Tyska kyrkan (Stockholm)

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The Tyska kyrka ( German  "German Church" ) is a Lutheran church building in Stockholm's old town Gamla stan . The church belongs to the German St. Gertruds Congregation , a German-speaking congregation of the Swedish Church . It is named after St. Gertrude von Nivelles , who is also the patron saint of travelers.

Building

The building was built at the time of the greatest expansion of the Hanseatic League as a guild house of the German guild of St. Gertrude, which was founded in the 14th century. It was converted into a church in the 16th century; The building got its present appearance in the 17th century. The tower was built after a fire in 1879 by the Berlin architect Julius Carl Raschdorff ; At 96 meters, it is the highest point in Stockholm's old town. Subsequently, the church received new, colorful glass windows that were supplied by the Munich court glass painting company Zettler . The last window was installed in 1911.

The German parish, founded in 1571, belongs to the Church of Sweden . The services are therefore held by German clergy in German and with German hymn books, but according to the Swedish service order.

Organs

Düben organ

View of the historic organ

There are two organs in the German Church . The organ on the south pore is a reconstruction of the first organ from the 17th century. It was rebuilt in 2004 by the organ building company Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri according to old templates.

The original instrument was built in 1609 by the Spandau organ builder Paul Müller and then changed and expanded several times until it got its final shape in 1651. It was dismantled in 1777 and sold to northern Sweden.

The replica has 36  stops and two effect stops on three manual works and a pedal . The organ is tuned in the middle with a concert pitch of a 1 = 467 Hz.

Main CDEF – c 3
Principal 8th'
Quintadena 16 ′
Gro: play flute 8th'
Gedacte 8th'
Octava 4 ′
Spitz flutes 4 ′
Quinta II 3 ′
Super Octava II 3 ′
Mixture VI
Dussanen 16 ′
Drummed 8th'
Oberwerck CDEF – c 3
Quintadena 8th'
Zap: flöite 4 ′
Nassat 3 ′
Octava 2 ′
Pointed fifth 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
Zimball II
Schallmeijen 8th'
Rückpositieff CDEF – c 3
Principal 4 ′
Flute 8th'
Flute 4 ′
Octava 2 ′
Whistles 2 ′
Sexquealtra II
Cimball III
Dulcian 16 ′
Krumbhorn 8th'
Violins shelf 4 ′


Brustwerck CDEF – c 3
Starck shelf 8th'
CDEF – d pedal 1
Under bass 16 ′
Gedacter Bass 8th'
Octava bass 4 ′
Trombones bass 16 ′
Drummed bass 8th'
Dulcian bass 8th'
Corneten bass 4 ′
Tremulandt
  • Coupling : RP / P, HW / P, OW / HW
  • Effect register: Vogell Gesang, Zimbelstern

Juno organ

There is also another organ in the tower gallery. This was built in 1887 by Åkerman & Lund. In 1972 it was dismantled and stored. A new organ was purchased from the Cologne organ builder Willi Peter . However, this was dismantled again in 2017 and sold to the Petrikirche in St. Petersburg .

The old organ from 1887 has been restored and put up again. It was named Juno organ in memory of the place of storage and of the Roman goddess Juno , who stands for change and change. The organ has two manuals and 31 stops.

Carillon

A special feature is the church carillon from 1887, which every day after the chime at 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. alternates between the two hymns Now thank God and praise the Lord, the mighty King of Honor and by means of the stoke keyboard is played in concerts on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.

Personalities

literature

  • Emil Schieche: 400 years of the German St. Gertrude Congregation in Stockholm 1571–1971. German Church of St. Gertrude, Stockholm 1971.

Web links

Commons : Tyska kyrkan in Stockholm  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 20, 2011. S. R10.
  2. ^ The organs German Church Stockholm
  3. ^ Düben organ, German Church, Stockholm
  4. ↑ orgelanders.se: Tyska kyrkan. (Swedish)
  5. ↑ Michael Dierks: The organs of St. Gertrud's Church in Stockholm, especially the restored organ from Åkerman & Lund . In: Ars Organi . 66th volume, issue 2, June 2018, p. 116 .
  6. ↑ Christina Nilsson, Dag Edholm: Orgelliv: sju sekel i Stockholms stifts kyrkor. Kulturhistoriska bokförlaget, 2012, ISBN 978-91-87151-04-0 , p. 260 (Swedish).
  7. ^ Juno organ, German Church, Stockholm
  8. ↑ Disposition of the organ PDF

Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 26.8 ″  N , 18 ° 4 ′ 17.9 ″  E