Jesuit Church, Bratislava

The Holy Saviour Church (Template:Langx, also called Jezuitský kostol,m or the Jesuit Church, is a church building constructed in the 17th century on Františkánske nám in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was originally built to serve as a protestant house of worship. Today the church belongs to the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuit Order.

Location

It is located immediately north of Bratislava's Old Town Hall, at the edge of the city's principal square, Hlavné námestie.

History

The church was built from 1636 to 1638 as a place of worship for the city's growing community of German protestants. By royal decree the church could not resemble a Roman-Catholic house of worship in any way; so it was built without a spire and with nothing at its entrance or on its facade to suggest the building's function.

Organ (Rieger 1924, opus 2273)

I Hauptwerk C–f3 Bourdon 16′ Principal 8′ Gamba 8′ Harmonieflöte 8′ Gedackt 8' Octave 4′ Flöte 4′ Quinte 22/3′ Superoctave 2′ Kornett III-V 22/3′ Mixtur IV 2′ Trompete 8′ Tremolo

II Schwellwerk C–f3 Rohrflöte 8′ Geigenprincipal 8′ Salicional 8′ Quintadena 8′ Octave 4′ Lieblich Gedackt 4′ Weitquinte 22/3′ Flageolett 2′ Quinta minor 11/3′ Sedecima 1′ Mixtur VI 1′ Klarinette 8′ (durchschlagend) Tremolo

III Schwellwerk C–f3 Quintadena 16′ Principal 8′ Spitzgambe 8′ Portunalflöte 8′ Octave 4′ Spitzflöte 4′ Nasard 22/3′ Nachthorn 2′ Terz 13/5′ Cymbel III 1′ Mixtur III-V 2′ Trompette harmonique 8′ Oboe 8′ Clairon 4′

Pedal C–f1 Principal 16′ Violon 16′ Subbass 16′ Quintgedackt 51/3′ Cello 8′ Octavbaß 8′ Choralflöte 8′ Posaune 16′ Basstrompete 8′ Clairon 4′

• fully pneumatic action
• Couplers:
  • III/II, III/I, II/I, III/P, II/P, I/P
  • Super-octave couplers: Super III, Super III/II, Super III/I, Super III/P, Super II, Super II/I
  • Sub-octave couplers: Sub III, Sub III/I, Sub II/I
• 2 combinations, Crescendo, Tutti, reeds off

See also

• History of Bratislava
• List of Jesuit sites