Martinskirche (Hamburg-Horn)
The Martinskirche in Hamburg 's Horn district was built in 1886 and has been a listed building since 1998 . The responsible architect was Johannes Vollmer , the church is named after Martin Luther .
It belongs to the "Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of Hamburg-Horn", which in 2013 had around 4,000 members.
Building the church
Like the entire eastern Hamburg area, Horn belonged to the parish of the Hamburg main church St. Jacobi from the 14th century , later to the suburban community of St. Georg and - from 1693 - to the newly built Hammer Dreifaltigkeitskirche .
For the population of Horner, which grew rapidly in the 19th century, today's church was built in 1886 as St. Martin's Chapel within the Hammer community. The foundation stone was laid on April 11th, the inauguration on November 11th of the same year ( Martin Luther's baptism day ). The chapel had almost 400 seats and there was no organ . The church tower was not added until 1894 and the chapel was raised to St. Martin's Church at the same time, but it still belonged to the Hammer community. (It was not until 1930 that the Horner parish became formally independent by appointing its own church council .)
In the following decades the congregation grew, the equipment of the church was completed and the buildings of the congregation were supplemented by a parish hall in 1939 after a long period of preparation. During the Second World War , on July 28, 1943, the Horn district was largely destroyed by bombs in the course of Operation Gomorrah . The church is one of the few buildings in Horn that was not destroyed, but the congregation lost the only four-year-old parish hall. The church was saved thanks to the sexton Antholz at the time, who put out the fires that had started and even removed an incendiary bomb from the church. Nevertheless, the roof, organ, five benches and the windows were damaged. The building damage was repaired in a makeshift manner so that a service could be held again on November 7, 1943. The Martinskirche is the only church in the Hamburg area affected by Operation Gomorrah that was still in a usable condition after the bombing.
Interior
The original dark wood interior has been preserved to this day. The pulpit and the baptismal font were carved by the carpenters of the Rauhe Haus and given for the inauguration. The old window in the chancel with the portrait of a lying lamb was so badly damaged in 1943 that the entire three-part window had to be replaced. In 1949 the Hamburg glass artist Christel Kuball made the new windows. The middle window shows the resurrection of Jesus Christ , the side windows have been adapted to the old pattern and show a. three circles with ears of corn.
On the occasion of the 25-year Kirchweih festival in 1911, the interior was painted with numerous ornaments, which were, however, repainted again over time during renovations. Particularly serious changes were made in 1966: In order to make the church lighter, the dark ceiling was painted over in light blue and the side benches were painted white during the renovation in 1966. In 1992, the church council decided to undertake a major renovation that should restore the church to its 1911 appearance. The old ornaments were exposed and reconstructed over a period of two years. The ceiling and side walls were given the original color. During the work, the fire damage to the benches became visible again and was left as a warning.
The two wedding chairs were a gift from the mother parish Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Hamburg-Hamm) in November 1936 for the 50th anniversary of the parish fair and are still in use today.
On February 21, 1954, there was a chimney fire that destroyed the parament room. The church council then decided to enlarge the sanctuary by an arch axis. The church also received a new, simple altar, which was consecrated on December 4, 1954.
Bells
With the construction of the church tower, two steel bells were also delivered, which survived the Second World War without damage. At Easter 1957 the bell was extended to include a bronze bell. Since the sound of the interaction with the steel bells was not convincing, the then pastor Dubbels collected secretly in the community for a new bronze bell and surprised the church council in 1961 with the news that four new bronze bells could be purchased from private funds. On October 23, 1961, the four new bells were cast at the Rincker bell and art foundry in Sinn, Hesse (near Wetzlar) and solemnly consecrated on November 4, 1961 at the 75th anniversary of the community.
The two old steel bells were given to the community of Sahlenburg / Cuxhaven, where they are still located today.
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No. |
Surname |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Chime |
use |
| 1 | love | 1145 | 900 | f 0 | Hour and death bells |
| 2 | truth | 1010 | 627 | g 0 | Our Father Bell |
| 3 | peace | 900 | 437 | a 0 | Evening prayer |
| 4th | freedom | 820 | 330 | c 2 | Quarter of an hour |
| 5 | joy | 735 | 235 | d 1 | Joy bell |
present
In the church an act pastor , a pastor and two deacons . There is no longer a permanently employed sexton , this task is taken on by parishioners on a voluntary basis. Services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m.
In 2002 the Pastor-Dubbels-Weg in Horn was named after Pastor Hans-Jürgen Dubbels, who was active in the congregation from 1937 to 1982.
organ
The church received the first organ in 1905. It was built by the company EF Walcker & Cie. Since it had suffered greatly from the effects of the war, it was replaced in 1966 by an organ from the workshop of Alfred Führer . At this point in time, Führer had already delivered the organs for the daughter congregations of Capernaum and Timotheus . A gallery was specially built in the nave for the new organ so that the sound could develop better.
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Other facilities
The parish hall , which houses the church office, the parish hall and two rental apartments, is also located on the site . There is another event room there, which is used for a wide variety of community activities (church council meetings, various courses, etc.). The community hall is rented to the "small court theater".
The day care center "Martin" is attached to the church . The "Common Gull House" in Heiligenhafen also belongs to the community .
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '0 " N , 10 ° 4' 57.2" E
Tympanum above the main entrance
The nave; View from the organ gallery
View from the organ gallery in 1911
The nave; View over the baptismal font
Chancel; Church window illuminated on the back
literature
- Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 194 .
- Parish Hamburg-Horn (Hrsg.): Festschrift 125 years Martinskirche Hamburg-Horn . Self-published, Hamburg 2011.
- Parish Hamburg-Horn (Hrsg.): Festschrift 75 years Martinskirche Hamburg-Horn . Self-published, Hamburg 1961.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolf Diersen: From the history of the Hammer Dreifaltigkeitskirche , Holzminden 1957.
- ^ Kuball company history on the Kuball company website. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ↑ Contact details ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Martinskirche. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Divine service appointments ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Martinskirche. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Horner street names on the homepage of the history workshop Horn. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ History of the court theater. Retrieved September 14, 2017 (PDF).
- ↑ Day care center ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 the municipality of Hamburg-Horn. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ^ Haus Sturmmöwe ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the municipality of Hamburg-Horn. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
