Martinskirche (Hamburg-Rahlstedt)
The Evangelical Lutheran Martinskirche is located in the Hamburg district of Rahlstedt in the district of Neu-Rahlstedt between the streets Rahlstedter Straße and Hohwachter Weg . Due to its location, the striking architecture and the color scheme, the church shows stylistic echoes of the pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut .
Church construction and history
In the second half of the 1950s it became clear that the number of parishioners in Rahlstedt would increase significantly. In 1957, the church building association was founded for the then so-called Neurahlstedter Church .
The first design by the architect Olaf Andreas Gulbransson envisaged a double tower with needle-like roofs. During the construction period from 1960 to 1961, however, the modified design was implemented with today's slim 26 m high single tower, which is connected to the main building by a small intermediate wing. The design of the tower and nave are coordinated and characterized by the use of gables, a gable roof and multiple kinked walls. All of the building's distinctive side walls curve slightly outwards.
Construction began on February 17, 1960, the name Martinskirche was determined on March 8, 1960, the foundation stone was laid on May 22, 1960 and the consecration of the church could be celebrated on September 24, 1961 the following year. The construction costs amounted to 758,500 DM . The Federal Republic of Germany provided 252,800 DM of this, as the church was also to be used as a garrison church for the military pastoral care of the two barracks in Rahlstedt ( Graf Goltz barracks and Boehn barracks ) and therefore had to be built larger than otherwise necessary.
The white walled masonry, the arched portals and the wide, drawn-down tent roof give the church typical southern German elements that characterize many of Gulbransson's churches. The church, which is intended for 320 seats, is compact, closed and harmonious. It is also highlighted by its location on a slight hill and the garden-like environment. The hillside location still allowed space for a room in the basement. This lower church, located under the altar area, is also known as the confessional room and is accessible via a separate entrance. The room, designed for only about 35 people, has concrete glass windows by Hubert Distler and its own altar. The cross consists of colored concrete glass which is set in iron and made in one unit with four side candlesticks.
In 1992/1993 the Bundeswehr gave up the Rahlstedter barracks, which left a noticeable gap in the community. The Church's military pastor passed away. On January 1, 2008, the Martinskirchen parish merged with the parishes of Großlohe, Braak-Stapelfeld-Stellau and Alt-Rahlstedt to form the new large parish of Alt-Rahlstedt.
Furnishing
With the design of the interior, Gulbransson pursued the theme of bringing visitors into close contact with the altar, pulpit and baptism. The floor plan developed from a triangle enables him to concentrate on the narrow, high wall behind the altar. Here the cross-shaped window, consisting of five parts, replaces a classic altarpiece. The window is also highlighted by the walls rising towards the choir . An organ gallery spans the opposite entrance zone. The stalls are arranged in three blocks, whereby two corridors emanate from the two entrance portals, which follow the curved outer walls to the altar area with the central baptismal font.
Much of the interior was designed by the sculptor Karlheinz Hoffmann . The raw material he used for the altar , pulpit and baptismal font was porous lava stone , the gray color of which harmonises with the white of the interior walls. With its massive body, the altar serves as a counterpoint to the swaying lines of the room, reminiscent of the beat of a wing. Its front shows a relief of the Lord's Supper . The pulpit is framed by two bronze reliefs, on which motifs of the listening community are depicted, and between which the antependums that change in the church year are hung. The artist made the candlesticks in the room and on the altar as well as the door decorations in the form of fish and ship from bronze.
The church windows made of concrete glass were created by Hubert Distler . The silver communion device from 1960 to 1961 comes from Vera Steckner-Crodel's workshop .
Bells
The four bells were made from cast steel by the Bochum Association and delivered to the church on May 6, 1961. In addition to the name Martinskirche Rahlstedt, they have quotations from the Bible:
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No. |
Chime |
Inscription (name in bold); |
| 1 | e´ | God's mercy is upon all the world |
| 2 | fis´ | He is our peace |
| 3 | a´ | Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom |
| 4th | H | The joy of the Lord is your strength |
organ
The organ was rebuilt in 1963 by Hans-Detlef Kleuker and restored in 1989 by the organ builder Klaus Becker . In the following years his company added two more additions, in 1990 the swell box on the chest and in 1993 the tremulant . Your disposition has been since 1993:
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- 3 normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 36 '24 " N , 10 ° 10' 2.6" E
Tower and south facade 2009
pulpit
Ship as a wall decoration
Parish hall
Lower church
literature
- Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 206 .
- Gertrud Schiller : Hamburg's new churches 1951–1961 . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1961, p. 60-62, 86 .
- Karin Berkemann: "Tomorrow's architecture!" Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 38 f .
- Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 140 f .
- Hans-Georg Soeffner , Hans Christian Knuth, Cornelius Nissle: Roofs of Hope, church building in Hamburg between 1950 and 1970 . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7672-1245-5 , p. 143 f .
- Parish Alt-Rahlstedt (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Martinskirche . Self-published, Hamburg 2011.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Poscharsky, Churches by Olaf Andreas Gulbransson, Callwey-Verlag Munich, 1966 - printed in the church's 50th anniversary publication
- ↑ Martinskirche Hamburg-Rahlstedt, leaflet in the church
- ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved July 31, 2013.
Web links
- Homepage of the community
- Directory of the monuments of the city of Hamburg