St. Nikolai (Hamburg-Moorfleet)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nikolai in Hamburg-Moorfleet on the southern edge of the district on the street Moorfleeter Kirchenweg , the westernmost church in the Marschlande, is on the one hand a typical hall church of the Vier- und Marschlande in half-timbered construction , but on the other hand shows its characteristic neo-Gothic tower strong influences from the nearby Hamburg center.
Previous building
A church with the name St. Nikolai is mentioned as early as 1331 in a document, a so-called bell document, about the replacement of bells for churches in the marshland . All that is known about this medieval church in the place called Murenflet at the time is that it was expanded in 1578 and equipped with a new wooden bell tower in 1599 . Severe storm damage in 1648 led to plans for a new building.
Today's church
Today's nave was built around the old nave in 1680 under the direction of Lorenz Dohmsen and then demolished. The foundation stone for the new church was laid on August 3, 1680, and it was consecrated on December 10 of the same year. In 1705 the interior of the church was added to the gallery. The large dike breach in the marshland in 1771 made the first major repairs necessary, and a comprehensive renovation took place in 1843. In 1866 the church received the windows that are still present today.
The most noticeable change after the building of the nave occurred in 1885. The wooden church tower, the top of which was barely higher than the ridge of the nave, was replaced by the 50 m high neo-Gothic tower with a distinctive copper- clad spire . This means that St. Nikolai is now clearly visible from the major A 1 traffic axis in the area of the Hamburg-Southeast motorway triangle .
Furnishing
The interior was repeatedly adapted to the taste of the times and the changing ideas about the service. The locally known artists from the Renaissance and Baroque periods , Hein Baxmann and Valentin Preuss , contributed to furnishing the church with four larger works.
Pulpit and Juraten stalls
The richly decorated pulpit, a work by Hein Baxmann from 1622, changed its location twice in the church and was rebuilt each time. Originally free-standing on the south wall, it was combined with the altar to form a pulpit altar in 1843 , removed there again in 1973, restored as true to the original as possible and set up on the north wall. The new staircase was therefore created the wrong way round. Three of the four relief fields of the pulpit are still originals by Baxmann, all other parts are reconstructions from the 20th century. The rich and detailed reliefs show key scenes of the New Testament with the Annunciation , the Adoration of Christ , the Crucifixion and the Resurrection .
The Juraten stalls from 1625 from Baxmann's workshop flanking the altar on both sides are a good example of his detailed style. It was rebuilt several times and is no longer completely preserved in its original state. The left part shows figures of the apostles , the right part figures from the Old Testament .
Altar and baptism
Valentin Preuss created the baroque altar in 1688, above the table of which there is a depiction of the Last Supper from 1843. The main part shows a depiction of the crucifixion between two rotated columns , which is flanked by the evangelists Matthew and Mark and covered by a coat of arms of the founder (Senator John). In the upper part there is a picture of the apparition of the risen Christ from the 20th century, as well as the statues of the evangelists Luke and John. The altar cabinets with their rich decoration of carved acanthus ornaments and angel heads were added in 1843.
The baptismal font with lid, carved by Preuss in 1688, is no longer there; since 1967 the church has had a font from the workshop of Klaus-Jürgen Luckey . The brass baptismal bowl was created around 1470 in Nuremberg, disappeared to Denmark during the Thirty Years War , but later returned to Moorfleet.
More pieces
On the right side of the chancel there is a small sacristy which was built in 1769 as a confessional and was used as such for a long time.
The sixteen gallery pictures by the painter Martin Conrad from 1720 show a multitude of biblical scenes such as the entry into Jerusalem, the Lord's Supper, Gethsemane, Judas betrayal, Christ before Caiaphas, Peter's denial, ascension and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In 1846 the pictures were heavily revised.
Also noticeable are three large brass chandeliers , the two older of which date from 1653 and 1664 and the most recent is a replica from the 20th century.
organ
Today's instrument is the third documented organ in the church, the first of which was built in 1683 by Joachim Richborn . In the years 1853 to 1856 this was replaced by the second instrument from the workshop of Johann Balthasar Götzel , which was only classified as beyond repair in 1962 due to woodworm infestation . Therefore, Alfred Führer Orgelbau built a new organ with two manuals and a pedal in 1966. On this occasion, the prospectus , which Jürgen Riege had carved in 1684 , was restored and carefully supplemented by Klaus Luckey.
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Pastorate
The striking pastorate building has been preserved in its original form from 1741 to this day. The half-timbered building complex shows in the front part the two-story residential wing with a richly structured window front and in the back the single-story agricultural wing with the high thatched roof . It is one of the last examples in the Vier- und Marschlanden for a T-house consisting of a residential and commercial part , which was usually built when a rural economy had to be combined with a special use.
Clergy
- Johann Heinrich Lütkens , pastor from 1782 to 1814
graveyard
The cemetery dates back to the 12th century, but the current state is largely shaped by the expansion of the 19th century. Two historical grave slabs can still be found on the outside wall of the church. In the cemetery lies the grave of Heinrich Matthias Sengelmann , the most famous pastor of the Moorfleet community. His first pastor was Moorfleet and here he founded a predecessor institution of the later Alsterdorfer Anstalten .
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 41 ″ N , 10 ° 4 ′ 57 ″ E
Details on the tower
Carving of the Juraten stalls
Baptismal font with lid and candlestick
Pastorate
Sengelmann grave complex
literature
- Sabine Behrens: North German church buildings of historicism. The sacred buildings of Hugo Groothoff 1851-1918. (= Kiel Art History Studies , New Series, Volume 8.) Ludwig, Kiel 2006, ISBN 3-933598-97-4 .
- Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 73-75 .
- Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 108-115 .
- Kultur- & Geschichtkontor (ed.): Marschlande, cultural history between the Elbe and Bille . tape 1 . Culture & History Office, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-942998-01-7 , p. 82-88 .
- Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 324 .
- Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The cemetery guide . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 165 .
- Horst Schulz: The parish of Moorfleet . In Lichtwark No. 34, December 1971. Ed. Lichtwark Committee, Bergedorf. (See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN 1862-3549 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Horst Schulz: The parish Moorfleet . In Lichtwark No. 34, December 1971. Ed. Lichtwark Committee, Bergedorf. (See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN 1862-3549 )
- ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 325 .
