Hamburg regalia
The Hamburg regalia was the binding official costume of the pastors of the former Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Hamburg state , i.e. the current church districts of Hamburg-East and Hamburg-West / South Holstein of the North Church .
The Hamburg regalia, together with the closely related Lübeck regalia, is a special regional form of the gown . It differs from this in its two-part structure ( lower and upper habit ), the cut and the ruff ( millstone collar ) instead of the beef .
The Unterhabit (old name: Summar ) is a tightly cut gown in the manner of a cassock , buttoned at the front with 17 covered buttons, which symbolically remind of the 10 commandments and the seven petitions of the Our Father .
The upper habit is the result of the open Renaissance cloak of the scholars and dignitaries , the Schaube , and essentially corresponds to the so-called Spanish costume of the senators of the Hanseatic cities . These include the trim with velvet braids, the deeply pleated back, pompous sleeves and the white, linen, ruffle neck.
Even if it is used almost exclusively in worship today, the regalia (like the robe) is not a liturgical garment in the true sense, but a class and official costume created from the dressing-up clothing.