List of churches in 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.

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

List

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Name German name Year [A] Location[B] Image Notes
St. Peter's Church Hauptkirche St. Petri
Petrikirche
1195
1418 (rebuild)
1842 (fire)
Mönckebergstraße,
Altstadt
  Gothic-style building
St. Catherine's Church Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen 1256
16th century (rebuild)
Altstadt  
St. James's Church Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi 1255
1963 (rebuild)
Altstadt  
St Mary's Church Kirchengemeinde St. Marien 1960 Fuhlsbüttel  
St. Matthew's Church Matthäuskirche 1919
St. Michaelis Church Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis
Michel
1647
1750 (fire)
Neustadt  
St. Nikolai Hauptkirche St. Nikolai 1874
1943 (fire)
Altstadt   world's tallest building from 1874 to 1876.
ruins since 1940s
Sankt Nikolai 1951 Harvestehude   Replaced old St. Nikolai
Thomaskirche Hausbruch  
Auferstehungskirche Lohbruegge  
Tonndorfer Kirche Tonndorf  
Herz Jesu Kirche Hamm  
Sankt Erich Kirche Rothenburgsort  
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Bahrenfeld  
Kirche der Stille Altona  
Martinskirche Rahlstedt  
Gnadenkirche St. Pauli   Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt,
Russian Orthodox church, former Lutheran church[1]
St. Maria Magdalena Kirche Moorburg  
St. Nicolai Altengamme  
Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop   Russian Orthodox church[2]
Neuer Mariendom, former Pfarrkirche St. Marien St. Georg  
  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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt" (in German). Retrieved 2009-10-07.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop in Hamburg" (in German). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
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