St. Pankratius (Ochsenwerder)
Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 33 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 6 ″ E
St. Pankratius in Hamburg-Ochsenwerder is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church. The nave of the church was built from 1673 to 1674, the steeple in 1740. The listed church is equipped with an early baroque carved altar and an organ by Arp Schnitger .
history
The first documentary mention of a church in Ochsenwerder comes from 1254. This was on Avenberg (still a street name in Ochsenwerder today) at the west end of Ochsenwerder, near the northern Elbe . This church had to be abandoned after the floods. In 1332 the church was rebuilt at its current location, a flood-safe Wurt . This church still had a wooden bell tower next to the nave, which was widespread in the marshland and was built on a foundation of field stones.
From 1673 to 1674 a new brick church was built, which resembles the Dreieinigkeitskirche in Allermöhe with its wooden barrel vaults and a five-sided broken choir . The old bell tower was initially continued to be used, but the three-story church tower with a copper roof was built between 1739 and 1741 based on a design by Johann Leonhard Prey .
The pastorate, built in 1634 opposite the church, was completely renovated in 1742. It is the oldest preserved pastorate in the Vier- und Marschlande . The pastorate's commercial building was destroyed in a bomb attack in 1945, which also damaged the church.
The church got its present appearance in 1910 when repairs and renovations were carried out. The half-timbered extensions on the north and south sides were lost, the original gable roof was replaced by today's mansard roof, the vaulted ceiling was renewed and a new floor was laid. The creative direction of the renovation was in the hands of Julius Faulwasser . From 1958 to 1962 a basic repair took place under the direction of Hans Philipp, during which the outer masonry and the buttresses were renewed.
The Church of St. Pankratius was placed under monument protection in 1926; 1928 also the area around the church. In 2006 the entire parcel 250 was also placed under protection as a ground monument .
Furnishing
The altar of the church, carved by Hein Baxmann , was built between 1632 and 1633. Originally, the carvings had a colorless protective coating on which up to eight layers of paint were applied over time. Despite all the changes, the scenes shown still appear very delicate and lively. The middle part is dominated by the crucifixion of Christ and a depiction of the Last Judgment in the essay. The left wing shows scenes from the Old Testament and the right wing shows scenes from the New Testament .
The richly decorated bench in the northern choir room ("Juraten stalls") also comes from Hein Baxmann's workshop. There is no reliable information about the builder of the pulpit, which was built around 1620, but due to its style and the great similarities to the Moorfleeter pulpit, it is also attributed to Baxmann's workshop. The choice of motifs and design of the pulpit are similar to those of the altar. The strikingly individually designed angel figure of the central support and the richly painted and decorated pulpit cover are remarkable.
The galleries are decorated with oil paintings showing 14 scenes from the Old Testament on the organ gallery and 32 scenes from the New Testament on the north gallery.
The current appearance of the interior is determined by the repairs carried out in 1958/1959, with which extensive structural repairs were carried out and war damage was removed. Thanks to the white ceiling, the white plastered interior walls and the clear window panes, the interior appears light and open overall.
organ
The organ was designed by the organ builder Arp Schnitger from 1707 to 1708. The instrument, which was rebuilt several times (including in 1906 by Paul Rother ) and renewed in 1966 by Orgelbau Beckerath , now has 24 voices and 1,700 pipes. The case and some Schnitger registers have been preserved.
Bells
Of the two existing bells, the smaller one is also the older one, it dates from 1669. A large bell was first mentioned in 1789, but has had to be replaced three times since then. First in 1908 because of a crack, then in the two world wars because of the need for raw materials for the war armor. Today's big bell, tuned to cis ′ , dates from 1960 from the Rincker bell foundry .
The church already had a clock when the church tower was built in 1740. Today's clock was built into the tower in 1925 by the Weule watchmaking company .
Cemetery and tombstones
The cemetery surrounds the church on all sides and forms a suitable environment with the linden wreath on the outside. Many tombs have figurative decorations, the angel on Peters tomb in the immediate vicinity of the church entrance is particularly striking. The gravestones for the dead of the world wars are grouped together in one place on a memorial stone.
The portal house from 1914 on the south side facing the old church dyke is striking and contains an equipment room and a laying out room.
On the outside and inside walls of the church you can find the oldest grave slabs that still exist on the entire site, dating back to the 1650s. Some of the grave slabs may have been in the interior of the church before the repairs in 1892 and 1910, but the sources here are extremely uncertain.
Photographs
General view of the church
Rectory
North gallery and bench cheeks of the main stalls
Juraten stalls in the choir
Gatehouse of the cemetery
literature
- Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 325.
- Gerd Hoffmann, Konrad Lindemann: Churches in town and country . Hower Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922995-90-X , p. 98ff.
- Hans Kramer, Heimatring Ochsenwerder (ed.): St. Pankratius Ochsenwerder . Parish of St. Pankratius Ochsenwerder, Hamburg 2004.
- Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The cemetery guide . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 163.
Web links
- Website of the parish of St. Pankratius in Ochsenwerder
- Image index for St. Pankratius Ochsenwerder : Images for the Hamburg Monument Protection Office in the Marburg image archive
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Hipp: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: History, culture and urban architecture on the Elbe and Alster , 2nd edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3770115902 , p. 509
- ↑ a b c d Ralf Lange : Architectural Guide Hamburg . Edition Menges, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-930698-58-7 , p. 296. (Entry M5, Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Pankratius and Pastorate )
- ↑ Monument Protection Office in the Authority for Culture, Sport and Media (Ed.): List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as of April 13, 2010 (Pdf; 915 kB) ( Memento from June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 915 kB ) , As of November 7, 2011. Hamburg 2011, pp. 9–10, list of monuments no. 53, 70 and 1697.
- ↑ Harald Richert: Arp Schnitger and Vincent Lübeck in our home . In: Lichtwark booklet no. 64. Ed .: Bergedorf district office, Bergedorf, 1999. See now: HB-Werbung Verlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN 1862-3549 .