St. Stephanus (Hamburg-Eimsbüttel)

View from the West (2012)

St. Stephanus in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel is a former Protestant church that was deconsecrated in 2005 and is now an event center. It is located at the confluence of Sartoriusstrasse and Lutterothstrasse .

Construction and use until 2005

The brick building designed by the architects Distel and Grubitz and inaugurated in 1912 was the third and smallest church building in the rapidly growing community in Eimsbüttel. It was built on a fairly small plot of land and connects the church and pastorate in a building complex, where only the tower made its use clear at first glance. The location on a street corner is emphasized by the tower and the diagonal staircase to the vestibule. The original church space is a wide hall with attached flat aisles.

The dark clinker brick facades are decorated sparingly and, together with the tower, which is quite low for an urban church, create a restrained impression. The building is in the tradition of north German brick buildings in the sense of the home style . Julius Faulwasser mentioned the harmonious overall impression in particular in 1914 .

After the Second World War , the undestroyed building served as an emergency shelter .

From 1956 to 1957, the then independent community of St. Stephanus initiated a building renovation and redesign of the interior by the architects Hopp and Jäger . Not only was the dilapidated concrete floor replaced, but the old gallery and large parts of the original furnishings were also removed. Among other things, the church contained a mosaic by Claus Wallner .

In 1998 the church was incorporated into the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Eimsbüttel. On Palm Sunday 2005, the church was dedicated by Bishop Maria Jepsen and the altar, Bible and cross were brought in procession to the nearby Apostle Church .

Use after 2005

2008 bought private investor Torsten rhyme the church renovated by the architect Rainald Mülhens and Event Gallery vice uses was. The Stephanus-events has been running a café since April 1, 2010, which was discontinued at the end of the same year in favor of using it as an event location. A media agency has been located in the former church since July 2012.

From September 2010 to June 2012 the evangelical project community jesusfriends used the rooms for services and other events.

Photographs and map

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 55 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 38"  E

St. Stephen​

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  Interior view during a Jesusfriends church service

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  Entrance area (2012)

See also

• List of disengaged churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany

literature

• Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 100 .
• Friedhelm Grundmann, Thomas Helms: When stones preach . Medien Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 , p. 111-113 .

Web links

Commons : St. Stephen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article on rededication in the Archives of the World . Retrieved June 15, 2012.
2. ↑ St. Stephanus: From the Church to the Café , article in the online edition of the Hamburger Abendblatt from March 30, 2010; accessed: June 12, 2012
3. ↑ Information from the Hamburg agency elbdudler on moving to the St. Stephanus Church. Retrieved July 13, 2012.