City Church Glückstadt
The Glückstadt town church in Glückstadt in Schleswig-Holstein is the oldest and at the same time most important preserved building in the city. It is located directly on the market square, which it dominates together with the Glückstadt town hall .
history
Work on the church began shortly after the planned city foundation by King Christian IV. It was built from 1618 to 1623 directly on the market square. In 1648 the tower collapsed due to the natural disaster in Holstein - only the baptismal font from 1641 survived the collapse - which was followed by extensive extensions by 1651. The south transept dates from this time; a corresponding transverse construction in the north was not carried out. The church has extensive, early baroque furnishings with a two-story high altar and a wide gallery .
On the outer wall of the tower, which is crowned with a copper dome, there is an anchor that was captured by a Hamburg warship in September 1630 in the Battle of the Elbe near Krautsand . The top of the 53 meter high tower is adorned with a figure of the goddess of luck Fortuna , who is the city's landmark.
Baptismal font from 1641
Detail baptismal font
organ
The 1962 by the organ builder Emanuel Kemper & Son (Lübeck) built organ was dismantled of 2019. The new organ of the organ builder Claudius Winterhalter in Oberharmersbach in the Black Forest is to be inaugurated in November 2019.
literature
- Enst-Adolf Meinert: Ev.-luth. City church Glückstadt ad Elbe (Schnell, art guide 2020). 2nd edition, Regensburg 2002.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 47 ′ 17.3 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 31" E