St. Joseph (Hamburg-Wandsbek)
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '23.9 " N , 10 ° 4' 27.9" E
The Roman Catholic Church and Parish of St. Joseph is located in the Hamburg district of Wandsbek . It is consecrated to Saint Joseph , husband of Mary, the Mother of God. The neo-Romanesque building is located on Witthöfftstrasse, near the Wandsbeker market square , opposite the Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium .
History of the church
After the Reformation , Wandsbek was a Protestant place with only a few Catholics left. The first service was held in 1762 in Wandsbeker Castle by a French clergyman from Altona. These services were no longer possible after the castle was demolished in 1861. In the same year the manufacturer Gobert set up a chapel in his house at Lübecker Straße 102, which was used until Gobert's death in 1869. The congregation then celebrated its services in the Lärmberg grammar school, and later in the Protestant church. In 1882 the community consisted of 600 people and in 1885 the mission district raised it to a parish, for which the Bishop of Osnabrück acquired the houses at Marktstrasse 1 and 2-3 (today Witthöfftstrasse) in the same year. The buildings were used for worship, school lessons and a priest's apartment. The first service took place there on December 20, 1885. In addition to Wandsbek, the parish also included Steilshoop , Bramfeld , Hinschenfelde , Tonndorf-Lohe , Alt-Rahlstedt , Neu-Rahlstedt , Oldenfelde , Meiendorf , Barsbüttel , Jenfeld , Schiffbek , Öjendorf , Oststeinbek and Kirchsteinbek . The growing community was able to acquire the adjoining house at Markstraße 4 in 1900, which was now used as a rectory. The entire property now offered enough space to build a church. The Hamburg architect A. Brettschneider created the plans for the church building. The foundation stone was laid on November 13, 1904, and the consecration took place on September 3, 1905. During the Second World War , there was considerable damage. The first damage to the church and the rectory occurred on the night of July 29th to 30th, 1943 by high explosive and incendiary bombs. This damage could be repaired by February 1944. At the end of August 1944, the roof of the church and the windows were destroyed in another nightly bombing raid. The rectory could no longer be used and was replaced by a new building in 1953. After the war damage, the church received new windows with restrained geometric ornaments in the first half of the 1950s. As early as the late 1950s, new windows had to be re-installed due to moisture damage in the masonry. These were now significantly shorter than before. At the end of the 1960s it became clear that a thorough renovation was necessary because of the persistent problems with moisture in the walls. This renovation lasted until April 1972. The parish hall was demolished, the church was given a porch and the new parish halls enclosed the church on the north side.
Building
The church is designed in the neo-Romanesque style with a nave and a transept. The central nave and transept form a square crossing . There is a crossing tower in the center of the roof. This roof turret was initially designed as an open turret and later clad with copper sheet. In 2007 the church received its bells, which is why a belfry was lifted into the tower by crane and the copper cladding was given cutouts as a sound opening.
Interior
The interior has undergone major changes several times. Originally the eastern part of the church with the choir, choir vestibule area and the side chapels was splendidly painted with a variety of ornaments. The pulpit, decorated with rich carvings, was on the north-eastern crossing pillar. The high altar stood on a three-tier substructure within the choir. The first changes took place in the 1930s, when the community purchased an organ and installed it in front of the west window. In 1935 the choir area and the side chapels in the front yoke were painted over in one color. Initially, the square painting on the pillars in the side chapels and some paintings on the transept sides were preserved. At the end of the 1950s a new cross was hung up, which is now in the St. Agnes church in Hamburg-Tonndorf . A new organ gallery was built in, this time on the north side because of the better light conditions. The pulpit and stations of the cross were removed and the entrances to the two sacristies walled up. Two chapels, which later became the baptistery and sacrament chapel, were created through new passages. Inside the church, the capitals were removed from the pillars and the walls and ceilings were uniformly painted. In the course of the renovation in 1972, the existing art objects were mostly removed from the church and many pieces of equipment were newly acquired. The altar, ambo and Easter candlestick were made from travertine by Alexander Walterfang . The Franconian crucifix, created around 1600, was purchased. During this time the Madonna, created in Bohemia around 1520, came into the possession of the church. In 1974 an organ created by Franz Grollmann was built on the organ loft, which was built in 1958. The baptismal font in the baptistery was designed by Gisela Bär in 1980 . The twelve apostles are depicted on it .
Madonna statue
organ
View towards the altar
Baptistery
Bells
Originally the church did not have bells. With a donation in 2006, a bell cage was built into the roof turret and three bells were purchased. The consecration of the bells took place on March 21, 2007.
|
Surname |
Chime |
size |
Weight |
inscription |
translation |
Icon image |
| Christ bell | H | 45 cm | 72 kg | CONGREGAVIT.NOS.IN.UNUM.CHRISTI.SALVATORIS.AMOR | We were brought together by the love of Christ the Redeemer. | Cross over the empty grave |
| Marienbell | cis´´´ | 40 cm | 50 kg | FELIX.ES.SACRA.VIRGO.MARIA.EX.TE.ORTUS.EST.SOL.IUSTITIAE | Blessed are you, Holy Virgin Mary, out of you was born the sun of righteousness. | Cross over the ship |
| Joseph Bell | e´´´ | 33 cm | 29 kg | S.JOSEPHE.FILI.DAVID.PATR.ECCL.ORA.PRO.NOBIS | Saint Joseph, Son of David, Patron of the Church, pray for us. | Star above the crib |
The Marienglocke has a Konpatron . On the bell shoulder it also bears the inscription S.BENEDICTE.OPN , in German Saint Benedict, pray for us. The background to this is that the initiator of the bell project received the final impetus to convert to the Catholic Church when Pope Benedict took office . The Joseph Bell serves as a death bell for the church. Since the donor died a few days after the bell was finished, the first ring of this bell was for him.
Bet box
The church received national attention when on June 16, 2013 what it claims to be the world's first machine for rosaries was installed in the anteroom of the church. In the vending machine privately financed by the pastoral consultant , rosaries and instructions as well as bracelets with religious motifs are offered for sale. The proceeds from the Bet-Box will be used entirely to finance the community's tent camp.
Others
The following Catholic institutions are located in the municipality in the districts of Wandsbek, Marienthal , Hinschenfelde and parts of Eilbek :
- Catholic day care center St. Joseph
- Catholic School St. Joseph (Primary School)
- Senior housing complex “St. Cosmas und Damian ”, built in 1975 and connected to the church by a cloister, Schädlerstrasse 20
- Maximilian Kolbe House of the Catholic University Community at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg , Oktaviostraße 76
literature
Sebastian Fiebig, Markus Tymister : Our Church. Leaflets of the Church on the subjects of the chancel , the bells , the baptistery and the Joseph representations . Self-published, Hamburg 2012.
Web links
- Homepage of the parish with detailed explanations of the history of the church
- Homepage of the day care center
- Homepage of the Catholic Primary School St. Joseph
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wuv.de/marketing/kreativer_verkauf_rosenkraenze_in_kondomfach Article at W&V, accessed on August 3, 2003
- ↑ Wandsbek informative - The Wandsbeker Bothe, machine for rosaries, edition 09/2013 p. 4