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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
The present church is the second one on this site. The first one, Saint Mary’s Church, from 1271, had been enlarged by a Gothic chancel around 1300. The present church has been built in 1468-88. It is the largest Hallenkirche (church with nave and side aisles of equal height) in South Germany, with a length of 330 ft., width of 120 ft. and height of 120 ft. The twin towers, the landmarks of the city of Munich, are crowned by “Welsh coverings” from 1525, instead of the usual spires.
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The organ has been built in 1993-97 by the Dutch organ company J. L. van den Heuvel from Dordrecht. The instrument is built in the French Symphonic tradition with three manual divisions of 58 notes and a pedal of 30 notes and a total of 51 stops. No stops of previous organs were re-used, also the modern style organ case is new and made of European oak. The dedication was on October 19th 1997.
The internal layout of the instrument is obvious from the front of the case. The Hauptwerk (Great) is placed in the center of the instrument, behind the Hauptwerk the Schwellwerk (Swell). Both divisions are flanked by the splitted Pedalwerk. On the top of the instrument the Positiv is placed. The free standing console is also made of European oak like the organ case. The key action is direct mechanical with electronic couplers. This organ is the first where Van den Heuvel used the proportional coupling system by Syncordia. The electronic stop action is supplied with a memory system.
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The Lutheran Parish Church Saint Lukas, located directly at the banks of the river Isar, has been built by the architect Albert Schmidt in 1893-1896. In Munich, Saint Lukas is the only evangelical parish church in the style of the Historicism that is completely preserved. The architect applied pre-reformatorial styles, the exterior shows Roman forms, the interior is orientated at
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