St. Wilhelm (Hamburg-Bramfeld)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Wilhelm , the church of the parish of the same name, is located in Hamburg-Bramfeld and was built between 1955 and 1956 (architectural firm Puls & Richter , Hamburg). The patronage “St. Wilhelm “refers to Saint Wilhelm of Aquitaine (around 750 - 812). He was a grandson of the famous Karl Martell and entered the service of his cousin, Charlemagne, who made him Duke of Aquitaine (southern France). He excelled in the battles against the Saracens advancing from Spain. Later he founded a Benedictine monastery in the mountain valley of Gellone and entered there himself as a simple monk.
The parish had the status of a parish until 2014. It was established as part of the reorganization of the Archdiocese of Hamburg on June 29, 2014 with the neighboring communities Heilig Geist (Farmsen), Mariä Himmelfahrt (Rahlstedt), St. Bernard (Poppenbüttel), Heilig Kreuz (Volksdorf) and all Catholic institutions and services in this area united to the newly founded parish "Blessed Johannes Prassek".
local community
The Roman Catholic parish of St. Wilhelm, which has existed since 1941, is not congruent with the political administrative unit “Hamburg-Bramfeld” and comprises around 3,000 believers. The community is well mixed in terms of its sociological structure; In other words, it is neither an actual academic community, nor a downright workers' parish. All age groups are also well represented and the influx of many young families has allowed the number of parishioners to increase somewhat in recent years.
history
The history of the congregation began when the then Primarius of the town church, Prelate Bernhard Wintermann, bought a gardener's house with the property belonging to it in Bramfeld am Hohnerkamp, turned it into a parsonage and, in 1940, because it was not possible to build a church because of the war, he dedicated an Anna chapel in it , which now gathered Catholics from Bramfeld , Farmsen and Wellingsbüttel for worship. The future congregation belonged to the parish of Wandsbek , but was also looked after by clergy in Barmbek until (from October 1941) it got its first pastor in Pastor Gerhard Hawighorst. The heavy air raids on Hamburg in the summer of 1942 and 1943 also caused serious damage to the rectory. The number of worshipers grew, the congregation consolidated, charitable life flourished, and in 1951 a small choir was mentioned for the first time in the parish chronicle in connection with the liturgy of the Holy Days and Easter days. Under the work of Pastor Paul Alberti, who attached great importance to home visits, the community life strengthened further.
On July 6, 1955, the foundation stone of today's church was laid. Prelate Wintermann named it - as it were single-handedly - after the patron saint of the Osnabrück bishop Wilhelm Berning at the time , St. Wilhelm of Aquitaine. On June 4, 1956, Auxiliary Bishop Johannes von Rudloff made the solemn consecration of the church.
Church building description
The Church of St. Wilhelm consists of a main room, a small aisle, a gallery and a sacristy .
Sanctuary
In the chancel there is a massive altar with a thick, coarse wooden plate on an artistically designed bronze base ( Egino Weinert ). A bronze tabernacle stele rises to the left of the altar, which recalls biblical scenes with its embedded enamel images. To the right of the altar is the ambo (also Weinert) on which the dominant enamel painting depicts the Pentecost scene . Above and behind the altar a late Gothic cross hangs down, to which the figures of Mary and the favorite disciple of Jesus were later assigned, so that the crucifixion scene is now depicted, as described in the Gospel of John :
Back part
In the back of the church there is a figure of St. Anthony of Padua set up (Weinert). The half-relief of the Pietà is the place where a candle burns as long as a deceased of the community has not yet been buried.
Aisle
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A copy of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, one of the oldest images of the Virgin Mary in Russia, hangs on the front wall of the side aisle, which has an orthodox character due to other corresponding images. It is framed by a large number of other small icon images and numerous precious stones and also has two narrow side wings with angel icons. This Marian altar was designed in 1971 by Elisabeth Drost. Various candlesticks stand in front of him; including a round, representing the globe, which was created by a deceased, esteemed member of the community.
Characteristics
A characteristic of the church are the porthole-like round windows in the side chapel and in the chancel. One of the windows in the chancel shows the church patron in the second phase of his life as a bearded monk with a clear tonsure who raised one hand in a vow with colored glazing.
Property
The church is directly connected to the parish hall (meeting point for activities outside of the mass for parishioners) and the kindergarten belonging to the parish, both in opposite directions about the same distance from the rectory.
Special celebrations
On June 4, 2006, the parish celebrated its 50th anniversary. A summer festival is celebrated in St. Wilhelm every year. In addition, it has become a tradition in recent years for the parish priest to organize a barbecue on his birthday. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that St.Wilhelm is the initiator and founder of several projects within Hamburg, e.g. B. of the "Bethlehem House", in which the sisters of the Order of Mother Teresa, the missionaries of charity, in the St. Pauli district take care of the homeless. Near Bad Oldesloe the community has a leisure and conference center, "Haus Emmaus".
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Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '12.6 " N , 10 ° 5' 25.3" E