St. Bonifatius (Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg)
St. Bonifatius is the Roman Catholic parish church of Hamburg - Wilhelmsburg . It was built in 1897/98 as a neo-Romanesque basilica based on a design by Richard Herzig (Hildesheim) , restored after war destruction and supplemented in modern forms in 1965/66 according to plans by Egon Pauen (Hamburg).
architecture
The structure of the church corresponds to the original design to this day. It is a west-facing three-aisled brick basilica on a cross plan. The two slender towers with copper-clad pointed helmets flank the rectangular choir . The redesign of the 1960s is particularly visible on the four gable fronts. The west side received a windowless and unadorned brick finish. The transept gable were in full as window walls with reinforced concrete - slats designed. To the east (portal side), the church was lengthened by 4.50 m with windows. The new east wall made of exposed concrete is bent outwards at an obtuse angle and is reminiscent of a ship's bow .
Furnishing
The interior shows itself after various changes in the shape achieved in 1984/85. The wooden flat ceiling and the brick masonry, which has largely been exposed again, radiate warmth. The altar island with the limestone altar from 1966 is located in the crossing, which is flooded with light from the sides . The altar cross, the statue of Our Lady as well as eight figures of saints placed behind the altar in 1984 are by Heinrich Gerhard Bücker .
history
The village-like Elbe island of Wilhelmsburg had grown rapidly into an industrial city after the middle of the 19th century. Many of the working-class families who moved here were Catholics from the Polish-speaking eastern provinces of the empire. After provisional pastoral care from Harburg , the future parish received a local clergyman in 1892, the status of a parish vicarie in 1898 and an independent parish in 1909 . The construction of the church was mainly financed by the Bonifatiusverein ; In addition, there were significant individual donations and foundations from industry and collections from community members. On 26 June 1898, the church was the patron saint of St. Boniface by Friedrich Hugo, Vicar General of the diocese of Hildesheim to the Harburg and Wilhelmsburg belonged at that time, benediziert . After renovation work, the solemn church consecration took place on September 2, 1939, one day after the outbreak of World War II, by Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens . The church suffered severe damage in the bombing raid on March 31, 1945. Construction work in the first post-war decade and the 1960s gave the church its present-day appearance. Since 1995 the community has belonged to the newly founded Archdiocese of Hamburg .
literature
- Thomas Scharf-Wrede: The Diocese of Hildesheim 1866–1914 , Hannover 1995, pp. 471–476; it contains a detailed description of the conflicts between the mostly Polish-born workers' community and the German nationalist pastors of the imperial era
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Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 15.8 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 9.2 ″ E