGA D E I.
(1701)
"In the sad unrest and wild tumult of the city that was neighboring, the building sank into ruins.
Bernhard built and rebuilt the destroyed roofs. The abundant grace of God granted him assistance. "
literature
- Stefan Bringer: The Augustinian Canons of St. Georg in Grauhof. His story between restitution and secularization and the pastoral care of his canons. In: Die Diözese Hildesheim 66, Hildesheim 1998, pp. 175–228.
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The monastery church Grauhof. In: If Stones Could Talk , Volume III. Landbuch-Verlag, Hanover 1995, ISBN 3-7842-0515-1 , pp. 163-165.
- Kirsten Poneß: Kloster und Klostergut Grauhof ( DKV art guide No. 677). Berlin / Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-02359-8 .
- Carl Borchers: Stiftskirche Grauhof near Goslar ( Small Art Guide for Lower Saxony , Issue 12). 9th edition, Göttingen 1992.
Web links
- History, architecture, pictures (Klosterkammer Hannover; PDF; 3.1 MB)
- Church on the parish's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ More information about the organ of the collegiate church
- ↑ To the disposition
- ↑ To be read as a distich (a hexameter and a pentameter ): Vívite cónfratrés, liget únio mútua pátres: / páx in eá durét, sí stygis íra furét.
- ↑ a b c Copy and translation: Rabanus Flavus
- ↑ To be read as a distich: Trístibus ín turbís trucibúsque tumúltibus úrbis / quáe vicína fuít fábrica frácta ruít.
- ↑ To be read as a distich: Bérnardús struxít vastátaque técta redúxit: / ássistébat eí grátia lárga deí.
- ↑ probably the Hilssandsteinbruch near Lutter am Barenberge , whose parish church is also consecrated to St. George
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 10 ° 26 ′ 53.1 ″ E