St. Salvatoris Church (Geesthacht)

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View from the southeast
View of the choir

The St. Salvatoris Church is the oldest surviving church in Geesthacht . The previous church in Geesthacht was the St. Peter Church. It is believed that Geesthacht's first church was built in the 10th century. In the Ratzeburg tithe register of 1230, the church at "Hagede" is mentioned for the first time. The second church, dedicated to the apostle Peter, was probably rebuilt in 1261 after the first church was destroyed as a result of the shifting of the riverbed of the Elbe. On land maps from the 18th century, there are still two locations for churches.

Construction and history

After the previous churches were destroyed several times by floods of the Elbe or relocations of their river bed, the half-timbered church building that still exists today was built on a flood-proof hill. Its immediate predecessor building was destroyed in early March 1684 by a flood with heavy ice. However, it was possible to recover various items of equipment such as stalls, pulpit, altar, font, bells and clockwork and use them in the new building. Bricks and other building materials from the ruins of the previous building could also be used. However, the costs for the necessary new building still exceeded the possibilities of the community, which was only about 280 people (in 1690 there were 62 households), so that only began after a larger collection in Hamburg , Lübeck and the Vier- und Marschlanden in March 1685 could be. On November 13, 1685, Pastor Simon inaugurated the new building in the presence of Johann Reimboldt, bailiff of the two-city office of Bergedorf .

As is typical of the time and place, a hall church with a barrel ceiling and a multi-sided choir was built , which was expanded in 1691 to include the wooden tower. A major renovation took place in 1841 when the side galleries of the interior were drawn in.

Before the First World War there were plans for an extensive new building to replace the old church. From these plans, the building of the pastorate and parish hall was initially implemented from 1915 to 1917 , after which the new church could no longer be financed. Today, therefore, the additions to the rather small church building appear disproportionately large.

In 1985, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary celebration, the church received a new tower cross made of copper.

The entire area of ​​the church is surrounded by a stone wall facing the streets. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the church has been located within a redevelopment area , which made extensive repairs to the courtyard wall and changes to the design of the churchyard possible. The churchyard was used as a cemetery until 1918. A few gravestones from this period have been preserved.

As the remainder of Geesthacht's long-term affiliation with Hamburg (1420 to 1937), the parish is still an exclave to the Hamburg-Ost church district .

Interior

altar

The most striking piece in the interior is the pulpit altar from 1840, which consists of several parts that originally did not belong together. The pulpit, an epitaph and the door of a confessional from the previous church were used for its construction . The two wooden figures on the sides of the altar represent Christ and Aaron . The sacrament implements are all quite old, a silver chalice is from 1717, two brass candlesticks from 1722 and a silver wine jug also from the 18th century. The silver crucifix , on the other hand, is around 100 years younger.

The parapet is decorated with pictures by the painter Willi Langbein , which were created after 1938.

The church has two of the oldest stained glass windows in the area. The windows made by the Bergedorf glazier Henning Schröder are a donation of the bailiff Reimboldt from the year 1687. Schröder also made two other small stained glass panes on the window of the altar niche.

Baptism is a striking example of the combination of old and new elements. A weathered wooden beam that was recovered from the Elbe in 1928 was combined with a modern bronze baptismal bowl by Fritz Fleer .

Since 1909, three gravestones with coats of arms of former pastors have been built into the church walls and are visible from the interior. The chandelier was donated to the church in 1786.

Bells

The oldest of the bells probably comes from the second church (St. Peter's Church) and was probably made in 1261. Their inscription reads Signum dono choro, fleo funera, festa decor (o) (German: "I give signs to the choir. I cry over funerals. I decorate the festivals."). The other two bells date from after the Second World War , when their predecessors were melted down for armaments purposes. Both bear the year 1959 and the inscriptions Rejoice in the Lord always! ( Phil 4,4  LUT ) and let your serenity be known to all people. The Lord is near. ( Phil 4,5  LUT )

organ

It was not until 1843 that the church received its first organ and its second in 1911. Today's organ is the third organ in the church; it was made in 1969 by Alfred Führer . The slider chests -instrument has 22 registers on two manual works and pedal .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV 2 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Principal 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Bell of thirds 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Scharff III
Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Hollow flute 4 ′
Rauschpfeife III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 49.3 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 16 ″  E

Map: Schleswig-Holstein
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Schleswig-Holstein

  • Church with pastorate and new churchyard

  • Interior with galleries and organ

  • One of the grave slabs in the interior

  • Baptismal bowl

  • Extension of the pastorate to the church

  • Historical photo of the pulpit altar from 1898 by Wilhelm Weimar

literature

  • Klefeker, J .: Extract from a written Geesthacht church history of the former pastoris Webers, because of the churches that had to be built there one after the other, in: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical, also Cammer-Handlungs- and other policey - Matters and business issues including historical introductions, Vol. 11, Hamburg 1772, pp. 297–308.
  • Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 343 .
  • Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 82-90 .
  • Walter Hohrath: The St. Salvatoris Church in Geesthacht (Flyer) . Geesthacht parish, Geesthacht 2011.
  • Walter Hohrath: Sankt Salvatoris, center of the old Geesthacht . Geesthacht parish, Geesthacht 1985.
  • Prüß, M. (1929): Geesthachter Heimatbuch. With the cooperation of local teachers based on old sources and modern representations, Geesthacht-Hamburg 1929

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klefeker, J .: Extract from a written Geesthacht church history by the former pastor Webers, because of the churches that were to be built there one after the other, in: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical areas, also Cammer-Handlungs- and others Policey matters and business including historical introductions, Vol. 11, Hamburg 1772, pp. 297–308.
  2. ^ Prüß, M. (1929): Geesthachter Heimatbuch. With the cooperation of local teachers based on old sources and modern representations, Geesthacht-Hamburg 1929, p. 123 and p. 124.
  3. ↑ Klefeker, J .: Extract from a written Geesthacht church history by the former pastor Webers, because of the churches that were to be built there one after the other, in: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical areas, also Cammer-Handlungs- and others Policey matters and business including historical introductions, Vol. 11, Hamburg 1772, p. 304 u. 305
  4. ^ Prüß, M. (1929): Geesthachter Heimatbuch. With the cooperation of local teachers based on old sources and modern representations, Geesthacht-Hamburg 1929, p. 138.
  5. ↑ Klefeker, J .: Extract from a written Geesthacht church history by the former pastor Webers, because of the churches that were to be built there one after the other, in: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical areas, also Cammer-Handlungs- and others Policey matters and business including historical introductions, Vol. 11, Hamburg 1772, pp. 306–308.
  6. ↑ Renovation of the wall ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2012 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. of the churchyard. Article in the Bergedorfer Zeitung of July 25, 2012. Accessed April 23, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bergedorfer-zeitung.de
  7. ↑ Data of the congregation on the homepage of the Hamburg churches. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ Klefeker, J .: Extract from a written Geesthacht church history by the former pastor Webers, because of the churches that were to be built there one after the other, in: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical areas, also Cammer-Handlungs- and others Policey matters and business including historical introductions, Vol. 11, Hamburg 1772, p. 299 and P. 305.
  9. ^ Prüß, M. (1929): Geesthachter Heimatbuch. With the cooperation of local teachers based on old sources and modern representations, Geesthacht-Hamburg 1929, p. 124.
  10. ↑ Information about the organ on the municipality's website

Web links

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