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Neuwerkskirche

Coordinates: 50°58′20.5″N 11°01′30.1″E / 50.972361°N 11.025028°E / 50.972361; 11.025028
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Neuwerkskirche
Cruciskirche
Neuwerkskirche is located in Germany
Neuwerkskirche
Neuwerkskirche
Location in Germany
50°58′20.5″N 11°01′30.1″E / 50.972361°N 11.025028°E / 50.972361; 11.025028
LocationErfurt,  Thuringia
Country Germany
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.st-laurentius-erfurt.de/orte-kirchen/st-crucis/
History
StatusSubsidiary church
DedicationThe Holy Cross
Architecture
Heritage designationKulturdenkmal in Thuringia
StyleLate Gothic, Baroque
Specifications
Number of towers1

The Neuwerkskirche (pronounced [ˈnɔʏvɐksˌkɪʁçə], also Cruciskirche, "Cross Church") at the edge of the historical part of the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, is a Roman Catholic church building dating from the 15th century. Today, it is a branch church of the Catholic parish of St Lawrence's Church.[1]

History

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The Neuwerkskirche was first mentioned in a document in 1168. The Late Romanesque building stood in the new part of the city built in 1166 named Auf dem neuen Werke ("By the new facility"), from which its name is derived.[2] The church with the patronage of the Holy Cross (Latin: sanctae crucis, hence Cruciskirche) belonged to the convent of the Augustinian nuns, the Neuwerkskloster. From 1285, it was used as a parish church. In 1466–73, the present church was built in Late Gothic forms, which were then baroqueised between 1731 and 1735; on 25 September 1735, it was consecrated by Bishop Gudenus. The interior was completed by 1740.[2] In 1982, the parish was merged with St Wigbert's parish, which was absorbed into the newly formed "Inner City Parish of St Lawrence" in January 2017.[2][3]

  • The portal
    The portal
  • Pietà above the portal
    Pietà above the portal
  • Augustinus
    Augustinus
  • Helena
    Helena
  • The altar
    The altar
  • The organ
    The organ

Organ

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The organ of the Neuwerkskirche was built by the master organ builder Franciscus Volckland from Erfurt from about 1732 to 1737. The purely mechanical instrument has 28 stops on two manuals and pedal. It was restored and partially reconstructed in 2000–2003 by the organ-building company Alexander Schuke from Potsdam.[4]

I Main division CD–c3
1. Principal 08′
2. Quintatön 16′
3. Viola di Gamba 08′
4. Gemshorn 08′
5. Bordun 08′
6. Traversière 08′
7. Octave 04′
8. Quinte 03′
9. Sesquialtera 02+2⁄3′
10. Octave 02′
11. Mixtur IV
12. Cymbel IV
13. Vox humana 08′
Tremulant
Glockenspiel
II Chest division CD–c3
14. Principal 4′
15. Quintatön 8′
16. Gedackt 8′
17. Flaut douce 8′
18. Nachthorn 4′
19. Quinte 3′
20. Octave 2′
21. Terz 1+1⁄3′
22. Mixtur IV
Pedal CD–c1
23. Principal 16′
24. Violone 16′
25. Subbass 16′
26. Oktave 08′
27. Octave 04′
28. Posaune 16′
  • Couplers: manual shift coupler II/I, I/P

References

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  1. ^ "St. Crucis" (in German). Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Laurentius Erfurt. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "St. Crucis, Neuwerkkirche, einzigartige Barockkirche" (in German). Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Laurentius Erfurt. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "St. Lorenz, Pfarrkirche, Friedensgebete seit 1978" (in German). Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Laurentius Erfurt. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Volckland-Orgel der Cruciskirche" (PDF) (in German). Kirchenmusik Erfurt within the EKM. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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