Bergstedt Church
The Bergstedt Church is one of the oldest church buildings in the Hamburg area with works of art that are well worth seeing. Today it belongs to the Hamburg district of Wandsbek and to the north church . Up until the Greater Hamburg Act , the town of Bergstedt and thus also the church belonged to Stormarn .
Construction and extensions until 1951
The church was built in several sections and is now the result of different building periods. The church was first mentioned in 1248. In this document it is mentioned on an equal footing with the Alt-Rahlstedter Church , so, as for this one, it can be assumed that the first church building in Bergstedt was built in the late 12th century . The oldest parts still in existence today date from the early 13th century . Originally the church was a simple Romanesque hall building with a flat ceiling. Remains of this field stone building have been preserved in the outer walls ; it was later expanded with Gothic elements. The current ceiling dates from 1609, its decorations from the end of the 17th century. A significant expansion took place around the middle of the 18th century when the half-timbered tower and the western extension were added under the direction of the architect Jasper Carstens from 1745 to 1750, thereby replacing a previously existing free-standing bell tower.
Before the Reformation the church was dedicated to St. Maria and St. Willehad .
Of the cemetery that originally surrounded the church, only the remains of the churchyard are preserved. On the north and west sides of the church there are still a few tombs, including the stone slab for John Miles Sloman . On the south side, several more tombstones from the Classicism period were placed.
Furnishing
The oldest piece in the church is the altar plate, which is made from a single stone and decorated with five carved consecration crosses . Four consecration crosses on the east wall and the remains of two more on the south wall also date from the early period.
The interior looks rustic and down-to-earth and has largely retained the style of the 17th and 18th centuries, even if its furnishings have been changed several times. The ceiling paintings with tendrils and inscriptions date from 1685, the pulpit from 1686. The original galleries were built in 1663. A crucifix from 1500, a baptismal angel from 1768, a portrait epitaph from 1771 for the parish priest at the time, Winkler, are also worth mentioning. A richly furnished Bible from 1619/1620 is kept in a separate showcase. The altar candlesticks are from 1721, another 16-armed candlestick from 1731, the offering box in the current version is from 1783. Until 1952 there was a pulpit altar in the church, from which the pulpit was separated this year and attached to the right Side wall was placed. Today's altar was put together from several parts in the same year.
Except for two Gothic window openings, the windows received their shape in the Baroque period . All windows that exist today are clear and without colored paintings, with the exception of a reference to the group of donors responsible for the respective window. The interior is also dependent on the unhindered entry of daylight, because there is only economical electrical lighting for the choir gallery and the chancel. The main lighting during all events is still today by candlelight.
Bells
The oldest bell was cast in Hamburg in 1622 and bears the inscription Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos ("If God is for us, who (may then) be against us"). A second bell from 1795 was delivered during the First World War . The new bell from 1954, bought as a replacement, has the Our Father as a legend.
Changes after 1951
In 1951 and 1952 the church was repaired under the direction of the architect Walter Ahrendt . The altar, pulpit and gallery were rebuilt and the boarded wooden beam ceiling with the ceiling paintings was exposed again.
1978 to 1980, the oak beamed ceiling and the tower had to be extensively renovated due to house buck infestation .
Because of the preserved character of a medieval village church, the church is one of the most popular wedding churches in Hamburg.
Organs
Schnitger organ
The oldest still existing organ from 1686 stands next to the altar and comes from the workshop of Arp Schnitger . It was originally built as a positive , stood on the west gallery until 1960 and was erected at ground level near the altar in 1961 by Franz Grollmann . The case, the wind chest and two or three registers are original, the gable and some decorations were added later.
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Rohlf organ
At Easter 2014, the organ building company Rohlf completed the main organ for the west gallery as Opus 190. The new building has 17 registers, which are distributed over two manuals and pedal. Four stops in the pedal are transmissions from the main work. The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Zimbelstern
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 19.9 ″ N , 10 ° 7 ′ 34.8 ″ E
View with cemetery
Information board in the churchyard
Wall anchor in the north wall
Gravestones of the former cemetery
Sloman tomb
Painted beam ceiling
Consecration crosses on the altar wall
Carved consecration cross on the altar plate
Altar, formerly designed as a pulpit altar
Carvings on the stalls
Former confessional with a display case for the Bible
literature
- Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 222 .
- Matthias Gretzschel : Churches in Hamburg: history, architecture, offers . Axel Springer Verlag , Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-921305-92-6 , pp. 98 f .
- Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The cemetery guide . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 114-117 .
- Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 60 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dietrich Hellmund: The historical context of the document from 1248, which was the first to mention the place "Rahlstedt" . In: Rahlstedter Yearbook for History & Culture . No. 8 . Rahlstedter Kulturverein, 2006, p. 68-72 . Overview of the yearbooks available online , accessed on August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Information board in the churchyard. As of January 15, 2012.
- ^ Wilhelm Rothe, Flyer The Bergstedter Church , without a year
- ↑ Information on the Arp Schnitger organ in Bergstedt on the organ landscape Ostwestfalen-Lippe website . Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Website on Arp-Schnitger organs (English). Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ Info on the website of the organ builder Rohlf . Retrieved August 11, 2014.
Web links
- Bergstedter Church on hamburg.de