Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church
The Église Saint -Pierre- le -Jeune Protestant ( " Jung Sankt-Peterburg Protestant " ) is one of the art-historically and architecturally significant church building in the city of Strasbourg in Alsace. The name has its reason in the presence of three other Peter churches in the same city: "Alt - Sankt-Peterburg ", split into a Catholic and a Protestant church, and " Jung- Sankt-Peterburg ( Catholic) ", a powerful neo-Romanesque domed church late in the 19th century.
The church is Protestant since 1524.
Architecture and Facilities
- The oldest part of the church is the small lower church, a remnant of a built in 7th century Columbankirche used as grave crypt.
- From the 11th century, come three of the four arcades of the cloister, the fourth arcade dates from the 14th century.
- The Gothic main building with its numerous chapels and the ornate cross rib vault dates from the 14th century. From this period and the following century and a half many frescoes, grave stones and monuments, the baptismal font, the center image of the main altar and the now unique in Alsace rood screen are obtained.
- Pulpit and another altar from the 18th century.
- 1897-1901 the partly ruined church was radically overhauled by the Karlsruhe architect Carl Schäfer, one of the most important representatives of the neo-Gothic church architecture in Germany. It was moved laterally, among other things, the input and created a new main entrance, a copy of the north portal of the facade of Strasbourg Cathedral. The cloister received a polychrome paint on the model of Hortus Deliciarum. The life-size Taufengelsstatue with a chapel and the choir glass windows date from this period.
Organs
In 1780 came the (1948 and 1966 restored ) Lettnerorgel by Johann Andreas Silbermann, the nationwide notoriety enjoys. Helmut Walcha here took on a large part of his recording of Bach's organ works. The instrument has 41 stops on three manuals and pedal.
- Couplers: I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
A 1762 set up by Johann Andreas Silbermann in the Catholic part of the then two-tier church organ was transferred in 1865 in Sankt- Moritz- Church of the municipality Soultz- les- Bains. 2006-2008 she was there restored the house Alfred Kern & fils in their state in 1848, which represents a compromise between the original baroque Silbermann setting and the later romantic sound and harmony expansion.
Restoration measures
At present (2009) is the Gesamtausmalung of the interior ( frescoes and paint application ) in an advanced state of decay. The Church Chapter is planning to begin no later than 2012 with the restoration of the listed building, however, has the necessary capital not get together or guaranteed by the French State. Since 2000 the cloisters were restored, renewed the electrical systems of the church and repainted the doors of the portals.