Collegiate Church of St. Georg (Grauhof)

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Collegiate Church of St. George and former convent building
Church interior

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

Barbara altar at the church entrance

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 .

Choir stalls, south side

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 .

Treutmann organ from 1737

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".

I background C, D – c 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Quintadena 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Flute Travers 4 ′
5. Octava 2 ′
6th Forest flute 2 ′
7th Quinta 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
8th. Scharff III
9. Hautbois 8th'
II Hauptwerck C, D – c 3
10. Principal 16 ′
11. Viola di gambe 16 ′
12. Lovely Prinicipal 8th'
13. Pointed flute 8th'
14th Viola di gambe 8th'
15th Quinta 6 ′
16. Octava 4 ′
17th Nassat 3 ′
18th Rauschpfeiffe III
19th Mixture IV-VI
20th Drum up 16 ′
21st Drum up 8th'
III Oberwerck C, D – c 3
22nd Principal 8th'
23. Reed flute 8th'
24. Octava 4 ′
25th Pointed flute 4 ′
26th Quinta 3 ′
27. Super Octava 2 ′
28. Sesquialtera II
29 Mixture V
30th bassoon 16 ′
31. Vox humana 8th'
Pedal movement C, D – d 1
32. Principal 16 ′
33. Soubbas 16 ′
34. Reed flute 12 ′
35. Octava 8th'
36. Flat flute 8th'
37. Super Octava 4 ′
38. Mixture IV
39. Big trombone bass 32 ′
40. trombone 16 ′
41. Drum up 8th'
42. Schalmey 4 ′

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. "

  • S. GEORG I O PATRONO S V O
    Q VI
    L AP ID ES I STOS E X S V O R V RE
    D ONA VI T
    RE D ONANT CLI ENTES
    (1741)
    “To St. George, your patron, who took these stones from his land gave, the wards refund it. "

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West panorama of the monastery complex

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

Commons : Grauhof Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ of the collegiate church
  2. ↑ To the disposition
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ a b c Copy and translation: Rabanus Flavus
  5. ↑ To be read as a distich: Trístibus ín turbís trucibúsque tumúltibus úrbis / quáe vicína fuít fábrica frácta ruít.
  6. ↑ To be read as a distich: Bérnardús struxít vastátaque técta redúxit: / ássistébat eí grátia lárga deí.
  7. ↑ 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