Eisenstadt Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Martin in Eisenstadt ( Austria ) is the cathedral of the Diocese of Burgenland Eisenstadt.
History
The earliest record of a chapel dedicated to St. Martin took place in 1264. Was then that today's Eisenstadt received his first name "minor Martin " Martin Small village ( Hung, Kismarton ). From this chapel is still a Romanesque foundation in the area of today's presbytery receive. In the 13th century it was extended by a choir in the early Gothic style in the 14th century a Familiarenkapelle was built. In 1460 it came to the church to be built under City captain Johann Siebenhirter as a fortified church, since a Turkish invasion after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 was expected. The Gothic building was completed in 1522. After the great fire in 1589 it was nearly 30 years before the badly damaged church was rebuilt from 1610 to 1629.
In 1777, Stefan Dorffmeister a large altarpiece mounted that "The Transfiguration of St. Martin " shows. The following year, the Viennese organ builder Malleck built according to instructions from Joseph Haydn 's church organ.
After the creation of the Diocese of Eisenstadt, the church of St. Martin was raised to cathedral ( Cathedral ) in 1960. St. Martin of Tours, diocesan and patron. Under Bishop Stephan László 1960, the interior and the windows have been redesigned. In 2003 it came under Bishop Iby the redesign of the cathedral, for which the architectural firm Lichtblau Wagner drew. With the festival of Domsegnung on 12 April 2003 and the altar consecration renovation after a year of construction was completed.
In 2013, the cathedral received a new bell in pitch D2 as a supplement to the previously incomplete musical motif " Salve Regina ". It was donated by Erwin Tinhof, the Chairman of Raiffeisen Landesbank.
Works of art
The architecture of the interior was altered in 1960 to plans by Jakob Adelhart. The windows of the presbytery reflect the theme of Christ the King and come from Franz Deed. The glass windows of the nave show motifs from the Book of Revelation and are the work of Margret Bilger. 1980 Thomas Resetarits created a Schutzmantelmadonna, which was attached to the portal of the cathedral. Gilbert Bretterbauer designed in 2003 the carpet, corresponding to the colors of the stained glass windows. The altar room design was designed in 2003 by Kowanz and is characterized by the material glass.
Church Music
The Cathedral of St. Martin is famous for its church music. How to find concerts of Haydn Festival held in the cathedral.
The construction of the organ was made in 1778 by the organ builder Johann Gottfried Malleck from Vienna due to a foundation of Theresa Frigl widow. The new building was necessary because the previous organ had been badly damaged during renovations. Larger modifications to the organ were made in 1944 by the organ builder Karl Schuke (Berlin). At that time the pedal and considered the level of the first manual was expanded and added a register. The last restoration by Schuke was held in 1973, while all additions were removed from the 1940s and reconstructed along with the pedal wind load (12 tones), the pedal - wood registers and the prospectus. It is characteristic of the instrument that the Eisenstadt cathedral organ on the one hand still has Baroque elements, but already much ahead has a in the early 19th century, finally penetrating sound aesthetics.
Associated with the Dom people
- Bishops of Eisenstadt
- Alfred Zistler (1929-2009), the city and cathedral minister 1972-1998
- Robert Kovacs, organist