St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn

St Mary's Cathedral
Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, Tallinn
Estonian: Tallinna toomkirik
Estonian: Tallinna Püha Neitsi Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkirik
St Mary's Cathedral is located in Estonia
St Mary's Cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral
Location in Estonia
59°26′13.56″N 24°44′20.4″E / 59.4371000°N 24.739000°E / 59.4371000; 24.739000
LocationVanalinn, Tallinn, Harju County
AddressToom-Kooli 6
Country Estonia
Language(s)Estonian
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationCatholic
Websitetoomkirik.ee
History
StatusActive
Foundedbefore 1219
Founder(s)Danes
DedicationBlessed Virgin Mary
Dedicated1240
Architecture
Functional statusCathedral
Heritage designationKultuurimälestis (no. 1087)
Designated20 September 1995
Architectural typeBasilica
StyleGothic
Years built1229–1240
1330–1430 (enlargement)
1686–1779 (restoration)
Groundbreakingbefore 1219
Specifications
Length29 metres (95 ft 2 in)
Number of towers1
Tower height69 metres (226 ft 5 in)
MaterialsStone
Administration
ArchdioceseTallinn
DeaneryTallinn
Clergy
ArchbishopUrmas Viilma
RectorArho Tuhkru
Joel Siim
Deacon(s)René Paats

St. Mary's Cathedral (Estonian: Toomkirik, German: Ritter- und Domkirche, full name: The Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, Tallinn, Estonian: Tallinna Püha Neitsi Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkirik) is a Lutheran cathedral church located on the Toompea hill in the medieval central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. Established in the 13th century, it is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia, and the only building in Toompea which survived the 17th-century fire.[1]

The church was originally established in the 13th century as the Roman Catholic cathedral, after Tallinn and northern Estonia had been conquered by the Kingdom of Denmark during the Northern Crusades. In the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation, the church became Lutheran in 1561, and is now seat of the Archbishop of Tallinn, the spiritual leader, and chairman of the governing synod, of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The church has been a national cultural monument of Estonia since 20 September 1995.[2]

History

The first church was made of wood most likely already and built by 1219, when the Danes invaded Tallinn. In 1229, when the Dominican friars arrived, they started building a stone church replacing the old wooden one. The monks were killed in a conflict between the Knights of the Sword and vassals supporting the pope's legate in 1233, and the church was thus desecrated. A letter asking permission to consecrate it anew was sent to Rome in 1233, and this is the first record of the church's existence.[3]

The Dominicans could not finish the building and built only the base walls. The building was completed in 1240, and it was a one-aisled building with a rectangular chancel.

In 1240, it was also named cathedral and consecrated in honour of the Virgin Mary. In the beginning of the 14th century, reconstruction of the church began. The church was made bigger. The reconstruction began with building a new chancel. At about the same time, the new vestry was built.

The enlargement of the one-aisled building to a three-aisled building began in the 1330s. The construction work, however, lasted almost 100 years. The new longitudinal part of the church, 29 m (95 ft 2 in) long, built by following the principles of the basilica, was completed in the 1430s. The nave's rectangular pillars had been completed in the second half of the 14th century, though.

The church suffered considerable damage in the great fire of 1684 when the entire wooden furnishings were destroyed. Some vaults collapsed and many stone-carved details were severely damaged – especially in the apse.

In 1686, after the fire, the church was practically rebuilt to restore it to its previous state. The new pulpit with figures of the apostles (1686) and the altarpiece (1696) were made by the Estonian sculptor and carver Christian Ackermann. Paintings were added by Ernst Wilhelm Londicer.

The Dome Church's exterior dates from the 15th century, the spire dates from the 18th century. Most of the church's furnishings go back to the 17th and 18th centuries. From 1778 to 1779, a new baroque spire was built in the western part of the nave.

One should also mention the numerous different kinds of tombstones from the 13th–18th centuries, the stone-carved sarcophagi from the 17th century, also the altar and chancel, chandeliers, numerous coats of arms from the 17th–20th centuries. Two of the church's four bells date back to 17th century, two date to the 18th century. The organ was made in 1914.

Among the people buried in the cathedral are the Bohemian nobleman Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, one of leaders of the Protestant revolt against Emperor Ferdinand II and in events that led to the Thirty Years' War; the Swedish general Pontus De la Gardie and his wife, Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm (King John III's daughter); as well as the Scotsman Samuel Greig (formerly Samuil Karlovich Greig of the Russian Navy); the Swedish field marshals and cousins Otto Wilhelm and Fabian von Fersen; and the Russian navigator, Adam Johann von Krusenstern.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toomkirik Tallinn | Estonia - Local Life". www.local-life.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "1087 Tallinna Toomkirik, 13.-19. saj". Kultuurimälestiste register (in Estonian). 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "TALLINNA Püha Neitsi Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkogudus". www.eelk.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.

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