St. Matthew, Leipzig
{{Infobox church
| name = St. Matthew
| fullname =
| other name = {{plainlist|
- Barfüßerkirche
- Neukirche
- Matthäikirche
}}
| image = Matthäikirche Leipzig 1749 Foto H.-P.Haack.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Neukirche in 1749
| coordinates = {{coord |51|20|29|N |12|22|16|E|region:DE-NW_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| denomination = Lutheran
| previous denomination = Catholic
| consecrated date = 1488
| dedication = Holy Spirit (when Catholic)
| architectural type =
| style = Gothic
| demolished date = {{nowrap|4 December 1943}}
}}
File:Leipzig Matthäikirche.jpg
St. Matthew was a church in the old town of Leipzig. During its history it had several names and functions. As a church of the Franciscan order, built in 1488, it was known as Barfüßerkirche and Heiliggeistkirche. It served as a Lutheran church, known as Neukirche, from 1699. A new congregation formed in 1876 and named the church Matthäikirche (St. Matthew). The building was destroyed in a bombing in 1943.
Franciscan church
The church was built from 1488 for the Franciscan order Barfüßer ("Barefeet") and known as the Barfüßerkirche. It enlarged earlier church buildings dating back to the 1230s. It was dedicated in 1502 to the Holy Spirit and therefore also called Franziskanerkirche zum Heiligen Geist and Heiliggeistkirche.{{sfn|Klosterkirche|2015}} After the Reformation, the building served as storage for merchandise from 1552 to 1699.
Neukirche
The church was remodeled in 1699 in Baroque style as the fourth Lutheran church in Leipzig, known as Neukirche or Neue Kirche (New church).{{sfn|Matthäikirche|2015}} The altar was created by {{Interlanguage link multi|Michael Hoppenhaupt|de}}. The church was dedicated on 24 September 1699. An organ was built in 1704 by {{Interlanguage link multi|Christoph Donat|de}}.{{sfn|Matthäikirche|2015}} Georg Philipp Telemann was the musical director from 1704,{{sfn|Telemann|2015}} succeeded by Melchior Hoffmann in June 1705,{{sfn|Sadie|2001|p=595}} and from 1720 by Georg Balthasar Schott. From 1723, the church music was supervised by the Thomaskantor (director of church music in Leipzig), then Johann Sebastian Bach, with the third choir of the Thomanerchor singing, while the first choirs performed in the main churches Thomaskirche (St. Thomas) and Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas).{{sfn|Wolff|2002|p=251–252}}{{sfn|Bärwald|Koska|2012}}
The building served as a prison in 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition, and from 1813 as a hospital.{{sfn|Matthäikirche|2015}}
Matthäikirche
In 1876 a new congregation formed and named the church Matthäikirche (St. Matthew), after remodeling in Gothic revival style by {{Interlanguage link multi|Oskar Mothes|de}}. It was restructured again by {{Interlanguage link multi|Julius Zeißig|de}} from 1892 to 1894.{{sfn|Matthäikirche|2015}}
File:Fotothek df roe-neg 0000535 002 Ruine der Matthäikirche.jpg
The church was destroyed during the Bombing of Leipzig on 4 December 1943.{{sfn|Matthäikirche|2015}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite web
| last1 = Bärwald
| first1 = Manuel
| last2 = Koska
| first2 = Bernd
| url = http://www.lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/das_forschungsprojekt_johann_sebastian_bachs_thomaner?nav_id=3958
| title = Das Forschungsprojekt "Johann Sebastian Bachs Thomaner"
| publisher = L.I.S.A der Gerda Henkel-Stiftung
| date = 4 September 2012
| language = German
}}
- {{cite web
| last = Petzoldt
| first = Martin
| authorlink = Martin Petzoldt
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Articles/Leipzig-Churches-Petzold.pdf
| title = Liturgy and Music in Leipzig's Main Churches
| publisher = bach-cantatas.com
| year = 2013
| language = German
}}
- {{cite book
| editor1-last = Sadie
| editor1-first = Stanley
| editor1-link = Stanley Sadie
| editor2-last = Tyrrell
| editor2-first = John
| editor2-link = John Tyrrell (musicologist)
| year = 2001
| title = The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
| volume = 11
| edition = 2
| location = New York
| publisher = Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.
| ref = {{sfnref|Sadie|2001}}
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Wolff
| first = Christoph
| authorlink = Christoph Wolff
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NHpL3cQg0_UC&pg=PA251
| title = Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
| publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
| year = 2002
| isbn = 978-0-393-32256-9
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/KIRCHEN/SPIRSANC.HTM
| title = Klosterkirche zum Heiligen Geist
| publisher = Leipzig-Lexikon
| language = German
| access-date = 11 February 2015
| ref = {{sfnref|Klosterkirche|2015}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/KIRCHEN/MATTHAEI.HTM
| title = Matthäikirche
| publisher = Leipzig-Lexikon
| language = German
| access-date = 11 February 2015
| ref = {{sfnref|Matthäikirche|2015}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.telemann.org/ueber-telemann/biographie.html
| title = Telemann-Biographie in Stichpunkten
| publisher = Telemann, Dokumente, Texte, Materialien
| language = German
| access-date = 11 February 2015
| ref = {{sfnref|Telemann|2015}}
}}
- {{BKD|17|140|165|Matthäikirche}}
- {{BKD|17|239|271|Barfüsserkloster}}
- Kirchen in Leipzig. Schriften des Leipziger Geschichtsvereins 2/1993. Sax-Verlag, Beucha 1993
- Heinrich Magirius (u.a.). Stadt Leipzig. Die Sakralbauten. Mit einem Überblick über die städtebauliche Entwicklung von den Anfängen bis 1989. vol 1. Dt. Kunstverlag, München 1995, p. 679-697
External links
{{Commons category|Matthäikirche (Leipzig)}}
- [http://www.paulinerkirche.org/tmp/matth/bach4.htm Johann Sebastian Bachs Wirkungsstätten in Leipzig / Matthäikirche (Neukirche)] Paulinerkirche
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