St. Petri and Pauli (Hamburg-Bergedorf)

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View from the south
West view of the church with forecourt

St. Petri und Pauli is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Hamburg-Bergedorf and, along with the Bergedorf Castle, is the most important historical building in the district. As the oldest church in the central town of the Vier- und Marschlande , it shows a rich artistic design.

Church construction and history

The first documentary mention of a church in the center of Bergedorf took place in 1162 and 1178. At that time it belonged to the Ratzeburg diocese and is mentioned as an already existing church with nine associated villages in the Elbmarsch. So it could have been founded well before it was first mentioned. Up to the 15th century, up to three spiritual benefices (a pastor and two vicars ) are recorded for this church .

This first church (still only consecrated to the Apostle Peter ) was demolished in 1499, presumably because it was in disrepair, and construction began under the supervision of the Hamburg bailiff Christian Berskamp. From 1501 the Lübeck councilman Hermann Messmann directed the construction. The majority of the craftsmen carrying out the new building (carpenters, bricklayers, glaziers, floor layers) came from Hamburg. On June 29, 1502, on the feast of Peter and Paul , the newly built half-timbered St. Petri and Pauli Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Ratzeburg Johannes von Parkentin .

Church with a free-standing tower based on the drawing by Hans Frese , 1598

Probably from 1549 onwards, in the course of the Reformation, only Evangelical-Lutheran preaching was used in the church. The change was prepared as early as 1542 in a correspondence between the councilors of Hamburg and Lübeck and was decisively promoted by Ditmar Koel , who was then the Bergedorf official administrator and who had Johannes Aepinus draw up a new church order for Bergedorf . The first Lutheran pastor is Andreas Falkenberg, whose picture still hangs next to the pulpit today.

The single-nave brick half-timbered building with five-sided choir closure was extended to the west for the first time from 1589 to 1591 and a second time from 1608 to 1609. At that time the tower was still southwest of the church. The transverse building with today's main entrance, called the bride 's house, dates from between 1660 and 1670.

The boxes on the north wall, only accessible from the outside, were only added between 1707 and 1723. In 1759, Ernst Georg Sonnin , the builder of Michaeliskirche in Hamburg , placed a new, completely copper-clad tower on the western extension and reinforced it with a further extension on the south side.

A total demolition of the church was discussed twice in the 19th and 20th centuries. After a storm covered the roof of the nave in 1836 and damaged the tower, the entire building was classified as dilapidated and a new building was seriously discussed. In the end, however, the decision was made to carry out a very extensive and costly restoration, during which a further extension was built. At the beginning of the 20th century, the parish inherited land in the center of Bergedorf with the requirement to build a new church there. On May 12, 1909, the church council decided to demolish the old church and build a new building on the new land. The decision provoked violent reactions from the then influential Bergedorf homeland researcher Gustav Gläsz , who managed to convince the Hamburg Senate and the Church Synod not to tear down the church. This second decision for a new building was not implemented either.

Grave slabs in the outside area

Until 1831 the church had a cemetery on the church square. Because of the rampant cholera , it was abandoned like many other inner-city cemeteries and initially relocated to the western part of Gojenberg. From 1907 only the Bergedorf cemetery was used, which is located on the eastern part of the Gojenberg. Today there are still some gravestones and slabs on the outside of the church wall.

Interior

The altar created by Christian Precht .

From the inventory of the church, which was demolished in 1499, nothing remained except for a small figure of Peter. The interior of the church today has a rich interior from the late Renaissance to the Baroque period . These include a pulpit donated by his wife Franz von Stitens from 1586 with a sound cover from 1602, a series of parapet pictures on the gallery and a magnificent altar. The stalls for the landlords , decorated with the Hamburg state coat of arms , are still in the chancel today.

The altar from 1662 with its figures in the late Renaissance style is ascribed to the Hamburg sculptor Christian Precht as an early work . It shows two large statues of Moses and Aaron on the sides , is crowned by angels and the risen Christ and has a large main image and an image in the predella . The main picture shows a crucifixion scene , in the predella the Last Supper is shown. Both pictures are viewed in literature as either the works of the German-Danish painter Heinrich Dittmers or the Hamburg painter Gert Dittmers (possibly a brother of Heinrich Dittmers).

On the walls of the nave hang several carved epitaphs from the 17th and 18th centuries, including one with an allegorical representation of peace and justice, as well as picture epitaphs for pastors of the community.

The interior is divided by three galleries on the north side, in the choir and in the transept, all of which are richly decorated with gallery pictures. They show a variety of biblical scenes from the New and Old Testaments . Together with the pictures of former pastors, they determine the spatial impression. All paintings in the church and on the altar were restored between 1985 and 1987.

Bells

For the Church bronze bells from the years 1649, 1730, 1803, 1823, 1876, 1899 and 1926 occupied. All but the most recent were melted down for armament purposes during the World Wars in July 1917 and July 1942. Since 1951, two Silesian bells have been hanging from the Hamburg bell cemetery to replace the Bergedorf bells that cannot be found in the tower.

No.
  		Surname
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Chime
  		Casting year
  		Caster
  		inscription
 
1 Bergedorf Bell 565 g 0 1926 Lauchhammerwerk In difficult times my bell should point you, Christian heart, to heaven.
In sorrow and need trust in God: you shall praise him with me with faith.
2 Goldberger bell e 0 1616 Sergius Hofmann In Die Gloriam et Ecclesiae Ornamentum Consilium Jehovae stabit 1616.
I flowed through the fire with God's help / Sergius Hofmann to Lignitz gos mich.
3 Rengersdorf Bell h 0 1789 Friedrich Gotthold Körner

In 1998 there was a discussion about the ownership of the bells when the Złotoryja City Council asked for the bell to be returned. Due to the different legal understandings, the question is still unanswered. Złotoryja sees the now Catholic St. Mary's Church as the owner. The Protestant Church sees the former Protestant parish of Goldberg as the owner, whose representative and legal successor, the Evangelical Church of the Union , wanted to leave the bells at the previous locations. For the Federal Republic of Germany, as the legal successor to the German Reich, the bells are legally confiscated state property, which, however, is doubted by the Protestant Church.

organ

An organ is mentioned for the first time in 1282 . Hans Scherer the Elder built a new plant in 1593, which was repaired by Arp Schnitger in 1681 and by Johann Dietrich Busch in 1741 . In 1855 Johann Friedrich Schulze created a new organ, which was rebuilt in 1932 by Emil Hammer Orgelbau .

The present organ was built in 1962 by Alfred Führer as III / P / 30, in 1973 it was reintegrated and from 2006 to 2007 it was renovated and at the same time a major extension was carried out by Kurt Quathamer . During the renovation, the sound characteristics of the old instrument were completely changed. Quathamer removed some registers from Führer and used them again for his new organ in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Börnsen . Today's disposition is:

Interior with galleries and organ
I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal Q 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Octave Q 4 ′
5. Flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Trumpet 8th'
II swell Q C – g 3
10. Viol 8th'
11. Reed flute 8th'
12. Open flute 8th'
13. Principal 4 ′
14th Transverse flute 4 ′
15th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Principal 2 ′
17th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
18th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Sif flute 1'
20th oboe 8th'
21st Vox Humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
22nd Sub bass Q 16 ′
23. Octave bass Q 8th'
24. Metal dacked 8th'
25th octave 4 ′
15th Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
27. trombone 16 ′
28. Trumpet 4 ′

Q : Changed in 2007 or 2010 by converting Quathamer.

Outbuildings

Organist House (Hasse House)

Hasse house

To the west of the church is the former organist's house, a half-timbered building built in 1630. From 1672 to 1776 it served as the apartment of the Hasse family of organists for three generations. The composer Johann Adolph Hasse was born here, whose father Peter was the organist in the Church of St. Petri and Pauli.

From 1836 to 1911 the house was privately owned by the Klöpper family, who had the round tower added in 1836. In 1911 the church bought the building back, and in 1991 an archive was set up by the Hasse Society.

Old pastorate

The old pastorate north of the church is a brick building from the years 1913 to 1914 by the architects Distel & Grubitz, which already shows the architecture of the 1920s. It is stylistically connected to the church by a porch with a half-timbered gable. The lower spacious hall is paneled dark with wood and also served as a waiting room for pastor talks with the pastor in the office.

Parish hall

The parish hall has stood on the east side of the forecourt since 1930 . The first considerations and drafts for the construction of this building came from Hermann Distel , who had already carried out several construction contracts for the community. In the drafts, Distel tried to make full use of the comparatively small plot of land without erecting a building that would visually overwhelm the church opposite. He achieved this through a structured front, the detached second floor, the hipped roof and the walkway covered with arcades . After the inauguration on August 10, 1930, the community had adequate rooms available for all desired activities, including two halls with 155 and 135 seats.

A public discussion about various design elements of the building that were perceived as unsuitable quickly ensued. Thistle defended them, but ultimately could not prevail. In 1938 the pillars of the arcades were changed by facing them with clinker bricks, the decorative grilles in front of some windows were removed as part of later renovations. Distel's original concept can only be seen today in the arrangement of the windows and the design of the second floor.

The crucifixion relief on the narrow side of the upper floor dates from the 17th century.

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 20.4 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 39.8 ″  E

Map: Hamburg
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Hamburg

  • Church in the center of Bergedorf

  • Side entrance

  • Parish hall

literature

  • Georg Behrmann, Pastor i. R .: From our Bergedorf church bells . In: Lichtwark No. 1, 2nd year. Edited by Lichtwark Committee Bergedorf, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1949. See now: HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549
  • Helmut Hoffmann: 500 years of St. Petri and Pauli Church. In: Lichtwark booklet No. 66. Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 2003, ISSN  1862-3549 .
  • Prof. Dr. Hans Kellinghusen: The new building of the Bergedorfer Church in 1502. In: Lichtwark No. 8. Ed. Lichtwark Committee Bergedorf, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1954. See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549
  • Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 332 f .
  • Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 70 f., .
  • Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 28-38 .
  • Matthias Gretzschel : Hamburg's churches: history, architecture, offers . Axel Springer Verlag , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86370-116-1 , p. 326-331 .
  • Olaf Matthes (ed.): Church between village and city, St. Petri and Pauli zu Hamburg-Bergedorf in the story . Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-934613-46-2 .
  • Wilhelm Tolzien: St. Peter and Paul zu Bergedorf in 800 years . In: Lichtwark No. 23. Ed. Bergedorf District Office, Bergedorf, 1962. See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549 .

Web links

Commons : St. Petri and St Pauli, Hamburg-Bergedorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Tolzien: 800 years . In: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the St. Petri and Pauli parish in Hamburg-Bergedorf . Parish Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1962, p. 7 .
  2. ^ Wilhelm Tolzien: 800 years . In: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the St. Petri and Pauli parish in Hamburg-Bergedorf . Parish Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1962, p. 9 .
  3. ↑ Dr. Charlotte Klack-Eitzen: The gravestones at the Church of St. Petri and Pauli . In: Lichtwark booklet No. 75. Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 2010. ISSN  1862-3549 .
  4. ^ Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 332 .
  5. ^ A b CV of Heinrich Dittmers in Den Store Danske Encyclopædi (Danish). Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  6. ^ Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 32 .
  7. ↑ See remarks on the legal position in Olaf Matthes (ed.): Church between village and city, St. Petri and Pauli zu Hamburg-Bergedorf in the story . Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-934613-46-2 , p. 162 f .
  8. ↑ Günter Seggermann, Alexander Steinhilber, Hans-Jürgen Wulf: The organs in Hamburg . Ludwig, Kiel 2019, ISBN 978-3-86935-366-1 , pp. 177 .
  9. ↑ Disposition and remodeling ( memento of the original from October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of Quathamer Orgelbau. Retrieved January 13, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orgelbau-quathamer.de
  10. ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved January 13, 2014.