{{Short description|Protestant church in the centre of Düsseldorf, Germany}} {{Infobox church | name = Neanderkirche | image = Düsseldorf (DerHexer) 2010-08-13 021.jpg | caption = Tower facade | location = Düsseldorf | country = Germany | denomination = Protestant Church in the Rhineland | website = {{url|http://www.neanderkirche.de/neander/index.php}} }} The '''Neanderkirche''' (Neander Church)<ref name="structurae" /> is a Protestant church in the centre of Düsseldorf, the Altstadt. The building in early Baroque style was completed in 1687 and later named after the Reformed minister and hymn writer Joachim Neander. It is now a parish church of the ''Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Düsseldorf-Mitte''. In 1965, a Rieger organ was installed, which is also used for a series of summer concerts.
== History == When the counter reformation began in Düsseldorf, activities of the reformed Protestant church were still tolerated for a while. A ''Predigthaus'' (preaching house) was built on the property of the later church in 1610, but had to be closed in 1614 when the tolerance ended.<ref>In: ''Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf'', Geschichtendatei, vol Q–S, p. 156.</ref> Protestant Christians were permitted to build churches again only in the second half of the 17th century. The ''Neanderkirche'' was built from 1683 to 1687.<ref name="structurae" /><ref name="Denkmal" /><ref>Ernst von Schaumburg, in: ''Historische Wanderung durch Düsseldorf'', 5 April 1866, p. [55]57.[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-83418 Digitalisierte Ausgabe der ULB Düsseldorf]</ref> The church was already inaugurated in 1684.<ref name="Altstadt" /> It was named after Joachim Neander in 1916.<ref name="Altstadt" />
The Neanderkirche is a hall church of the early Baroque.<ref name="Rheinland" /> It is now the church of the parish ''Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Düsseldorf-Mitte''.{{cn|date=January 2017}}
<gallery> Neanderkirche duesseldorf.jpg|Neanderkirche at night Düsseldorf Neanderkirche n SO.jpg|Interior Düsseldorf Neanderkirche Uhr.jpg|Baroque clock </gallery>
== Church music == thumb|The Rieger organ [[File:Peter planyavsky improvisation über gelobet sei der herr neanderkirche düsseldorf 1998 live.mp3|thumb|Peter Planyavsky improvises on the hymn "Gelobet sei der Herr" (1998).]] An organ was completed in 1965 by Rieger Orgelbau after a design by Gerhard Schwarz and Hubert Meyers. It is suitable for organ concerts.<ref name="Organ" /><ref name="Blarr" /> A series of summer organ concerts, ''Sommerlichen Orgelkonzerte'', has a tradition of more than fifty years.<ref name="Sommer" /> Every year between the end of June and the middle of September, 12 to 14 concerts are played by organists from Düsseldorf and international guests.<ref name="Sommer" /> A choir was founded by the church musician Oskar Gottlieb Blarr who conducted the group until 1999, when he was succeeded by Martin Schmeding. From 2003, Sebastian Klein has conducted the choir.<ref name="Chor" />
== Literature == * Theo Lücker: ''Steine sprechen. Kleiner Wegweiser durch die Düsseldorfer Altstadt''. Verlag T. Ewers, Düsseldorf 1977, S. 80–81 [Nr. 39 Die Neanderkirche]. * Gisela Vollmer: ''Die Neanderkirche in Düsseldorf. Beiträge zur Baugeschichte.'' In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch Nr. 49, 1959, S. 176–185. * Ingo Beucker: ''Die Neanderkirche in Düsseldorf. Restaurierung und Einfügung in das Stadtbild in den Jahren 1957 bis 1959.'' In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch Nr. 49, 1959, S. 185–195.
== References == {{reflist |30em | refs =
<ref name="Blarr">{{cite web |last = Blarr |first = Oskar Gottlieb |url = http://www.sauerorgelbau.de/index.php/themenarchiv/95-zum-nachlesen |title = Wortlaut der Rede |publisher = Sauer Orgelbau |language = German |accessdate = 22 December 2016 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063907/http://www.sauerorgelbau.de/index.php/themenarchiv/95-zum-nachlesen |archivedate = 23 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Altstadt">{{cite web | url = http://www.duesseldorf-altstadt.de/de/22,kirchen/203,neanderkirche.html | title = Neanderkirche | publisher = Düsseldorf Altstadt | language = German | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Denkmal">{{cite web |url = http://www.duesseldorf.de/cgi-bin/denkmal/dsneu.pl?nr=249 |title = Neanderkirche |publisher = Denkmalbehörde Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf |language = German |accessdate = 22 December 2016 |url-status = bot: unknown |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130928101804/http://www.duesseldorf.de/cgi-bin/denkmal/dsneu.pl?nr=249 |archivedate = 28 September 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="Rheinland">{{cite web | url = http://www.ekir.de/www/service/6592.php | title = Offenes Denkmal / Geschichte hautnah: Wohnen im Denkmal | publisher = Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland | year = 2003 | language = German | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Chor">{{cite web | url = http://www.neandermusik.de/chor.html | title = Musik in der Neanderkirche / Chor | publisher = neandermusik.de | year = | language = German | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Organ">{{cite web | url = http://neandermusik.de/orgel.html | title = Musik in der Neanderkirche / Orgel | publisher = neandermusik.de | year = | language = German | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Sommer">{{cite web | url = http://www.neandermusik.de/sommerliche.html | title = Musik in der Neanderkirche / Sommerliche Orgelkonzerte | publisher = neandermusik.de | year = | language = German | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="structurae">{{cite web | url = https://structurae.net/structures/neander-church | title = Neander Church | publisher = structurae.net | accessdate = 22 December 2016 }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commonscat|Neanderkirche Düsseldorf|Neanderkirche (Düsseldorf)}} * {{official|http://www.neanderkirche.de/neander/index.php}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dusseldorf Neanderkirche}} Category:Churches completed in the 1680s Category:Baroque church buildings in Germany Category:Reformed church buildings in Germany Category:Protestant churches in North Rhine-Westphalia