Christ Church (Hamburg-Eimsbüttel)
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The Christ Church in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel is an Evangelical Lutheran church . It was built from 1882 to 1884 in neo -Gothic style based on a design by the Berlin architect Johannes Otzen . In the Second World War severely damaged church was rebuilt in the 1950s and is since 2007 as an ensemble together with the presbyteries and the 1967/68 built community center under monument protection .
History and buildings
prehistory
The suburbs of Hamburg to the east and north, i.e. Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, Eimsbüttel, Eppendorf, Winterhude, Uhlenhorst west to north of the Outer Alster and Barmbek, Hohenfelde, Eilbeck, Borgfelde, Hamm, Horn and Billwerder Ausschlag east of the Outer Alster, developed after the abolition the gate lock in 1860 stormy. The growing suburbs were supplied by the parishes in St. Georg, the rural community Moorfleet and the parishes of Eppendorf or Hamm, which led to intolerable conditions in the churches, which were too small for this. Therefore, around 1880, a number of suburban churches were built in a short time, some of which did not belong to Hamburg at the time. These include the first new building, St. Johannis in Harvestehude (opened in 1882), then the St. Gertrud Church in Uhlenhorst, also designed by Johannes Otzen (opened in 1886). In Altona, Otzen built St. Johannis (opened in 1873) and St. Petri (opened in 1883), which are also among the sister churches of the Christ Church. The Christ Church was placed along an arterial road (today's Fruchtallee) in a planned urban expansion area, the Eimsbüttel district only followed around the church later.
Building the church
At the end of 1881 the municipality of Eimsbüttel organized an architectural competition in which three submitted designs were awarded: by Wilhelm Hauers (Hamburg), Johannes Otzen (Berlin) and Johannes Vollmer (also Berlin). The judges recommended the design by Hauers, from which St. Johannis Harvestehude also came, with changes for implementation. After lengthy negotiations, the church council decided in favor of Otzen's draft. This envisaged a three-aisled building with a transept and a straight choir , which was to be based on the principles of brick Gothic. Overall, however, for cost reasons, the building turned out to be a little smaller than the architect wanted.
In the next few years, the Eimsbüttel community founded offshoots in the rapidly growing urban area, which became independent communities with three churches of their own: the Apostle Church (1894), St. Stephen's Church and Philip's Church . In 1913 the underground line 2 opened on the Schlump - Christ Church - Emilienstraße route. The underground station named after the Christ Church is right in front of the church.
Damage and reconstruction
During the Second World War , the church was badly damaged in air raids in 1943 and 1944. The vaulted ceiling, the entire choir , the north transept and the windows were completely destroyed. Only the altar cross remained from the interior. The destroyed parts were rebuilt under the direction of R. Vogts after the war in the style of the 1950s. This can be seen in particular from the simpler choir facade and the missing roof turret on the nave.
Recent conversions and renovations
Early in the morning on December 28, 1982, lightning struck the tower of the church. A fire that burned for six hours broke out, and finally the top spire with the weather valve and ball broke off and bored into the roof of the church. Damage of 750,000 D-Marks resulted. The lightning strike also brought to light a piece of church history: a box with documents from the time the church was built was found in the fallen piece. For example, information about the founder of the altar and the pulpit, Gottfried Holthusen , after whom the Holthusenbad is named, was found.
The four parishes in the district Eimsbüttel (Christ Church, Church of the Apostles , Stephen Church , Bethlehem Church as the successor of the destroyed Philip Church) merged in 1998 to a community. The Church of St. Stephen and Bethlehem have been decommissioned since 2005 . From 2007 to 2008 the Christ Church was completely renovated according to plans by the architects Stölken und Schmidt . The interior in particular has been completely redesigned. The architects replaced the barrel vault with a flat ceiling and based the overall appearance on an attractive contrast between brick and white plastered surfaces.
Interior
The expressionistic-looking simple pointed arch in front of the sanctuary is striking, emphasizing both the altar itself and the windows behind it. Today's windows were designed by Matthias Schmidt.
Since the renovation in 2008, there have been simple oak benches in the main room, which has been given a new floor covering made of gray slate panels. The altar is a simple cuboid which, like the gallery railings, is made of black steel.
Bells
When the church was inaugurated, it had four bronze bells, all of which were melted down for armaments purposes during the First World War . Today there are five bells in the church. Four bronze bells come from the de-dedicated Bethlehem Church and in 2008 they replaced the three steel bells from 1925 that were still in use up to this year. In 2010 the ringing was extended by a donated fifth bronze bell. The latest bell comes from the Rincker bell foundry , has a diameter of 1.25 m, weighs more than 1200 kg and bears the inscription I am the way and the truth and the life .
organ
The large organ of the Christ Church was built in 1956 by the organ building company Rudolf von Beckerath (Hamburg). The slider chest instrument has 24 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The playing and register actions are mechanical. Your disposition is:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Zimbelstern (mobile, since 2008)
In addition to the main organ, the church also has a chest organ from 2008 by organ builder Kurt Quathamer .
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 11 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 42" E
Draft drawing 1883
Old church bell in front of the building
Interior, north wall
Baptismal font
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literature
- Johannes Otzen : Church for the suburb of Eimsbüttel to Hamburg . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . Vol. 17 (1883), No. 70, urn : nbn: de: kobv: co1-opus-16437 , p. 413f.
- Buildings executed by Johannes Otzen , in three parts. Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin 1889–1891. (Reviewed in the Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , vol. 12 (1892), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-26335 , p. 340.)
- Matthias Gretzschel : Hamburg's churches: history, architecture, offers . Axel Springer Verlag , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86370-116-1 , p. 176-181 .
Web links
- Official website of the parish of Eimsbüttel
- Pictures of the church in the Hamburg picture archive by Christoph Bellin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument List of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ( Memento of June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 915 kB) Monument Protection Office in the Authority for Culture, Sport and Media, as of April 13, 2010. Hamburg 2010, p. 20, Monument List No. . 1599.
- ^ Hartwig Beseler: War fates of German architecture , vol. 1. (north). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1988, ISBN 3-529-02685-9 , p. 84.
- ↑ Flames in the house of God scare Eimsbüttel , Hamburger Abendblatt dated December 29, 1982, p. 1
- ↑ Ulrike Brendlin: The lightning brought a piece of Hamburg history to light , Hamburger Abendblatt dated December 30, 1982, p. 7
- ^ History of the Christ Church Hamburg-Eimsbüttel. In: http://rundfunk.evangelisch.de/ . Radio work in the joint venture of Ev. Publizistik gGmbH, accessed on January 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Project description on the website of the architects Stölken und Schmidt . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ A church bell on the move , Hamburger Abendblatt dated August 26, 2008.
- ^ Bells exchange for the Christ Church , Hamburger Abendblatt from July 4, 2008.
- ↑ Supermarket donates fifth bell for Christ Church , Hamburger Abendblatt from May 14, 2010.
- ^ Friedemann Kannengießer (regional cantor and organist of the parish of Eimsbüttel): The large organ in the Christ Church in Hamburg Eimsbüttel . at Eimsbüttler Kantorei - church music in Eimsbüttel . (Retrieved February 5, 2016.)
- ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Entry on the chest organ in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved May 22, 2013.