Kreuzkirche, Dresden

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The Kreuzkirche at Altmarkt in 2008
Altmarkt and Kreuzkirche, around 1900
Old (pre-baroque) Kreuzkirche, drawing of 1680
Painting by Bernardo Bellotto, called Canaletto: Reconstruction work in the 1760s
The interior of the church

The Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) in Dresden, of the Evangelical Church in Germany, is the largest church in Saxony. It also is the home of the Dresdner Kreuzchor boys choir.

The church existed since the early twelfth century, it was officially dedicated on 10 June 1388 to the Holy Cross. Since 1491, it has burned down five times.

In its current form, it was re-opened in 1955.

The director of the choir is known as the Kreuzkantor. Roderich Kreile is the twenty-eighth Kreuzkantor since the Reformation.

Kreuzkantors

Since the Reformation:

  • 1540–1553 Sebaldus Baumann
  • 1553–1560 Johannes Selner
  • 1560–1561 Andreas Lando
  • 1561–1585 Andreas Petermann
  • 1585–1586 Kaspar Füger
  • 1586–1589 Basilius Köhler
  • 1589–1606 Bartholomäus Petermann
  • 1606–1612 Christoph Lisberger
  • 1612–1615 Samuel Rüling
  • 1615–1625 Christoph Neander
  • 1625–1654 Michael Lohr
  • 1654–1694 Jacob Beutel
  • 1694–1713 Basilius Petritz
  • 1713–1720 Johann Zacharias Grundig
  • 1720–1755 Theodor Christlieb Reinhold
  • 1755–1785 Gottfried August Homilius
  • 1785–1813 Christian Ehregott Weinlig
  • 10 August – 24 October 1813 Gottlob August Krille
  • 1814–1817 Christian Theodor Weinlig
  • 1818–1822 Hermann Uber
  • 1822–1828 Friedrich Wilhelm Aghte
  • 1828–1875 Ernst Julius Otto
  • 1876–1906 Friedrich Oskar Wermann
  • 1906–1930 Otto Richter
  • 1930–1971 Rudolf Mauersberger
  • 1971–1991 Martin Flämig
  • 1991–1994 Gothart Stier
  • 1994–1996 Matthias Jung (kommissarisch)
  • Since 1997 Roderich Kreile

Literature

  • Karlheinz Blaschke: Dresden, Kreuzkirche, Kreuzschule, Kreuzchor – musikalische und humanistische Tradition in 775 Jahren. Gütersloh/München 1991, ISBN 3-570-06664-9
  • Dieter Härtwig, Matthias Herrmann: Der Dresdner Kreuzchor – Geschichte und Gegenwart, Wirkungsstätten und Schule, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02402-5
  • Jürgen Helfricht: Dresdner Kreuzchor und Kreuzkirche. Eine Chronik von 1206 bis heute. Husum 2004, ISBN 3-89876-180-0
  • Jürgen Helfricht: Dresden und seine Kirchen. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02261-8
  • Hans John: Der Dresdner Kreuzchor und seine Kantoren. Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-374-00177-7
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Coordinates: 51°02′56″N 13°44′20″E / 51.049°N 13.739°E / 51.049; 13.739

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