St. Moritz, Halle

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St. Moritz
St. Mauritius
HalleMoritzkirche.jpg
The church from the east
St. Moritz, Halle
51°28′49″N11°57′59″E / 51.4802°N 11.9663°E / 51.4802; 11.9663
Location Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt
CountryGermany
Denomination Catholic
Previous denomination Lutheran (1542-1970)
Website www.moritzkirche-halle.de
History
Status church
Dedication St. Maurice
Consecrated 1411
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s)
  • Conrad von Einbeck
  • Hans Brochstete
  • Nickel Hoffmann
Architectural type Hall church
Style late-Gothic
Groundbreaking 1388
Completed1557

St. Moritz, also St. Mauritius, is a church in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, dedicated to St. Maurice. The late-Gothic hall church was built as an Augustine Stiftskirche from 1388. It features late-Gothic stone sculptures and a notable organ from 1925.

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Building history

The church was built on the site of an earlier Romanesque church from 1388, dedicated to St. Maurice. The eastern part was built first, while the earlier church was still in place. The first builder was Conrad von Einbeck  [ de ], followed by Hans Brochstete, Nickel Hoffmann and others. The church was consecrated in 1411. [1] The design planned a steeple in the west which was never built. The interior was completed by 1557. [2] [3] [4]

The early eastern part features a rich style with decorative stone sculptures. [4] [5] The 15th-century western part is more modest in style, possibly due to less financial support by the sponsors, the Augustines and the Pfännerschaft gilde. The church was restored several times, 1838 to 1841, 1910 to 1916, 1956 to 1958, and 1972 to 1978). [2] [4] The building is in critical condition, needing restoration. [6]

Parish history

Interior in 2012 Moritzkirche (Halle) 2012 (Alter Fritz) 04.JPG
Interior in 2012

The Augustine foundation was dissolved in 1519, and the church used by Dominicans as an abbey church, until it became Lutheran in the Reformation in 1542. In 1970, the church was returned to the Catholic Church. [1] [2]

Furnishing

Statue Schellenmoritz Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S1102-0305, Halle, Moritzkirche, Statue des Hl. Moritz.jpg
Statue Schellenmoritz
The Sauer organ of 1925 Moritzorgel-prospekt-2012.JPG
The Sauer organ of 1925

The church features notable art works, including stone sculptures by Conrad von Einbeck, who rendered the church's patron saint as Schellenmoritz (Bell Maurice) in 1411. [5] [7] He created Schmerzensmann (Man of Sorrows) in 1416, Klagende Maria (Mourning Mary) in 1419, Christus an der Geißelsäule (Christ at the Column) in 1419, and a bust which is possibly a self-portrait, but more likely the portrait of one of the donors. [5] [8] The late-Gothic high altar dates from 1511. The Renaissance pulpit was created by Master Zacharias Bogenkrantz in 1592, with a Schalldeckel added by Valentin Silbermann in 1604. The present organ  [ de ] was built by Sauer Orgelbau in 1925 and inaugurated by Thomaskantor Günther Ramin. [9]

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  2. 1 2 3 Georg Dehio, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Sachsen-Anhalt II, Deutscher Kunstverlag 1999, p. 261.
  3. ↑ Michael Pantenius (1995), Stadtführer Halle (in German), Bindlach: Gondrom Verlag, ISBN   3-8112-0816-0
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  5. 1 2 3 Hourihane, Colum, ed. (2012). Conrad von Einbeck. ISBN   978-0-19-539536-5.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ "Verfall der Moritzkirche könnte zum Drama werden" (in German). Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Schellenmoritz". lexikus.de (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Georg Dehio, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Sachsen-Anhalt II, Deutscher Kunstverlag 1999, p. 265.
  9. ↑ Geuther, Tobias. "Die Orgel der Moritzkirche in Halle a.d. Saale". orgel-information.de (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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