Swedish Church (Lübeck)
The Swedish Church (Swedish: Svenska Kyrkan ) is a former church building of the former Swedish State Church from the early 20th century in the St. Gertrud district of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck . It was profaned and converted into a residential building.
history
The Swedish Seamen's Mission in the port city of Lübeck has looked after Swedish seamen since 1883 . She took care of social and pastoral concerns of the seafarers who were in Lübeck. The Seemannsmission was based at Gertrudenstrasse 3. Finally, the desire for a church of their own grew. The project was started around the turn of the century. In the immediate vicinity of the Burgtorhafen der Trave , a three-story church building with a stepped gable was erected on the Hafenstrasse 24 property next to the H. & J. Brüggen flour mill . The church was completed in 1904. It had a small front yard that was fenced off.
The building, the front of which is marked with the Art Nouveau inscription Svenska Kyrkan above the second floor, has no bell tower. The stair gable was provided with a turret on the right and left of the lower steps, each of which carried a stylized anchor. Only the left one has survived. On the highest step of the gable is still the cross with a halo. The street side of the brick building with Gothic and Renaissance style elements is covered with green glazed bricks.
In 1968 the Swedish Seamen's Mission gave up its work in Lübeck after the number of Swedish seamen and the length of their stay in Lübeck had decreased. The care of the Swedes was entrusted to the German Seemannsmission , which had its seat in Lübeck in the street An der Untertrave and there operated the Seemannsheim Sweder-Hoyer-Haus.
The changes in shipping and the decreasing number of parishioners led to the dissolution of the church in 1968. The last service was held in the Church of Sweden on January 28, 1968.
The Diakonisches Werk rented the building in 1985 and converted it into accommodation for asylum seekers. After renovation and further renovation, it is now used as a residential building and is not open to the public. The sign Svenska Kyrkan has been removed. The previous fence was replaced by a brick wall with a metal gate.
On boat tours through the port of Lübeck, reference is regularly made to the former church, which is surrounded by red brick buildings in industrial use and which stands out clearly from its surroundings because of its striking green front.
literature
- Peter Schemainda: Lübeck and the surrounding area, part 2, edited by Ingrid Sudhoff, Archeology Department of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Lübeck 2005, p. 49.
- Uwe Müller: St. Gertrud - Chronicle of a suburban residential and recreation area. Small booklets on city history, booklet 2. Archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Ed.), Lübeck 1986, ISBN 3-7950-3300-4 , pp. 45, 87.
Web links
- Peter Schemainda: The Svenska Kyrkan (Swedish Church) in Lübeck-St. Gertrud in: Lübeck and surroundings p. 49 (PDF; 1.50 MB)
Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 44 " N , 10 ° 41 ′ 30" E