Chapel 13 (Ohlsdorf Cemetery)

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View taken in the 1930s

The band 13 is 1927-1929 of Fritz Schumacher designed and under the direction of Eugen Göbel built Chapel on the grounds of Hamburger cemetery Ohlsdorf . The chapel was opened on July 2, 1929.

location

The building is the easternmost chapel in the cemetery. It forms the end of the long Mittelallee, the central street of the extension part of the cemetery. There it serves as a memorable optical vanishing point for the entire system.

Construction and history

Fritz Schumacher used brick for the chapel, a material typical of the area, but, as with many of his buildings, opted for a bitter, dark-fired variant. So he achieved a massive and solemn impression. This is reinforced by the compact, high round building with the narrow windows and the low side extensions. The building merges traditional elements with the New Building and, through its clear and strict forms, illustrates the design principle of the new part of the cemetery .

In the exterior view, the round shapes of the central building and the expressionistic design of the architrave dominate the view. Inside, the concrete trusses join together to form a star vault that is reminiscent of neo-Gothic buildings . With this chapel, too, Schumacher succeeded in creating a harmonious interplay of old and new architectural elements between the exterior and interior view.

The shape and material of the interior created difficult acoustics, which were first improved in the 1930s and later in the 1970s with sound-absorbing measures. The stained glass windows by the painter Fritz Hussmann are kept in abstract patterns and show gradual color changes from light green in the east to yellow to purple in the west. One of the few figurative representations on the building can be found on the door handle of the entrance door. Unfortunately, to this day it is not known which artist created this finely crafted angel depiction .

During a comprehensive renovation in 1996, u. a. the roof was re-covered and the interior was painted old pink instead of white . Chapel 13 has 151 seats, as many as chapel 10, making the two buildings the largest chapels in the cemetery.

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 37 ′ 28 "  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 38.1"  E

Map: Hamburg
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Chapel 13​
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  • Central part

  • West side window

  • Entrance area with facade structure

  • Ceiling star and dome during the construction phase

  • Interior view after completion

  • Design detail on the door handle

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Text of the information board from the Hamburg board program at the chapel. See photo on Commons .
  2. ↑ Friedhelm Grundmann : An almost forgotten architect. Eugen Göbel . In: Frank Moldrings (ed.): Stations in Hamburg architecture . Hamburger Hochbahn AG, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812591-0-0 , p. 35 .
  3. ↑ Brief description of chapel 10 on the homepage of the cemetery; accessed on December 21, 2017.

literature

  • Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 238 .
  • Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The cemetery guide . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 55 .
  • Helmut Schoenfeld: The chapels in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . In: Förderkreis Ohlsdorfer Friedhof eV (Hrsg.): OHLSDORF - magazine for mourning culture . No. 97 , 2007 ( online [accessed December 21, 2017]).

Web links

Commons : Kapelle 13 (Friedhof Ohlsdorf)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files