River boat church
The Flussschifferkirche is a Protestant church in Hamburg , which was built on a Weser lighter that was built in 1906 and decommissioned .
history
The reconstruction of the barge with a length of 26 meters and a width of seven meters took place in 1952, the consecration as a church on the second Advent of the same year. Until 2006 it was berthed in Billwerder Bay on Ausschläger Elbdeich in the Hamburg district of Rothenburgsort , before that the church was in the Marktkanal on the Veddel, and since then has been in the inland port near the Speicherstadt . In Hamburg it is considered the only floating church of its kind in Germany, but there are other sources that know of five other naves in Germany.
location
The Flussschifferkirche can be reached via the steel / wooden bridge Kehrwiedersteg, which leads across the inland port from Deichstrasse / corner of Kajen to Kehrwieder Street. There is also the Baumall underground station nearby and the crane caretaker's house with the crane at the inland port.
Church services
The boatmen church was an independent from 1961 to 2007 parish . From 2003 to 2007 she shared a pastorate with the Hamburg parish of St. Katharinen .
The furnishings include an altar , a pulpit , a baptismal font , an organ and a bell tower . The symbol of the church is the anchor cross, the combination of an anchor and the Christian cross . In addition to church services for up to 130 visitors, weddings and baptisms are also held on board .
Visit of the barge in the port of Hamburg
For mobile use on the water, the church has an additional launch called “ Johann Hinrich Wichern ”, named after the founder of pastoral care for inland navigation in Hamburg. The church comes to the barges at work. Inland skippers are on the move on the Lower, Middle and Upper Elbe. The cargoes of the barges are z. B. sulfuric acid, grain, rapeseed. The barge from the Flussschifferkirche is used to approach around 20 inland waterway vessels that are moored in the port of Hamburg. The volunteer helpers and deacons bring apples, chocolate and a newspaper as a welcome gift. If necessary, discussions are also held.
carrier
The operation of the river boat church and the associated pontoon costs around 70,000 euros annually. In December 2006 it became known that due to financial difficulties of the church district Alt-Hamburg the maintenance of the river boatman church is no longer secured. The sponsorship was therefore transferred to a private association in 2007. The church lost its status as an independent congregation as a result, but it remains as a place for worship. Since then, the Flussschifferkirche has been looked after by various pastors on a voluntary basis.
River boat church on tour
For the 32nd German Evangelical Church Congress in May 2009, the river boatmen's church was towed to Bremen and was berthed there on the Schlachte .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The "Johann Hinrich Wichern" is the Barkasse Gottes , Hamburger Abendblatt dated September 2, 2014, accessed on August 12, 2016 (print edition p. 12)
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 40.2 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 6.9" E