Marktkirche (Wiesbaden)

The neo-gothic Markt Kirche in Wiesbaden is the main Protestant church of the Hessian state capital. It was built in the years 1853-1862 by Carl Boos Nassauer Landesdom on Palace Square and at the time was the largest brick construction of the Duchy of Nassau.

• 2.1 Physical
• 2.2 Affairs

• 3.1 Organs 3.1.1 main organ
• 3.1.2 choir organ

History

History and construction period ( 1850-1862 )

On 27 June 1850, the main Protestant church of Wiesbaden, the medieval Mauritius church was destroyed by fire. After a survey determined that the exterior walls still standing had no longer sufficient stability, the decision was made for a new building. On January 26, 1851, the architect Carl Boos was tasked with finding a suitable building site. Boos then submitted three proposals, namely the location of the old church at the Mauritius Mauritius space, the finally selected on the Schlossplatz, and a place in the vineyards on the slopes of the Taunus.

Since the new building should reflect the need for representation of Nassau residence and distinguished spa town, you rejected the old building site in the cramped old town. The five priests in the church council preferred the location in the vineyards on the hill, so that the new church was visible from a distance, but were overruled by the six lay people who preferred the central location on the Schlossplatz. The Nassauer Duke presented for the construction of the land available, but took no further to the construction costs.

Carl Boos, who had already distinguished by the 1838-1842 built by him in Wiesbaden ministry buildings, was awarded without competition in the same year a contract to build the new church market.

On 14 January 1852 he presented his plans for a plaster quarry stone, but changed his plans at February 25, 1852 to the effect that he is now arguing for an untypical for the region brick building. He was guided by Karl Friedrich Schinkel Friedrichswerderscher church in Berlin. The unusual neo-gothic design with its five towers reaped because of the material of the Gothic style, and the supposedly high towers criticism, of which Boos did not let impress. He increased the towers even more significantly to 300 feet for the main tower (about 98 m ), 175 feet to the side towers (about 57 m ) and 220 feet for the choir towers (about 73 m). The groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 22, 1853, the inauguration on 13 November 1862.

Special events (since 1862)

Between 1890 and 1898 played the composer, pianist and organist Max Reger during his time in Wiesbaden ( 1890-1898 ) on the organ in the church market. In 1929, Ernst Ludwig Dietrich priest, who was from 1933 to 1945 Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau and the ethnic German Christians belonged, of which he, however, distanced 1938. His successor was 1934 until his death in 1965 Borngässer Willy, who was arrested several times for his political views by the Nazis and from 1943 to 1945 sat in the penitentiary. Martin Niemöller, resistance fighters, co-founder of the Pastors and honorary citizen of Wiesbaden, held in 1937 in the Market Church, the last sermon before his arrest.

Architecture

Appearance

The model of the three-aisled basilica without transept in neo-Gothic style with classical ornamentation was the Friedrichswerdersche Church of Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Berlin. Market church was the first pure brick building in the Duchy of Nassau. The west tower rises 88 meters above the well adjacent marketplace ( historically its height of 300 feet / 98 meters is specified ) and is therefore still the tallest building in the city. In total there are 5 towers next to the angesprochenem west tower there are four corner towers. The side towers have a height of 58 m, respectively, the two choir towers have a height of 73 m.

Affairs

The interior has a length of 50 m, a width of 20 m and a height of 28 m and is encircled by galleries. The vaulted ceiling was painted as a starry sky.

Equipment

Organs

Main organ

The original organ was delivered in 1863 by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker the company from Ludwigsburg. She had 53 stops and mechanical action. In 1900, the mechanical by a pneumatic action, in 1929 replaced by an electro-pneumatic. Finally, it was 1970 ( Gebr.Oberlinger, Windesheim ) converted into an organ with electric play and stop action.

The last reconstruction and expansion dates from the year 1982 ( Gebr.Oberlinger, Windesheim ), in which one the number of registers to a total of 85 ( 73 in the main organ, 12 in the choir organ ) advanced. 20 of them date back to the origin of the organ of 1863. The instrument has a total of 6198 pipes. The play and Registertrakturen are electric. The main console is from the year 1982 and is applied just like the French Cavaillé- Coll organs. The choir organ can allude from the main table. The Chamadenwerk is free coupled.

• Pairing: Pairing normal, sub and Superoktavkoppeln, chamades to each division
• Accessories: 6400 -fold combination system, sequencer, transposer, MIDI, programmable Crescendowalze.
• Notes:

Choir organ

The choir organ stands on the former emperor's left of the chancel in Oberlinger case of the former Rückpositiv the main organ. It has 12 stops on one manual and pedal, and can be played also also the fourth Manual or the pedal of the main organ playing table. The disposition is as follows:

• Couplers: I / P

Bells

The Market Church has a total of five bronze bells. Four of them were cast in 1962 by the brothers Rincker of sense. They carry symbols of the four evangelists ( man, lion, bull, eagle ) and a word of each Gospel. The fifth bell, which is after a fundraising campaign by children today called children bell, still comes from the original bells from 1862, the five bells have following percussive sounds. :

Moreover, there exists yet another original bell ( strike note gis '), which is however damaged. It serves as a baptismal font - base in the sanctuary.

Glockenspiel ( carillon )

The market building has a carillon, which is housed in about 65 m in the main tower. About 290 steps you can reach the mechanical keyboard, with which you can play on it. It consists of 49 bronze bells, the largest of which 2.2 tons, the smallest weighs 13 kg. All the bells together weigh 11 tons, including the steel structure to which they are suspended, 21 tons. Inaugurated the chimes on Reformation Day, 31 October 1986. Financial support was by the Ev. Market church, the city of Wiesbaden and through many donations.

The sequence of tones of the carillon begins with the sounds c1, d1, e1, f1 and then chromatically continued to d5. With the exception of the great Matthew Bell the Läuteglocken were integrated into the game.

Community

Chairman of the Church Council of the market church is Dr. Margot clover.