University Church, Freiburg
The Catholic University Church ( former Jesuit church) in Freiburg city center is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Its design is based on the Solothurn Jesuit Church. The church is often used because of their organ and acoustics for concerts. In the crypt under the church 56 monks rest including university professors of the university.
History
From 1683 to 1701 the Jesuit friar Heinrich Mayer built a church, which was completed at the beginning of the 18th century for the Jesuit College. After dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, the church was in 1793 at the University of Freiburg. On October 21, 1827, the first Archbishop of Freiburg, Bernhard Boll was ordained in the University Church.
When air raid on Freiburg on November 27, 1944 Operation Tiger Fish the vaults collapsed and the entire interior, including the floor to ceiling baroque altar prospectus was lost by fire. In 1956/ 57, the church was rebuilt under the direction of Horst Linde and Hans Rolli again. The destroyed vaults were rebuilt with reinforced concrete, restored remaining remnants of the old church as much as possible, however, built only the pillars and beams pieces which give the Basilica of their structure back in the choir room. In a restoration in 1978, the University Construction was anxious to return the church to its original state of white stucco and dark bars. The bell tower with its onion dome above the choir is not to see through the dense development in the vicinity of the church.
Works of art
In the highly articulated facade are the figures of Aloysius and Stanislaus Kostka, two Jesuit saints. Links in the choir is the epitaph of John Kerers. John Kerer was a professor and rector of the University of Freiburg and then until his death in 1507, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg. The epitaph is the oldest relief in the possession of the University.
In one of the chapels is the right side of Otto Herbert Hajek created from alder wood statue of Mary. 1957 was stationed there.
In 1988, in the choir room the figure of Jesus hung on loan from the artist Franz Gutmann on a steel beam. The figure of Jesus is carved from an oak trunk and 5.65 m high. She was aware attached to a 16 m long steel beam and not on a cross. This steel beams to represent the connection between heaven and earth, serve the three gold plates at the upper end of which mean the divine light
Organ
The organ was built in 1958 by Willy Dold from Freiburg and newly voiced by the Fribourg organ building Späth in 2004. The organ has 36 registers on three manuals and pedal and 2682 pipes.
- Couplers: I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
- Accessories: Electronic combination system, Crescendowalze