Lutherkirche (Wiesbaden)
The Lutheran Church in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden is a Protestant church, which was built until 1910 in the forms of Art Nouveau and to the principles of the Wiesbaden program in 1908.
- 3.1 Klais organ
- 3.2 Walcker organ
History
1903, the inauguration of the Wiesbaden ring church lay back just nine years, decided the Protestant total community of the city due to the large increase in the population according to the Market Church, the mountain church and ring the church to build a fourth church. Since you had done with the designs of the Wiesbaden program in Ringkirche very good experience, this was imposed in the 1905 advertised architectural competition. The competition also took the co-author of the Wiesbaden program and architect of the mountain and ring church, John Otzen, in part.
After a makeover been asked to play the three best designs, the community finally decided on June 8, 1906 for those of Darmstadt architect Friedrich Pützer.
The jury sat the famous architect Hermann Eggert and Franz Schwechten, the Wiesbaden Regierungsbaurat Richard Saran and the minister Emil Veesenmeyer who had developed together with Johannes Otzen the Wiesbaden program. The originally scheduled for July 1907 start of construction shifted somewhat: Ground-breaking ceremony was on 28 August 1908 groundbreaking ceremony on November 1, 1908; the inauguration finally took place on Christmas 1910.
Architecture
Appearance
The Lutheran Church is located at Wiesbaden Gutenberg Square, close to the ring road. It was built in the shapes of Art Nouveau and is provided with a white plaster facade. An outstanding feature is the 50 m high tower and the large church roof height of 20 meters, which rises above the ridge in the amount of 37 m and is supported by a then sensational steel construction. Due to its location on a hill in the center of Wiesbaden these elements come urbanistic particularly well.
In the tympanum above the main entrance, a cross mosaic is to see, that is with two core sets of Martin Luther's hymn A Mighty Fortress is our God graced: A mighty fortress is our God, and let the word they are to Stahn. In the cross of the Christ monogram can be seen, the left and right above the cross the two Greek letters alpha and omega as a sign that Jesus Christ is the beginning and end of the world and of all being (cf. Revelation of John 22:13).
Together with the two presbyteries ( Mosbacher road 4 and Sartoriusstraße 14 ) forms the Lutherkirche a unified architectural ensemble.
Affairs
The interior of Luther Church is built according to the rules of " Wiesbaden Programme ", which states that the three elements of worship - Altar ( Communion ), pulpit ( preaching ) and Organ ( music) - be centrally above each other; the worshipers surrounded these three elements semicircular.
The church has 1200 seats. Above them stretched over four columns cross-ribbed vault. The interior has towards the form of a longitudinal ellipse with a slight slope towards the chancel. The Art Nouveau ornamentation adorns the wood paneling of the walls, the ceiling and the gallery.
In front of the church are a vestibule and a porch. There are also other rooms, including a medium-sized community hall.
Organ / Church Music
In the church there are three tools: a three-manual organ to a romantic mood with that of the company in 1911 by EF Walcker & Cie. had been built and belongs to Wiesbaden Programme. Since 1911 it still was no oxydationsgeschützten electrical contacts, the main plant was equipped with an auxiliary game table with pneumatic action.
The mid-seventies of the 20th century was the organ in such a state of disrepair that it was decided to install a new organ. After restoration of the Walcker organ in the 1980s, the church now has two large organs. Additionally exists in the chancel a small chamber organ, which was built in 1984 by Thomas Jann (Regensburg) and about 41/2 tab features.
With this equipment and its excellent acoustics, the Church is a church of the musical centers of the Hessian state capital and home of the Bach Choir Wiesbaden, a children 's and youth choir and a Posaunenchors.
Klais organ
The contract to build a new organ in the rear gallery above the entrance went to the organ factory Klais. The new Klais organ was inaugurated in 1979. As the Walcker organ has three manuals it, has 44 registers and has mechanical and electrical Spieltrakturen Registertrakturen.
- Couplers: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
Walcker organ
Subsequently, the original Art Nouveau decoration of the interior was restored. In this context, it was decided in collaboration with the monument to restore the old Walcker organ from 1911 complete as a memorial to the late Romantic organ building. The patronage took over the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Hesse, the restoration was carried out by the organ builder Klais 1986/87. The organ was inaugurated in 1987 again. She has 46 registers that game and Registertrakturen operate electrically.
- Pairing: Normal Couplers: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
- Suboktavkoppeln: III / I
- Superoktavkoppeln: III / I, III / P