St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn

The St Olaf's Church (Estonian Oleviste Nicholas' Church ) in Tallinn, Estonia. The earliest mention of the church dates back to 1267th At that time, leaving the Danish Queen Margrethe the Cistercian monastery of St. Michael to Reval the parish Law at St. Olaf's Church. Little is known about the early years of this Gothic church, but it is assumed that has stood in the same place before the 12th century a church. Construction demand directing the 14th and 15th centuries testify to the building of the church in 1364, the tower is mentioned. 1625, set a fire it in ruins. Rebuilding closed from 1649-1651 with the tower, which was performed under the direction of Hans Kohseler from Kulmbach. According to his statement, the tower reached a height of 444 feet, according to the Rhenish Fußmaß are the equivalent of 139 m. As part of this construction probably made the four characteristic corner towers, which are shown for the first time in 1663. After another fire tower was rebuilt in 1820 with the support of Tsar until 1834. The tower now reached 138.68 m.

History

The church was named after the Norwegian king Olav II Haraldsson, who was canonised and is regarded as a protector of sailors.

The team fielded by various agencies claim that the Church is 1549-1625 have been the tallest building in the world with a supposedly 159 meters high tower is based on a mistake. In fact, the height of the church tower was built in 1549 according to new estimates at 115 to 125 meters, which is similar to the present tower. Thus, the steeple was still high enough to serve as a signal for navigation. Thus, the Hanseatic city of Tallinn was already visible for kilometers at sea. However, a high tower also brought risks, at least eight times lightning struck in the church tower, and three times burned the church down completely. The flames could be seen even on the other side of the Gulf of Finland in Finland.

Heinrich Stiehl was from 1880 until his death in 1886 organist at St. Olaf's Church and introduced here in 1883 for the first time in the Baltic Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion on.

The church is a church of Baptists.

Equipment

The organ was 1842 E. F. by the organ builder Walcker built in 1914 and rebuilt and extended. The instrument has 76 registers on three manuals and pedal. The tracker action are pneumatic.

  • Pairing: Normal Couplers: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P,
  • Superoktavkoppeln: II / I, II / II, III / I, III / II, III / III, II / P III / P
  • Suboktavkoppeln: II / I, II / II, III / I, III / II, III / III, III / P
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