Hamberge village church
The Hamberge village church is a brick-Gothic Protestant church in Hamberge , which as a village belonged to the predominantly Protestant cathedral chapter of Lübeck Cathedral until 1804 .
Building history
The Hamberger Church was built in 1327/28. The floor plan is rectangular and wide. The base area of the building consists of reading stones, above of brick. There is not the usual structure of the nave and choir in the area. The church interior in the manner of a hall church probably goes back to redesigns in the 17th century and is covered with a gable roof over a flat ceiling. The building was rebuilt several times, which can be seen from the brick facades and the different bricks used there. In the past, the church had a wide central portal on the north and south side of the church, both of which are now walled up, but are still easy to see. When the Mennonites in the strictly Lutheran Lübeck did not yet have the right to burial, they buried their deceased relatives in Hamberge on the south side of the churchyard, which was profitable for the cathedral chapter. The coffin was carried through the church from north to south. Hence the two corresponding earlier side portals. The formerly wooden tower of the church burned down in 1957 and was replaced in 1958 by the architects Horst Sandtmann and Friedhelm Grundmann , based on the shape of the previous wooden bell tower, with the new copper-clad brick building. In this context, a small modern vestibule was also created.
Furnishing
Notable items of equipment are the high medieval font made of Gotland limestone. Two candlesticks from 1518 were acquired by Lübeck Cathedral in 1778 . In Hamberge, the baroque altar and pulpit from the workshop of the Lübeck master Hieronymus Hassenberg from 1722 are characteristic. In addition to the allegories of "Faith" and "Hope", there is the donor bust and coat of arms of the donor and dean Johann von Wickede (1664–1732) , who was then based on the Groß Steinrade estate . The church was repainted in 1927 by the Lübeck artist Asmus Jessen based on the motifs found during the restoration.
Personalities
The founder of the Schleswig-Holstein school for deaf and dumb children in Schleswig, Georg Wilhelm Pfingsten , was previously the organist at this church from 1792 to 1799.
Otto Gleiß was pastor in Hamberge from 1879 to 1888 and Johannes Biernatzki from April 1899 to 1910.
literature
- Christian Uecker: On the building history of the Hamberger Church , in: Yearbook for the Stormarn district , 2000, page 69-77.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 18.8 " N , 10 ° 34 ′ 44.6" E