Ansgar Church (Hamburg-Langenhorn)

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View of the church
inner space

The Ansgarkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Hamburg district of Langenhorn , built in 1929/1930, and the first church to be built in this district.

building

The design comes from the architects Herrmann Geissler and Otto Wilkening and consists of a central, cubic brick building with a hipped roof and a slim, flat-roofed tower. The interior is designed rather conservatively due to its classic floor plan with side aisles and semicircular apse. A parish hall is integrated into the building, so that the church looks more stately from the outside than it actually is from the volume of the worship space.

In 2011 the church was completely renovated.

Furnishing

The chancel is dominated by a large wooden cross. In addition to this, the black and white reproduction of the altarpieces originally intended for the church on the organ loft is particularly striking. Anita Rée designed these pictures in 1931, but the originals were never in the church as they were rejected by the church council at the time in 1935. The originals came to the main church St. Nikolai and were probably destroyed there during the bombing raids on Hamburg in World War II. The theme of the triptych was the Passion of Christ , consisting of the entry into Jerusalem , the Lord's Supper , the arrest in Gethsemane and the parable of the wise and the foolish virgins . Today's reproductions have been hanging in the church since the 1990s.

At the exhibition Anita Rée - Retrospective from October 2017 to February 2018 in the Hamburger Kunsthalle , the two altarpiece designs from 1930 Entry into Jerusalem and Arrest in Gethsemane (also Judas Kiss ) of the rejected altar triptych, which is part of the collection of the art historian Maike Bruhns, were shown were. After contacting Maike Bruhns and her subsequent visit to the Ansgar Church, the parish council decided in May to buy it and started a call for donations, which led to the Sütterlinstube Hamburg donating one of the designs and the second design to be acquired. On September 15, 2018, the designs were presented as part of the Night of Churches event in Ansgarkirche.

  • Draft altarpiece entry into Jerusalem

  • Altarpiece design arrest in Gethsemane

Bells

The first set of three bells was hung in 1930. These bells were made of steel and tuned in the tones E, G and A, but had to be replaced in 2008 for reasons of age. The current bells are three bronze bells in the tones C, F sharp and A, which originally hung in the Kapernaum Church in Hamburg-Horn , which was closed in 2004 . All three bells have Bible texts as inscriptions, the largest z. B. Behold, I proclaim to you great joy which will be to all people; for to you today the Savior is born, who is Christ the Lord. ( Lk 2,10f  LUT ) Two of the old steel bells are still in the outside area next to the church.

organ

Organ gallery with prospectus and reproductions of the Reé works
Console of the Hans-Henny-Jahnn organ

The organ was designed by Hans Henny Jahnn and installed in 1931 by P. Furtwängler & Hammer . It has been preserved in the original pipe factory to this day and has only been extensively restored by the Jehmlich company once in 2008 . This makes it one of the few surviving Jahnn organs. It is one of the first large organs to be given a mechanical action as the organ moved . A special feature is the division of the registers into the pages feminine (left) and masculine (right). Feminine refers to the flute and reed parts as well as most of the aliquot stops , while masculine includes the principal choir and the mixed voices .

I main work C – f 3
feminine
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. Glöckleinton II 2 ′
4th Peasant flute II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′



masculine
5. Principal 16 ′
6th octave 8th'
7th octave 4 ′
8th. Mixture V 1'
II Oberwerk C – f 3
feminine
9. Night horn 8th'
10. Ital. Principal 4 ′
11. Horn aliquot 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Horn aliquot 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
13. Flat flute 2 ′
14th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Dulcian 8th'
masculine
16. Dumped 8th'
17th Flute oct. 4 ′
18th Horn aliquot 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Horn aliquot 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
20th Flat flute 2 ′
21st Zimbel II 1 ⁄ 4 ′
22nd Sharp V 1'
III Crown positive C – f 3
feminine
23. Quintadena 8th'
24. Coupling flute 4 ′
25th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
26th recorder 2 ′
27. Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′


masculine
28. Quintadena 8th'
29 Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
30th Flute oct. 2 ′
31. Small flute 1'
32. Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Pedal C – g 1
feminine
33. Pommer 16 ′
34. Reed flute 8th'
35. Cane fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Night horn 2 ′
37. Dulcian 16 ′


masculine
38. Principal 16 ′
39. Pommer 16 ′
40. octave 8th'
41. octave 4 ′
42. Flute oct. 2 ′
43. Rauschpfeife III 4 ′

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 30.2 ″  E

Map: Hamburg
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Ansgar Church Langenhorn​
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Hamburg

  • Nave seen from the east

  • One of the entrances

  • Windows of the side walls

  • Old steel bell next to the church

  • War memorial next to the church

  • View inside the organ

literature

Web links

Commons : Ansgarkirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Section on the history of the parish on the parish homepage. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Section on the altarpiece on the parish homepage. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ Altarpiece designs Anita Rées for Ansgar - help with your donation! , Ansgar-Spiegel , June 2018, p. 9 (PDF-p. 4)
  4. ↑ Save the Date: Night of the Churches , Ansgar-Spiegel , July / August 2018, p. 5 (PDF file)
  5. ↑ Night of the Churches , Ansgar-Spiegel , September 2018, p. 3
  6. ^ Section on bells on the parish homepage. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ To the organ on the parish homepage. Retrieved April 24, 2014.