German Church, Stockholm

Tyska kyrkan ( German German Church ) is a Lutheran church of St. Gertrud consecrated building in Stockholm's Old Town ( Gamla Stan).

Building

It was built during the time of the greatest expansion of the Hanseatic League as a guild house. The renovation of the church took place in the 16th century. Its present appearance of the building in the 17th century. The tower was built after a fire in 1879 by the Berlin architect Julius Carl Raschdorff; he is with 96 m height of the highest point of the Stockholm's Old Town. Below the church received new, stained glass windows, which were supplied by the Munich Hofglasmalerei Zettler. The last window was inserted in 1911.

The German community was founded in 1571 belongs to the Church of Sweden. The services are therefore indeed held by the German clergy to German and German hymnbooks, but after the Swedish Order of Worship.

Equipment

Altar

Pulpit and royal box

Nave

In the Tyska Kyrkan there are two organs. The galleries organ was built in 2004 by the organ builder Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri AB in an existing organ case. Reconstructs was the original instrument, which had been built in 1608 by the organ builder Paul Müller. The instrument has 36 registers ( and two effect Register) to four manual and pedal works.

  • Pairing: RP / P, HW / P, RP / HW
  • Effect register: Birdsong, Zimbelstern

A special feature is the peal of church bells, which a few bars of one of the hymns daily after the stroke by 8 clock, 12 clock and 16 clock " Now thank we all our God" and " Praise to the Lord, the King of Heaven " starts sounding.

Personalities

  • Andreas Duben (1597-1662), organist
  • Gustav Duben (ca. 1628-1690 ), organist

See also List of Senior Pastors and other preachers of the German St. Gertrude Parish in Stockholm

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