Assumption of Mary (Hamburg-Rahlstedt)
The Catholic Church of the Assumption is located in the Hamburg district of Rahlstedt , Oldenfelde on Oldenfelder Straße . The building, with its dynamic forms typical of the late 1950s, is a representative Catholic sacred building from the late post-war period and has been a listed building since 1999.
Building the church
The first Catholic masses after the Reformation took place in Rahlstedt first in 1925 in what is now the Wilhelmstift children's hospital , and later in a chapel consecrated in 1939, which was already on Oldenfelder Straße. After the Second World War , their capacity was no longer sufficient for the number of members of the community, which had increased due to refugees, so that the planning of a new church building was started. In 1950, the property in central Rahlstedt was acquired in 1950. In this context, the villa on it becomes the property of the Pallottines , who convert it for their own purposes, and an existing gardener's house is converted into a retirement home. The financing of the new church building took several years, in which both the diocese and the Federal Ministry of Defense made commitments for part of the required funds. With the three barracks in the Rahlstedt area at the time, the Ministry of Defense recognized the need for a Catholic garrison church .
From 1958, today's church was built under the direction of Paul Jaeckel and was consecrated on January 31, 1960. It consists of a rectangular nave with two inconspicuous very low aisles and a free-standing tower . The tower was built from prefabricated concrete, contains the bells and can only be entered for maintenance purposes. The nave has a curved, thin-walled flat roof that rises towards the street front. The facade is dominated by vertically arranged combinations of windows and columns. Each combination consists of two supports that enclose a glass ribbon as high as the wall. The street front is almost completely glazed and is only interrupted by the gabled portal. Further large glass ribbons can be found on both sides of the choir .
The pastoral care of the congregation has been largely in the hands of the Pallottines since it was founded . Clergymen with a different background have been the absolute exception since 1945.
The interior of the church has been renovated several times since its construction, the tower had to be extensively renovated in 1991 and 2003 together with parts of the rear wall of the nave.
Interior
The interior is dominated by the lighting and the colors chosen for the windows. The church service room is classically divided with a central aisle leading through two bench blocks to the altar and an organ gallery above the entrance. The chancel is highlighted by an arch and a pedestal and is further emphasized by the concealed incidence of light from the choir windows. The pastel-colored furnishings contrast with the intensely colored round windows in the side aisles, which depict scenes from the life of Mary.
The freely hanging altar cross was only hung in 1965. It shows scenes from the life of Jesus executed in enamel technology, nine scenes are arranged horizontally and eleven scenes are arranged vertically. The central representation in the middle of the cross shows the Annunciation of the Lord . The cross, like the tabernacle , ambo and altar candlestick, is a work by the Cologne artist Egino Weinert , who framed the tabernacle with enamel images that match the cross.
The bronze cast of the Madonna on the wall to the left in front of the chancel was made in 1977 and comes from the workshop of Joseph Krautwald .
Bells
The three-part bell in the tower was cast by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling in Heidelberg .
|
No. |
Chime |
Mass (kg) |
Consecrated |
inscription |
| 1 | g sharp ′ | ≈700 | Trinity | Praise and praise be to the Most Holy Trinity at all times! |
| 2 | H' | ≈450 | Maria | Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us! |
| 3 | cis ″ | ≈300 | St. Barbara | God give us living grace and eternal rest to the dead! |
The fact that the smallest bell is consecrated to Saint Barbara goes back to her role as the patron saint of the artillerymen and still shows the longstanding role of the church as a garrison church.
organ
The three-part organ on the gallery was installed in 1962 by Kemper & Sohn from Lübeck and had to be extensively renewed and expanded by the Lobback company in 1999 after a fire . It has 24 registers, two manuals and a pedal. A special feature are the organ pipes sprayed with white paint, which should achieve a special sound note.
Pastorate
The former Söchting country house is located on the site of the church and is now used as the parish pastorate. This neoclassical brick villa was built by August Nissen from 1912 to 1913 and looks unusually representative for Rahlstedt. The building can certainly be compared with contemporary country houses in the forest villages or the Elbe suburbs .
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 30.2 ″ N , 10 ° 9 ′ 21 ″ E
tower
Entrance portal
Chancel with cross
One of the round side windows
Organ and glazing of the street front
Rectory of the community, former Söchting country house
See also
- List of churches that also have the patronage of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary .
literature
- Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 208 .
- Gerhard Nowoisky SAC : Assumption of Mary, Hamburg-Rahlstedt . Ed .: Catholic parish of the Assumption of Mary. Specialized publisher for church photography, Saarbrücken 2003.
- Klaus Marheinecke, Winfried Rieß: Our story 1925–2007 . Ed .: Catholic parish of the Assumption of Mary. Self-published, Hamburg 2007.
- Karin Berkemann : "Tomorrow's architecture!" Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 50 f .
