St. Gangolf's church

St. Gangolf is the holy Gangolf consecrated market and parish church of Trier. After the Trier Cathedral is the oldest church building in the city.

History

Built 958 first market church was replaced 1284-1344 by a new building. Today's Late Gothic architecture emerged from a renovation begun in 1500. Baroque elements were added in 1731 and 1746. The stained glass windows by Charles Crodel led 1966 the elements of different eras in an overall picture.

The church is surrounded by always almost entirely of houses and only the east side is bordered almost on a road ( street grave ), but even here at ground level low business booths, popularly called " Gädemcher " built out.

The main entrance to the church is located in the foot of the church tower and is the same as the input in the aisle, through a small baroque gate ( created 1731/32 of the Augustine Joseph Walter ) to reach from the main market of Trier.

Organ

Already at the beginning of the 17th century St. Gangolf had a single-manual organ Franco- Dutch coinage, whose builder is unknown. 1829 a new, two-manual organ was inaugurated in the Baroque style, which was built by Franz Heinrich and Carl silent. This organ was replaced in 1898 by a new instrument of the organ builder Breidenfeld, in 1944 completely destroyed.

The present organ in the west gallery of St. Gangolf Built in 1972, the organ workshop Johannes Klais (Bonn). The instrument has 35 registers ( grinding shop). The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, electrically, the Registertrakturen.

• Couplers: I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
• Accessories: six mechanical translator combinations

Tower

Beginning of the 14th century brought the first four floors of the West Tower. 1507 came thanks to a foundation, the mayor 's widow Adelheit of Besslich add the two upper floors of the tower gallery and the four small corner turrets. Since the west tower with its height of 62 meters taller than the towers of the Cathedral of Trier, Richard, Archbishop of Greiffenklau increase the south tower of the cathedral.

Bells

Among the bells of St. Gangolf the so-called rags is best known bell. Cast in 1475 by Nicolaus of Ene, she beats every night at 22:00 clock and received, as elsewhere, their name because they previously heralded the nightly curfew. The bell has been so much in the Trier local culture that their sound on June 16, 1930 hit the airwaves in the Frankfurt transmitter even in the first radio broadcast from Trier.

In addition, St. Gangolf houses the bell " Zundel ", a native of the Middle Ages fire bell. The two watchman of the city had the task to assign the day with a banner and at night with a lantern in the direction of the fire in case of fire. The last watchman worked here until 1905 .. In addition, hang in the tower four more läutbare bells: the Virgin Mary that Joseph's, St. Barbara and St. Paulinus bell. The church clock has three small, bright -sounding bells, which together form a minor chord. The percussive sounds of the whole peal are h °, cis ', e', f # ' and gis '.