St. Gertrud (Hamburg-Uhlenhorst)

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St. Gertrud, view over the Kuhmühlenteich to the church
The church in winter

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Gertrud Church in the Hamburg district of Uhlenhorst is a neo-Gothic building by Johannes Otzen . Today's St. Gertrud Church on the Kuhmühlenteich , located on Immenhof Street, was built as the successor to the Gertruden Chapel, which was destroyed during the Great Fire of 1842. The name of the church goes back to the Virgin and Saint Gertrude von Nivelles .

history

Gertrudenkapelle

The old Gertrudenkapelle between the St. Jacobi Church and the Steintor on a historical view of Hamburg by Frans Hogenberg, 1527.

The location of this old chapel from 1580 was at the intersection of Gertrudenstraße and Lilienstraße in Hamburg's old town , where the Gertrudenkirchhof named after it still reminds of it today. The chapel was a small central building with a curved roof and an adjoining narrow nave . It was used by the French as a horse stable in 1813. On May 7th, 1842 it was destroyed by the great fire . In 1883 the administrators of the "Capellen property" handed over two altar candlesticks, a silver jug, a silver chalice, a small chalice with accessories and the old altar Bible of the St. Gertrud Chapel from 1717 to the new parish of St. Gertrud.

St. Gertrud at the Kuhmühlenteich

Blue board of the Hamburg board program: Ev.-luth. Parish Church of St. Gertrud

In the course of the city expansion of Hamburg, new residential areas were created on the Uhlenhorst. Hohenfelde and Uhlenhorst became suburbs of Hamburg in 1871. In 1878 a new parish was requested, in 1882 the foundation stone for a new church was laid. These were dedicated to the St. Gertrud community. The city and the parish exchanged the property near today's Mönckebergbrunnen for the new one at the Kuhmühlenteich. Half of the 750,000 gold marks of the houses in Rosenstrasse, Lilienstraße, etc. went to the parish and were used to finance the shell of the church. The other half went to the Gertrudenstift in the Bürgerweide.

The Holstein architect Johannes Otzen , who had already made a name for himself with the construction of various churches and was one of the busiest builders of his time, was hired to work on the church . The work on St. Gertrud lasted from 1882 to 1885, the church consecration took place in 1886. Otzen designed a neo-Gothic hall church with seats for 1150 visitors, which he built in the brick he preferred . 460 types of different red, yellow and green molded and glazed stones are said to have been processed on the graceful church with the 88 meter high clapboard tower, which sometimes posed organizational difficulties for the logistics on the construction site.

In addition to the rich architectural decoration, the use of copper to emphasize building details such as the low side towers, the window sills and the roof turret , whose green patina contrasts with the red stone, is striking . Otzen also drew up the plans for the interior of the 19-meter-high nave; the altar, pulpit, baptismal font and chairs are based on his designs, so that the church offers a harmonious and cohesive image. The church is considered to be one of the most beautiful works by Otzen and a successful example of neo-Gothic architecture from the early days .

View of the choir of the St. Gertrud Church

Damage in World War II

During the Second World War , the church building hardly suffered any damage from the bombing. However, the magnificent windows in the choir room were destroyed. Consequential damage was caused by moisture, cold and wind. The Reubke - Röver organ also had to be replaced. The buildings around the church were totally damaged by the explosive force and fire from the bombs. The pastorate Immenhof 10/12 was badly damaged.

Some of the current windows were originally created for the main St. Nikolai church in Hamburg . There they were removed and stored because of the impending war . In view of the destruction of the Nikolaikirche, the windows were instead installed in the frames of the choir windows in St. Gertrud after the war.

Renovations

Elimination of war damage

The church was put back into service in June 1945. The destroyed windows of the church were covered with white cathedral glass in the summer and autumn of 1947. The church's badly damaged plaster was replaced in 1957 and the organ in 1967.

Renovation of the church tower

The church tower was renovated in 1964 and 1983. In 2011 and 2012, the towers were renovated again, because the mortar in the joints of the church towers, which were bricked up to the top, had cracked after 126 years. The tower of the church is regularly visited by kestrels as a nesting place. The falcon brood fledge in August. The renovation of the tower was delayed for this reason, but was completed by the end of the year.

Renovation of the church interior

In 2015, especially the vaults of the Sankt-Gertrud-Kirche were renovated; the botched damage from previous renovations to the brick was carefully removed. The old, painted subsurface came to light on a vaulted gusset, which has now been renovated as a "historic window" without plastering and which remains visible. The room lighting was also renewed and expanded with LED lights. With the lighting system, the type of use (wedding, funeral, concert, incidence of light day / night) can be addressed. With a new heating system, an average temperature of 16 degrees Celsius can be maintained. Seat cushions and new chairs for the gallery are further improvements.

On August 30, 2015 the church was reopened with a festive service, in which the old "Gertrudenmusik" was performed. An exhibition of historical documents in the side aisles of the church provides information about the building history of the church.

The church

Sanctuary

The main elements in the chancel are the baptismal font, altar and pulpit.

The altar table is surmounted by a pointed gable. In smaller niches there are statuettes of Abraham, Peter, Paul, James, John the Disciple and John the Baptist. In the middle Jesus on the cross and above the risen Jesus.

There is a sound cover over the pulpit made of sandstone and porphyry. Four carved angels are attached to it, which symbolize the virtues of wisdom, temperance, bravery and justice. The listening and serving Mary can be seen on the pulpit as symbols.

Church window

The church windows destroyed in World War II were replaced by abstract, mosaic-like windows by Werner Bunz in the immediate post-war period . The choir windows come from the former main church St. Nikolai , which was destroyed in World War II. They had previously been protected from destruction in the cellar vaults of St. Michaeliskirche. Hanno Edelmann designed frames for the larger window openings in the St. Gertrud Church, into which the windows of the Nikolaikirche could be fitted. The left window has Noah with the ark as a motif, the half-left window shows the progenitor Isai, the middle window shows the prophet Isaiah, the half-right window reminds of King David with the harp and the right window shows Moses with the command panels.

  • Choir window on the south side, David and Moses windows

  • One of Werner Bunz's windows

  • Detail of the window of the transept from the outside

organ

Nave, view of the organ gallery
Close up

In 1885 St. Gertrud received an organ from the organ builder Ernst Röver (Hausneindorf, Harz). The instrument had pneumatic tractors. It has been repaired and rebuilt several times over the years, most recently in 1933 by the organ builder Wilhelm Sauer (Frankfurt Oder)

Today's organ was built in 1967 by the organ building company Alfred Führer (Wilhelmshaven). The instrument has 37 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The key actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electrical. The instrument was last overhauled in 2004 by the organ builder Stefan Lincke, equipped with a composer system, and re-voiced.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintad 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Reed flute 08th'
4th Octave 04 ′
5. Pointed flute 04 ′
6th Octave 02 ′
7th Sesquialtera II 0 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Mixture IV-VI
9. Trumpet 08th'
II Swell C – g 3
10. Pointed flute 08th'
11. Viol 08th'
12. Principal 04 ′
13. Reed flute 04 ′
14th Schwiegel 02 ′
15th Sif flute 01'
16. Mixture IV
17th Dulcian 16 ′
18th Trumpet 08th'
19th Schalmey 04 ′
Tremulant
III Breastwork C – g 3
20th Dumped 8th'
21st recorder 4 ′
22nd Rohrnasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Principal 2 ′
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
25th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Scharff III
27. Krummhorn 0 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
28. Principal 16 ′
29 Sub bass 16 ′
30th Octave 08th'
31. Dacked bass 0 08th'
32. Octave 04 ′
33. Night horn 02 ′
34. Mixture V
35. trombone 16 ′
36. Trumpet 08th'
37. Trumpet 04 ′

Tower, clock and bells

The continuously masonry tower reaches a total height of 88 meters and carries a five meter high cross with a lily on its top. The tower clock has a diameter of 3.20 meters. The length of the hands is 1.6 or 1.4 meters. Antennas were inserted above the tower clock.

Since 1885, three bronze bells have hung in the tower of St. Gertrud; they were donated by the parish of the Holy Trinity Church (Hamburg-St. Georg) and rang for the first time on February 3, 1885. The bells were named "Jesus" (strike tone b 0 ), "Paulus" (strike tone d 1 ) and "Luther" (strike tone f 1 ). On April 27, 1917, the two larger bells were withdrawn for war purposes; later the smallest bronze bell went to St. Petri. As a replacement, three new cast steel bells from the company Schilling & Lattermann from Apolda were inaugurated on July 9, 1922; they were given the same names as the previous bells and have the chimes c sharp 1 , f sharp 1 and a 1 . The bells have been rung electrically since 1935. The bells ring according to a ringing order. On Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. the Sunday is rung in.

Parishioners and visitors

Around 5,000 parishioners are at home in Hohenfelde, Uhlenhorst and Eilbek. The church is also chosen as a wedding church because of its idyllic location in the countryside on the Kuhmühlenteich. Organ music and also great oratorical church music are regularly performed in a concert program. The service always takes place on Sundays at 10 a.m. The church is also open on Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm, on Friday from 10.30am to 12.30pm and on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm.

Number of parishioners:

  • March 28, 1885: 4,800 residents of the districts of Barmbek, Hohenfelde and Uhlenhorst.
  • 1910: 65,000 in the old Uhlenhorst to Bachstrasse and in the catchment area of ​​the Heilandskirche in Uhlenhorst, which was inaugurated in 1928, and with Hohenfelde
  • soon after 1945: 16,000
  • 1977: 10.525
  • 1994: 6,200
  • 2005: 4,800

Former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was baptized in St. Gertrud in 1918 and confirmed in 1934. He also took part in the golden confirmation. His wife Hannelore Loki Schmidt was also baptized in St. Gertrud shortly before their wedding in 1942. In December 2007, the Christmas service was celebrated with Federal President Horst Köhler in St. Gertrud, near the geographical center of Hamburg (between her church tower and the Kuhmühlenteich or Lerchenfeld / corner of Birkenau) and broadcast on television.

In April 2016, the funeral service for the singer Roger Cicero took place in the church .

Around St. Gertrud

Churchyard

Carl Hermann Manchot
Hamburg-Uhlenhorst, Ev.-luth. Parish church of St. Gertrud: beach chairs for visitors
Hamburg-Uhlenhorst, Ev.-luth. Parish church St. Gertrud: churchyard, now public green area

The church is surrounded by a green area, a kind of churchyard. The church can be reached via this. The Luther Oak and the Carl Hermann Manchot memorial are located here. The buildings for the kindergarten and the community center are located to the east and west.

Luther oak

Luther oak with Reformation cycle

On the property of the church, behind the apse, there is a " Luther oak " that was planted on the occasion of Martin Luther's 400th birthday and during the construction of the new church in 1883. In 1889 a circle of eight small sandstone obelisks with a modeled Gothic shape was inserted around this . Each of these obelisks symbolizes one of the Old Hamburg parishes (St. Petri, St. Nikolai, St. Catharinen, St. Jacobi, St. Michaelis) as well as the former suburban churches of St. George and St. Pauli as well as St. Gertrud himself. On the outside of each circle of the obelisk there is a relief figure of the eponymous apostle and on the inside the dates and places of Luther's sayings about the Reformation are engraved. The oak planted in 1883 fell victim to supplying the population with firewood in 1946 after the Second World War ; a new plant was planted a few years later.

Stumbling block

Stumbling block for Else Geiershoefer geb. Can

A stumbling block was laid for Else Geiershoefer in front of the parish hall at 10 Immenhof. She was Jewish by birth, converted to the Evangelical Lutheran creed and also worked for the community.

Corona pandemic

Hamburg-Uhlenhorst, Ev.-luth. Parish Church of St. Gertrud: Good Friday, April 10, 2020. Cross on the southern outside of the church. Church was closed due to the corona pandemic

The church was closed during the corona pandemic. For this reason, a public memorial cross was attached to the outer south side of the church at Easter 2020.

literature

(in chronological order)

Descriptions

  • C. Kall: Chronicle of the St. Gertrud Chapel and its successor to the St. Gertrud Church and the St. Gertrud Foundation. Hamburg 1888.
  • F. Grundmann, T. Helms: When stones preach - Hamburg's churches from the Middle Ages to the present. Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5
  • Heinz-Jochen Blaschke: Church leader of the Evangelical Luth. St. Gertrud Church in Hamburg. Specialist publisher for church and aerial photography, Saarbrücken 2003.

Festschriften

  • Gerhard Schade: From 80 years of Sankt Gertrud in Hamburg. Hamburg 1962. (Calculated from the date the foundation stone was laid).
  • Jürgen Strege: 100 years of St. Gertrud Hamburg. Hamburg 1986.
  • History workshop St. Gertrud (Ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d U. Pfündner: Church tour . In: Hohenfelder and Uhlenhorster Rundschau June / July 2016, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Gertrud: History of St. Gertrud . Leaflet from August 2000, p. 1
  3. ↑ A neo-Gothic masterpiece is being renovated. In: Hamburger Abendblatt of June 8, 2011, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Daniel Rehm: Destruction and a new beginning. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 67–69.
  5. ↑ Harald Gevert: A community in transition. St. Gertrud from 1945 to 1970. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (Ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 72–77.
  6. ^ Uta Möller: The windows of St. Gertrud. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 78–82.
  7. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Gertrud: Save the most beautiful church tower east of the Alster. St. Gertrude. Leaflet, Hamburg 2011.
  8. ↑ Nesting kestrels delay the rehabilitation of St. Gertrud. In: Hamburger Abendblatt from 07/02/11. Hamburger Abendblatt, archived from the original on May 22, 2014 ; Retrieved January 1, 1900 .
  9. ↑ Heinz-Jochen Blaschke: Church leaders of the Protestant Luth. St. Gertrud Church in Hamburg. Specialist publisher for church and aerial photography, Saarbrücken 2003. pp. 11–16.
  10. ↑ Heinz-Jochen Blaschke: Church leaders of the Protestant Luth. St. Gertrud Church in Hamburg. Specialist publisher for church and aerial photography, Saarbrücken 2003. pp. 16–18.
  11. ↑ Instruments. Great organ. Ev. Luth. Parish of St. Gertrud, accessed on April 14, 2018 .
  12. ↑ a b Friederike Ulrich: A beauty celebrates a birthday. In: Hamburger Abendblatt of March 27, 2010, p. 16
  13. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Gertrud: History of St. Gertrud. Leaflet, Hamburg, August 2000, p. 2
  14. ↑ Herta Nickel: The bells of St. Gertrud. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 25–27.
  15. ↑ Harald Gevert: The community life 100 years ago. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 28–29.
  16. ↑ Harald Gevert: A community in transition. St. Gertrud from 1945 to 1970. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (Ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. p. 73.
  17. ↑ Jochen Blaschke: St. Gertrud in the course of time. Report from 18 years as a pastor. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. pp. 117–121.
  18. ↑ Günter Drewes: Let the children come to me. Child and youth work at St. Gertrud. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. p. 84.
  19. ^ Gerhard Bolz: 20 years Küster zu St. Gertrud. In: Geschichtswerkstatt St. Gertrud (ed.): 125 years of St. Gertrud, Hamburg, 1885-2010. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Gertrud, Immenhof 10, 22087 Hamburg, 2010. p. 105.
  20. ^ Anne Klesse, Hamburger Abendblatt: Mensch, Hamburg! Uhlenhorst - Village of the Creative, May 20, 2006
  21. ↑ Harald Gevert: St. Gertrud in the heart of Hamburg? In: Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Gertrud (Ed.): Community letter September-November 2011, p. 13
  22. ↑ https://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/haben/Abschied-fuer-Roger-Cicero-in-Hamburg,cicero362.html
  23. ↑ Hamburg Reformation, The Luther Oak near St. Gertrud ( Memento from June 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ↑ Stolpersteine ​​commemorative event in Hohenfelde and Uhlenhorst. In: Hohenfelder and Uhlenhorster Rundschau, December 2014 / January 2015, p. 9. Author abbreviation Kr.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 2 ″  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 40 ″  E