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 St. Nikolai-Kirche - a
memorial against the war by globetrott,
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The church dates back to the year 1195 but in 1842 it burned down and was rebuilt again.
Today it is mainly a memorial against the war and under the former church you may enter a small museum, explaining the history and also the sad end of that formerly beautiful church.
A modern lift will take you up the spire for a great view over the city of Hamburg and its port. Don't miss it , when the weather is sunny and clear, unfortunately I had just rain... Leave a Comment Address: Hamburg, Ost-West-Strasse 60Directions: In order to get to St. Nikolai-Kirche you may take U3 and leave at the exit Roedingsmarkt.
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St.Jacobi is the name of a church close to Moenckebergstrasse and it dates back to the year 1255. Johann Sebastian Bach was playing already at the organ of St.Jacobi in the year 1720. With 4000 pipes, 60 organ-stops and 4 keyboards it is the biggest baroque organ in northern Europe and it was constructed by Arp Schnitger between 1689 and 1693.
3 altars are dating back to circa 1500, the pulpit to 1609.
St.Jacobi is open for visitors Monday till Saturday
Oct-March: 11.00a.m.-05.00p.m. and April-Sep. 10.00a.m.-05.00p.m.
There is a church-cafe next to the church open for everyone
Mon+Fri 11.30a.m.-02.30p.m. and Tue-Thu untill 06.30p.m.
guided ORGAN-tours each Thursday 12.00 noon !
church-service : sundays at 10.00a.m. and Thu 06.00p.m. Leave a Comment Address: D-20095 Hamburg - Jakobikirchhof 22Phone: 040 - 3037370Directions: St.Jacobi is about halfway between Moenckebergstrasse and Chilehaus and about 600 meters from Hauptbahnhof.Website: www.jacobus.de
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 Nikolai Kirche by Kushelkitten
The Nikolai Kirchebuilt in 1847 is the only gothic style church in Hamburg although not much of it remains. What is left is a few sections of wall and the spier with the bells and an elevator up to the viewing platform.
Why? It like most everything else in Hamburg was bombed by the British during WW2. The viewing platform has a memorial to the Jewish people who died and a spectacular view of the city and Speicherstadt.
The elevator costs 2,50 euro and takes you up to the top of the 130 some odd meters. The tower itself is 147.3 m high (483ft).
(picture soon) Leave a Comment Address: Willy Brandt StrasseDirections: U3 to Roedingsmarkt and if you exit the north end make a left on to Willy Brandt Str. and if you exit south make a right (Willy Brandt Str. was formerly known as Ost-West Str.)
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July 1943. The tall spire of St. Nikolai Church serves as an unwitting beacon for pilots of the RAF as they launch "Operation Gommorah," the code name for the massive bombardment of Hamburg and its suburbs. Over the course of the next few days, wave after wave of British bombers dropping thousands of bombs over the city, unleashing deadly devastation and creating massive firestorms. At the end of the week, 43,000 civilians were dead, tens of thousands more injured, and most of Hamburg - including St. Nikolai Church itself - lay in ruins.
(Interestingly enough, St. Nikolai Church had been designed and engineered by a British architect, George Gilbert Scott Sr. (1811-1878), one of the leading lights of the Gothic revival in England. Scott Sr. is perhaps best known as the original architect of the St. Pancras Street Station in London.)
Now, the ruined church is a moving and effective memorial to the war dead in Hamburg. In the crypt is an interesting exhibit of rare photographs showing the devastion that followed the attack. (In Hitler's Germany, it was a capital crime for anyone to take non-official photos of war damage, so pictures of the ruined city are rare.)
Appropriately, there are also photos that show the effect of earlier wartime German attacks upon cities such as Warsaw, Rotterdam, Plymouth and Coventry. I thought that whoever mounted the exhibit did a good job of placing the destruction of Hamburg in a suitable historical context.
You can take an elevation up nearly 150 meters to a viewing platform that offers stunning views of the city, spreading out across the Elbe valley. Leave a Comment Address: Willi Brand Strasse (aka Ost-West Str.)
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 by sourbugger
Thankfully St Petri's is still standing proud, with its metal spire being it's main attraction.
Situated opposite the Rathaus, there is a fine view of this building and of the port area beyond.
The five hundred and fifty odd steps take some climbing as you ascend the inside of the metal cone. The climb passes some information displays, the great bells, and finally end in a tiny room with a stool in it right in the 'crow's nest'. Well worth the two Euro for the work-out of the climb. When I visited, there was quite a strong wind blowing which added a certain something to the experience as it steadily swayed about.
Remember to sign-out when you come down from the spire - you don't want to put the ladies who look after the place to any trouble. Leave a Comment Address: St Petri ChurchDirections: opp the Rathaus and the main shopping centre
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 view of the Katharinen
spire from the
Jungfernbrüc by yooperprofLeave a Comment Directions: Along the Zollkanal, one the Zippelhaus
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Michaeliskirche - "Our Michael" - has come to be a symbol of Hamburg, and is easily one of the most distinguishable landmarks in the city. It's very interesting elevated tower is one of the marvels of the Northern German (and Protestant) Baroque.
Images and models of the church abound. Leave a Comment Address: KrayenkampDirections: Neustadt
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 by frankyboy5
St. Michaelis, called "Michel", is Hamburg's main protestant church (Hauptkirche) and the most famous church in the city.
St. Michaelis is a landmark of the city. It is dedicated to the archangel Michael. A large bronze statue, standing above the portal of the church shows the archangel conquering the devil.
The 132 m high baroque spire totally covered with copper is a prominent feature of Hamburgs skyline and has always been a landfall mark for ships sailing up the river Elbe.
The present church building is the third one at this site. The first one was built from 1647 to 1669. It became the church of the new town (Neustadt), which had been created since 1625 inside the new city walls and which grew steadily. In 1687 the Michel became the fifth main church (Hauptkirche) and the new town (Neustadt) became a parish. That church was destroyed on March 10, 1750 by a lightning strike.
"Michel"In 1786 a new construction following the design of Johann Leonhard Prey and Ernst Georg Sonnin was completed. This is the church as we know it today. It was reconstructed twice in the 20th century:After catching fire in 1906 during construction work and
after the bombings of 1944 and 1945 .
Since 1983 renovation is on-going first the spire and then the roof..
Offering 2,500 seats, the Michel is the largest church in Hamburg. The spire, which offers an excellent view over the ciy and the harbour can be climbed, but there also is a lift. Leave a Comment
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The ruined church of St. Nikolai is one of Hamburg's most striking monuments. It had been one of Germany's finest churches, in the oldest area of Hamburg, before being flattened during WW2. Now all that remains is the ruined tower and some parts of the interior. The church has been left in its destroyed state as an anti-war memorial. Standing "inside" is a strange experience as you can clearly see where many parts of the church once had been, such as the vaulted ceilings. Leave a Comment
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