List of churches in Hamburg

Elias Galli (1650–1714), View of Hamburg or Stadtansicht von Hamburg, circa 1680, oil on canvas, Hamburg Museum, Hamburg

This is a list of churches in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. There are many famous local churches in and around Hamburg. The St. Michaelis church is a famous Hamburg landmark, St. Nikolai church was the tallest building in the world in the 1870s and remains the second tallest structure in Hamburg.

List

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Name German name Year [A] Location[B] Image Notes
St. Peter's ChurchHauptkirche St. Petri
Petrikirche		1195
1418 (rebuild)
1842 (fire)		Mönckebergstraße,
Altstadt		Gothic-style building
St. Catherine's ChurchHauptkirche Sankt Katharinen1256
16th century (rebuild)
Altstadt
St. James's ChurchHauptkirche Sankt Jacobi1255
1963 (rebuild)		Altstadt
St Mary's ChurchKirchengemeinde St. Marien1960Fuhlsbüttel
St. Matthew's ChurchMatthäuskirche1919
St. Michaelis ChurchHauptkirche Sankt Michaelis
Michel		1647
1750 (fire)		Neustadt
St. NikolaiHauptkirche St. Nikolai1874
1943 (fire)		Altstadtworld's tallest building from 1874 to 1876.
ruins since 1940s
Sankt Nikolai1951HarvestehudeReplaced old St. Nikolai
ThomaskircheHausbruchA church
AuferstehungskircheLohbrueggeA modern church
Tonndorfer KircheTonndorfA church
Herz Jesu KircheHammA church
Sankt Erich KircheRothenburgsortA church
Paul-Gerhardt-KircheBahrenfeldA modern church
Kirche der StilleAltonaA church
MartinskircheRahlstedtA church
GnadenkircheSt. PauliA churchGemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt,
Russian Orthodox church, former Lutheran church[1]
St. Maria Magdalena KircheMoorburgA church
St. NicolaiAltengammeA church
Russische Kirche des heiligen ProkopA churchRussian Orthodox church[2]
Neuer Mariendom, former Pfarrkirche St. MarienSt. GeorgA red brick building, with two towers
  1. ^ Construction date or first mentioned on record., secondary dates are major events including fires and reconstruction but not additions.
  2. ^ Borough or quarter of current political location.
Location of 5 the so-called main churches circa 1700

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt" (in German). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  2. ↑ "Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop in Hamburg" (in German). Retrieved 2009-10-07.

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