Bergen Cathedral
The Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of Bergen ( in Norwegian called Bergen Domkirke, German and Cathedral of St. Olav, Bergen Cathedral ) is a religious building in Bergen, Hordaland / Norway Province, from the 12th century.
Construction and Architectural History
The Cathedral of St. Olav was built around the year 1150 and dedicated to the Norwegian St. Olav II Haraldsson. The Romanesque nave and aisle were built in the late 12th century. The long church built of stone has a length of 60.5 m and a width of 20.5 m. The cathedral has approximately 1,000 seats.
IV Under the reign of King Håkon the church was part of a Franciscan monastery, the church lay to the south. In the years 1248 and 1270 the church burned down. Under King Magnus VI. it was rebuilt in 1301. In the church was Magnus VI. also his last resting. Over the centuries, the church was again redesigned in 1537 and determined after the destruction of the monastery Munkeliv to the Cathedral. The square tower was added in the 17th century. North of the chancel is a chapel dating from the late 13th century.
In 1880 the Church of Peter Andreas Blix and Christian Christie ( 1832-1906 ) was restored. From Christie who also wrote the altar from 1884, which is modeled after a medieval reliquary. The pulpit and the font date from the year 1883.
In the wall of the church tower is a cannonball of 1665, from the battle in the bay of Bergen.
Look in the aisle
The cannonball from the bombardment of 1665
Equipment
The organ was built in 1997 by the Rieger organ builder from Austria. It is the 15th instrument in the history of organs in the cathedral since 1549. The instrument was built in the prospectus or the housing of the predecessor organ by Albert Hollenbach from 1891. The organ has 61 registers on three manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanical, the Registertrakturen are electric.
- Couplers: I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
- Accessories: crescendo, electronic combination system