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    Thomas Church in Leipzig: Church Guide
    Thomas Church in Leipzig: Church Guide
    Thomas Church in Leipzig: Church Guide
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    Thomas Church in Leipzig: Church Guide

    By Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

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    St. Thomas Church in Leipzig has gained worldwide fame thanks to Johann Sebastian Bach who now lies buried in the choir of his church. This is, however, not the only worthwhile reason to visit the church: besides the church music tradition with the renowned St. Thomas Boys Choir, the church's architectural and art historical heritage merits a trip.
    The church guide, which is available in German and English, gives an overview of the most important facts about St. Thomas Church, illustrated with many images. Besides interesting details about the colourful and chequered history of the church and the parish as well as past and present of St. Thomas Boys Choir and its most famous cantor Johann Sebastian Bach, the guide includes useful tips regarding service schedules and opening times.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvangelische Verlagsanstalt
    Release dateMar 31, 2017
    ISBN9783374047970
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      Thomas Church in Leipzig - Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

      ST. THOMAS CHURCH IN LEIPZIG

      A PLACE OF FAITH, SPIRIT AND MUSIC

      Edited by Britta Taddiken

      Translated by Björn Mackenthun

      Bibliographic information published by the German National Library

      The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbiographie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de

      © 2017 by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH · Leipzig

      This work, including all of ist parts, is protected by copyright. Any use beyond the strict limits of copyright law without the permisson of the publishing house is strictly prohibited and punishable by law.

      Layout and Typesetting: Makena plangrafik GbR, Leipzig

      E-Book:

      Zeilenwert GmbH 2017

      ISBN 978-3-374-04797-0

      www.eva-leipzig.de

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title

      Imprint

      Christian Wolff

      BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION HISTORY

      Martin Petzoldt †

      WORKS OF ART

      Martin Petzoldt †

      PERSONALITIES LINKED TO ST. THOMAS CHURCH

      Ullrich Böhme

      ORGANS AND INSTRUMENTS IN ST. THOMAS CHURCH

      Georg Christoph Biller

      THE ST. THOMAS CHOIR AND THE THOMASKANTORS

      Christian Wolff

      ST. THOMAS CHURCH TODAY

      DATES AND EVENTS

      PICTURE CREDITS

      1 Hall nave towards the east with the Baroque pulpit by Valentin Schwarzenberger, the Prince’s Chair on the north gallery (left) and the Born Altar in the choir. Water-colour by Hubert Kratz, c. 1880.

      BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION HISTORY

      Viewed from the outside, a steep pitched roof rises above the impressive late-Gothic hall structure of St. Thomas church. The attached, extended choir on the east end of the building recalls the fact that St. Thomas church was once the collegiate church of the Augustine canons: Neo-Gothic sacristy structures, the tower on the south side, which stands at the seam between the nave and the choir, and the neo-Gothic western façade all point to the turbulent architectural history of St. Thomas Church.

      In 1949, the remains of the great cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach, were removed from St. John’s church, which was destroyed in the Second World War. In 1950, they were reburied in the choir, where the oldest architectural components of this church’s over

      800-year

      history have been identified.

      PREHISTORY OF THE MODERN ST. THOMAS CHURCH

      It is assumed that a three-nave late-Gothic church without a transept and with a massive western tower stood on the site of today’s St. Thomas Church in the middle of the 12th century. As recorded in a papal document from 1218, in 1212 Margrave Dietrich von Meissen ordered the founding of a collegiate church of the Augustine canons, whose patron was the Apostle Paul. During their conflicts with the margrave in this period, the citizenry of Leipzig are said to have scattered the building material for the new choir throughout the area. A capital in the shape of a chalice, discovered during a structural examination, is evidence of a late-Romanesque choir. In the mid-13th century, a massive tower was built over the east end of the southern aisle. The church’s nave was then elevated. The altar consecrations recorded for the 14th century suggest that the structural changes in the nave were completed at this time. It is conceivable that a medieval sacristy stood in conjunction with the eastern wing of the monastery, north of the choir.

      2 Reconstruction of the Romanesque structure from the 12th/13th century.

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