PROPOVJEDAONICA ĐAKOVAČKE KATEDRALE
THE PULPIT OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ĐAKOVO

Summary/Abstract: Due to its role in liturgy and the place it occupies in the church – the edge of the central nave, which makes it exposed to the eyes of the faithful – the pulpit is one of the most important items of a sacral building. This is the reason why a lot of attention was paid to its stylistic solution and its construction. After the project by architect Karl Rösner (the first architect to supervise the construction of the Cathedral in Đakovo) had been rejected, the development of completely new projects was entrusted to the new leading architect Friedrich Schmidt. In the 1880’s Schmidt developed five entirely different projects and several alternative projects for this part of the Cathedral services. His associate Herman Bollé, at the time in charge of buildings in Croatia, helped him develop the projects. Part of the projects included more Gothic and other parts more Romanesque elements. The first projects anticipated two detached pulpits at both sides of the central nave, but they were rejected due to the fear of high costs. Although Schmidt’s earlier projects had predicted a rail which would connect the two pulpits and separate the space assigned for the faithful from the chancel, bishop Strossmayer rejected this solution because he wanted the whole church to be accessible to the faithful.

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