The Mannheim Palace Church (German: ''Mannheimer Schlosskirche''), founded as a court chapel, was built in the 18th century and is part of the
Mannheim Palace
Mannheim Palace (german: Mannheimer Schloss) is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was originally the main residence of the Prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach unt ...
. The church served as court chapel for the
prince-elector
The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, la, Princeps Elector), or electors for short, were the members of the electoral college that elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
From the 13th century onwards, the prin ...
s of the
Electorate of the Palatinate
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between 1731 and 1777 and belongs to the oldest
parish church
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es of the
Old Catholic
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diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
in
Germany
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.
Organ (music)
The
organ was built by the company
Steinmeyer (Oettingen) in 1956 and is a
musical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, sh ...
instrument with 34
organ stops (3 transmissions in the pedal) and an electro-pneumatic
tracker (Taschenladen). At the balustrade is the
Rückpositiv located that carries ornaments with the seal of
Charles Philip III .
* ''Koppeln'': II/I, III/I, III/II, I/P, II/P, III/P
* ''Spielhilfen'': two free combinations, a free pedal combination,
crescendo pedal
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Bells
There are three
bell
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s in the belfry, two of them are baroque bells that have their origins in the building time of the Mannheim Palace.
* Bell 1 h
1, diameter 814 mm, 319 kg, cast in 1731 by Mannheim's official bell caster Blasius Sattler
* Bell 2 dis
2, diameter 640 mm, 141 kg, cast in 1731 by Blasius Sattler
* Bell 3 fis
2, diameter 546 mm, 113 kg, cast in 1956 by
Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
See also
*
Mannheim Palace
Mannheim Palace (german: Mannheimer Schloss) is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was originally the main residence of the Prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach unt ...
*
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
*
University of Mannheim
The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...
External links
Official Site of the Mannheim PalacePalace Concerts Mannheim
Literature
* Hans Huth: ''Die Kunstdenkmäler des Stadtkreises Mannheim I.'' Munich 1982, .
* Friedhelm Herborn: ''Schlosskirche Mannheim.'' 2. Auflage. Munich 1988.
* Alt-Katholische Kirchengemeinde Mannheim (Hrsg.): ''120 Jahre Alt-Katholische Gemeinde in der Schlosskirche Mannheim''. Mannheim 1994.
* Ferdinand Werner: ''Die kurfürstliche Residenz zu Mannheim''. Worms 2006, .
* Johannes Theil: ''… unter Abfeuerung der Kanonen: Gottesdienste, Kirchenfeste und Kirchenmusik in der Mannheimer Hofkapelle nach dem Kurpfälzischen Hof- und Staatskalender''. Norderstedt 2008, .
* Reiner Albert, Günther Saltin: ''Katholisches Leben in Mannheim: Bd. 1, Von den Anfängen bis zur Säkularisation (1803).'' Ostfildern 2009, .
* Stadt Mannheim, Michael Caroli, Ulrich Nieß (Hrsg.): ''Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim: Bd 1 1607–1801.'' Ubstadt-Weiher 2007, .
* Hartmut Ellrich, Alexander Wischniewski: ''Barockschloss Mannheim - Geschichte und Geschichten''. Karlsruhe 2013,
Notes and references
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Old Catholicism in Germany
Buildings and structures in Mannheim
Tourist attractions in Mannheim
Churches in Baden-Württemberg
Independent Catholic church buildings