St. Johannis (Curslack)

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Overall view of the plant
Cross construction; in the background the tower
Interior, view of the altar
Interior, old organ floor

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Johannis in the Hamburg district of Curslack is surrounded by the village cemetery directly on the Curslacker Deich north of the Dove Elbe .

Building the church

Church buildings in Curslack are mentioned in documents from 1306. Remains of the stone building from that time are still in the south and west walls of the church. As in many places in the Vier- und Marschlanden , the field stone structures in Curslack also turned out to be too heavy for the not very stable marshland. The building materials were therefore usually gradually converted to brick or half-timbered. Today's nave with a three-sided choir closure from the years 1599 to 1602 was built from bricks after the church was damaged by a storm surge . The bridal house on the south side was first mentioned in 1646. Between 1801 and 1803, the building was converted into today's distinctive cross shape with a half-timbered transept , which is rarely found in northern Germany. During this renovation, the interior was vaulted with a wooden barrel .

The original form of the striking wooden tower on the left dates from 1591. The octagonal spire from 1761 is a design by Ernst Georg Sonnin .

In the 20th century, the church needed two extensive repairs in 1903 and 1979 to 1981.

Furnishing

In the church there is, among other things, a pulpit rich in figures from 1599, which is typical of the rural baroque furnishings . The figure of Moses in the base of the pulpit is supposed to symbolize the old covenant on which the new one is built. On the outer wall, Christ, the Evangelists and the Apostle Paul shape the pulpit. The pulpit lid is decorated with five pastor portraits from the history of the church.

The altar by Hermann Fick from 1688 was not originally in Curslack at all, but is made up of parts of the altar from the Trinity Church in Harburg, which was destroyed in the Second World War . It was installed here in 1953 and given a general overhaul in 1985. Its central theme is the Passion and Resurrection story of Christ, which is told from the crucifixion in the lower part to death in the middle part and the resurrection, symbolized by the figure of Christ at the top of the altar.

Between the altar and the pulpit is the old organ floor from 1621, decorated with scenes from the Old Testament . These pictures were donated by the Hambrock siblings and their spouses, including the Hamburg senior Hans Landerhusen . Directly below is a confessional chamber from 1775. This room was originally actually built for the purpose of confession , but now serves almost exclusively as a sacristy .

55 ornate wrought iron hat stands on the former men's bench rows, which can also be seen in other churches in Vierlande, are striking. On the church stalls from 1803 you can still see many old name tags and hymn book cases with remains of painted and carved decorations from the 17th and 18th centuries. The interior was also given the dominant medium blue color in 1803. The parishioners themselves made the seat cushions for the rows of pews in the church according to the four-country tradition. The oldest piece is from 1702, most of the pillows used today have been made from old models since 1979.

At the highest point of the vaulted ceiling is the gilded carving of the Eye of God, surrounded by an isosceles triangle, as a symbol of the Trinity .

Bells

By 1917 the church had three bells, two of which were delivered for armaments production in the First World War . From 1925, the community collected for new bells. This collection was only intended to finance two new bells, but was so successful that the small fourth bell could be added.

Today the church has the following bells:

No.
 
Year of manufacture 		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Chime
  		inscription
 
1 1925 780 f sharp 0 I want to praise the gentleman, his praise shall always be in my mouth.
2 1925 375 ais 0 I willingly gave my life to defend my enemies;
henceforth I will sing to the praise of our God and to the joy of our community.
3 1642
or 1678		 1341 dis 0 (available)
4th 1927 250 cis 0 (no)

The oldest bell known from Curslack dates from 1539, was cast by Gochel Zael , is now owned by the Museum of Art and Crafts and is exhibited in the parish hall in Curslack.

Organs

Main organ

The church has had two organs since 1968 . In 1622, Curslack was the first in the four-country community to receive an initially very small organ, which was placed between the altar and the pulpit. In 1739 the Lübeck organ builder Christoph Julius Bünting expanded the instrument to its present size of 19 registers , built a new prospectus and moved it to the then newly built west gallery. Today's gaming table with its precious materials tortoise shell , ivory and rosewood was added in 1776.

Führer organ

Today there is a relatively modern Führer organ from 1968 on the west gallery, which was installed behind the baroque prospect of Bünting and was last renovated in 2003. Your disposition is:

I main work C–
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Pointed flute 4 ′
5. Flat flute 2 ′
6th Sesquialtera II
7th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Trumpet 8th'
II upper structure C–
9. Dumped 8th'
10. recorder 4 ′
11. Principal 2 ′
12. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Scharff III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
14th Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
15th Sub bass 16 ′
16. Principal 8th'
17th octave 4 ′
18th Rauschpfeife III 2 ′
19th bassoon 16 ′

Small organ

The smaller organ above the confessional to the right of the altar is remarkable. When the main organ had to be repaired in 1963, it was found that the pipes from the year 1622 by Hans Scherer had been almost completely preserved. The Hamburg company Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau used these pipes for a single-manual organ based on an old model. This is one of the few organs in Northern Europe that is tuned to the historical mean-tone tuning . Since 1971 this organ has been in the same place where the organs of the church originally stood. Today's disposition is:

Manual C–
1. Gedackt B / D 8th'
2. Principal B / D 4 ′
3. Reed flute B / D 4 ′
4th Octave B / D 2 ′
5. Mixture IV
Pedal C–
6th Sub bass 16 ′
Sub bass 8th'

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d e from 1622
  2. ^ Extension

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 38 ″  E

Map: Hamburg
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St. Johannis Curslack​
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Hamburg

  • Nave

  • Bell tower

  • Ceiling ornament

  • Exterior view at the beginning of the 20th century

  • Interior view at the beginning of the 20th century

literature

  • Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 326 .
  • Matthias Gretzschel : Churches in Hamburg: history, architecture, offers . Axel Springer Verlag , Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-921305-92-6 , pp. 106 f .
  • Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 69 ff .
  • Parish of St. Johannis Curslack, Götz-Volkmar Neitzel (ed.): Curslacker parish letter 400 years of St. Johannis . Self-published by the parish, Hamburg 2003.
  • Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 46 ff .
  • Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office St. Johannis zu Curslack (Ed.): Church leader St. Johannis Church in Hamburg-Curslack . Self-published, Hamburg 2002.
  • Alfred Fliedner: Old and new from the Curslacker Church . In Lichtwark No. 9, July 1954. Ed. Bergedorf District Office, Bergedorf. (See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549 ).
  • Harald Richert: Hat stand - a specialty of the four-country churches . In: Lichtwark booklet No. 69. Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 2004. ISSN  1862-3549 .
  • Joachim Gerhardt: The old organs in the churches of the Vier- und Marschlande . In: Lichtwark No. 12. Ed. Bergedorf District Office, Bergedorf, 1955. See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bergedorf, Vierlande, Marschlande . Modifications made by Renata Klée Gobert. In: Günther Grundmann (ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . tape 1 . Christian Wegner Verlag, Hamburg 1953, OCLC 185758524 , p. 88-89 .
  2. ↑ a b Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office St. Johannis zu Curslack (ed.): Church leader St. Johannis Church in Hamburg-Curslack . Self-published, Hamburg 2002, p. 15 .
  3. ^ A b Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 52 . , with wording of the inscription.
  4. ^ Parish of St. Johannis Curslack, Götz-Volkmar Neitzel (ed.): Curslacker parish letter 400 years of St. Johannis . Self-published Kirchengemeinde, Hamburg 2003, p. 29 . , for this bell without specifying the wording of the inscription.
  5. ↑ The spelling "August Wilhelm Bünting" seems to be a confusion of names, see: Günther Elgnowski: Geistliche Musik im alten Hamburg. Christians, Hamburg 1961, p. 111.
  6. ↑ Organ in Curslack on orguesfrance.com (French), accessed on May 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl , accessed on July 28, 2016.

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