Danish seaman's church Hamburg
The Danish Seaman's Church Hamburg ( Danish Dansk Sømandskirke Hamborg ), also Benediktekirken since 2007 , is an Evangelical Lutheran seaman's church in Hamburg . It belongs to the Danske Sømands- og Udlandskirker (DSUK; Danish Maritime and Abroad Church). The building unites the church and community center under one roof. It is protected as a cultural monument.
location
The building is located at the beginning of Ditmar-Koel-Strasse in the Neustadt district ( Portuguese quarter ) in the west, the Norwegian seaman's church is immediately adjacent, followed by the Finnish seaman's church . At the western end of the street is the building of the Swedish Sailors' Church (Gustaf Adolfskyrkan) .
history
The Danish seaman's church in foreign ports , subordinate to the Bishop of Copenhagen , set up a seaman's mission in Hamburg in 1875 . The first pastor was Georg Heden. A separate building was acquired in Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse in 1921. The building was destroyed in 1943 by the bombing of Operation Gomorrah during World War II.
After the end of the war, community work took place in the restored basement. Pastor Gustav A. Højlund was collecting money for a new church. The city of Hamburg made the property available. The new community center building was inaugurated on February 3, 1952. At that time there was not a single building between this church and the Hamburg Michel .
Extensive renovation work was carried out from 2004 to 2007, financed with foundation funds and private donations. The church interior was artistically redesigned by Erik A. Frandsen . The inauguration in 2007 took place in the presence of Princess Benedigte . She gave permission to name the church Benediktekirken .
description
The building was built according to plans by Otto Kindt . In the four-storey brick building , the church, parish rooms and pastorate are united under one roof. Above the entrance is the parish apartment with an open roof terrace .
The bell tower is an open reinforced concrete tower . Two sides are faced with bricks. The masonry bond shows a cross structure through recessed stones. The model for the tower was the Advent church built by Erik Møller in the Copenhagen district of Vanløse between 1942 and 1944 .
The building is entered in the Hamburg list of monuments under number 29299.
See also
- Hamburg seaman's churches
- List of cultural monuments in Hamburg-Neustadt (South)
- Christianskirken, Berlin
- Danish Church in South Schleswig
Web links
- Website of the Danish Seaman's Church Hamburg (Danish)
- History (history of the Danish seaman's church Hamburg; Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danish Illustrated Report from 1952 (PDF available)
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '48 " N , 9 ° 58' 39.5" E