Lukaskirche (Hamburg-Sasel)

Entrance view

View from the northeast

The Lukaskirche is one of the two Evangelical Lutheran churches in the Hamburg district of Sasel and belongs to the Sasel parish, which was reunited in 1998. It is located in the southern part of the district between the streets Saseler Chaussee , Volksdorfer Weg and Frahmredder .

Building the church

In the early 1960s, soon after the completion of the Vicelinkirche on Saseler Markt, differences within the Sasel parish between the northern and southern parts of the community began to increase. From the southern part there was mainly criticism of the one-sided composition of the church council. In 1963 the parish was divided, the southern part chose the name "Lukaskirchengemeinde" and soon dealt very specifically with the construction plans for its own church.

After the first draft was rejected by the regional church , the architect Brigitte Eckert-von Holst received the order for a second draft, which was then implemented. In creating this design, the architect was guided by some key elements of the Gospel of Luke . The tent shape of the building was a popular motif when building new churches in the 1960s and is intended to show the temporary nature of the work in this world in the sense of the quote "we have no permanent city here" ( Heb. 13:14 LUT ) and to look out for " after the last building, which God himself will perform "request. Construction work began in November 1964, after the laying of the foundation stone on May 2, 1965, the church was consecrated on December 5, 1965.

The nave with its comparatively small size (22 m long, 15 m wide, 11 m high), its deeply drawn-down folded roof, the twelve rhombus-shaped windows and the dark roof shingles fits in with the predominant single-family houses in the area. The facade is kept simple except for a frieze band above the entrance. The free-standing 25 m high, also darkly covered tower, the nave, the parish hall, which was only converted from a previous church hall and the old pastorate in 1985, as well as the new pastorate form a relaxed group of buildings that harmonizes very well with the surrounding buildings. The architect deliberately planned the large plane tree in front of the church as the center of the church square.

Interior

Interior, view of the altar

The interior is dominated by a total of 12 colored windows by the Rahlstedt artist Hanno Edelmann . The ten glass windows on the side walls show events from the life of Jesus in the form that can only be found in the Gospel of Luke and not in other Gospels. The windows are designed in such a way that they get lighter and lighter on both sides towards the altar, whereby this area is also highlighted by the lighting. On the west side they show, starting at the entrance side, Zacharias with the angel Gabriel ( Lk 1,13ff LUT ), proclamation to Mary ( Lk 1,28ff LUT ), meeting of Mary and Elisabeth ( Lk 1,42f LUT ), offering of the John in the temple ( Lk 1,59ff LUT ) and in the immediate vicinity of the altar the birth of Jesus ( Lk 2,1-7 LUT ). On the east side, beginning from the altar, the Annunciation to the shepherds in the field ( Lk 2,8-14 LUT ), Simeon and the presentation in the temple ( Lk 2,22-35 LUT ), the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple ( Lk 2,41ff LUT ), the raising of the young man to Nain ( Lk 7,11-17 LUT ), the great sinner ( Lk 7,36-56 LUT ). In the sacristy there is a window with a depiction of the writing evangelist Luke with the winged bull as his symbol. The entrance hall is decorated with a window with the Emmaus scene ( Lk 24,13ff LUT ).

The simple altar stands in front of a high white wall with a colored glass window in the shape of a Greek cross in the upper part. This symbol dispenses with the crucified Jesus, but refers to the symbol of the crown of thorns with light thorns and red drops of blood .

The silver dinnerware was made by Ragna Sperschneider .

Bells

Since 19 September 1965 there have been three bells from the Rincker foundry in the tower , the inscriptions of which together show the core of the Christmas message of the Gospel of Luke .

No.	Surname	Diameter (mm)	Mass (kg)	Chime	inscription
1			500		Glory to God in the highest
2			325		... and peace on earth ...
3					... and a pleasure for the people.

organ

The original organ was built in 1969 by the Weigle company and had a disposition that differed slightly from today's one. In 2007 the organ builder Lothar Banzhaf from Husum carried out repairs with simultaneous changes to the disposition . Two registers were exchanged and a tremulant was added in the main work. Today's disposition is:

I main work C–
1.	Principal	8 ′ ^B
2.	Reed flute	8th'
3.	Principal	4 ′
4th	Wooden flute	4 ′
5.	Forest flute	2 ′
6th	Sesquialtera II	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
7th	Mixture III-IV	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
	Tremulant ^B

II breastwork C– (swellable)
8th.	Covered	8th'
9.	octave	4 ′ ^B
10.	recorder	4 ′
11.	Principal	2 ′
12.	Fifth	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
13.	Scharff III	1'
	Tremulant

Pedal C–
14th	Sub-bass	16 ′
15th	Gemshorn	8th'
16.	Open flute	4 ′
17th	Rohrschalmey	4 ′
18th	Night horn	2 ′

3 normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P

^B : Supplemented or exchanged by Banzhaf 2007.

local community

The newly founded church gained considerable stability through the first pastor Willi Stark. He had been in charge of the southern district since 1955 and stayed at the Lukaskirche until 1974. His successor Gerhard Dosch stayed with the community until 1991, which is 15 years. Since 1980 the parish has had two parish offices. After the merger of the two Sasel congregations in 2004, the number of pastors was reduced to three, who are now equally responsible for both centers.

Photographs and map

53.644861111111 10.105583333333Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 20.1 ″ E

Lukaskirche Sasel

Hamburg

Portal with frieze band
Sacrament ware

literature

Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel (ed.): Past and present . Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel, Hamburg 1997, p. 17-22 .
Brigitte Eckert: Window of the Lukas Church in Sasel . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd. Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Sasel-Süd, Hamburg.
Helmut Schulz: Our Lukaskirche in Sasel, from history and community life . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd, Hamburg 1985.
Brigitte Eckert-von Holst: Lukaskirche 1965-2005 . In: Congregational letter of the parish of Sasel . April 1, 2005.

Web links

Commons : Lukaskirche - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Homepage of the community

Individual evidence

↑ Overview of the history of the Sasel parishes. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
^ Text of the charter, quoted in Helmut Schulz: Our Lukaskirche in Sasel, From history and community life . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd, Hamburg 1985, p. 15 .
↑ Historical disposition in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved July 23, 2013.
^ Report on the organ renovation on the old website of the community. Retrieved on February 19, 2013. The church musician in charge clarified the exchanged registers on March 4, 2014.

[1] Overview of the history of the Sasel parishes. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

[2] Text of the charter, quoted in Helmut Schulz: Our Lukaskirche in Sasel, From history and community life . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sasel-Süd, Hamburg 1985, p. 15 .

[3] Historical disposition in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved July 23, 2013.

[4] Report on the organ renovation on the old website of the community. Retrieved on February 19, 2013. The church musician in charge clarified the exchanged registers on March 4, 2014.