Auferstehungskirche

The Auferstehungskirche stands in Hamburg’s Barmbek Nord, a former working-class district shaped by brick architecture. Architect Camillo Günther designed the church, and wartime delays stretched construction from 1916 until 1920. Its brick exterior rises into a high outer dome, crowned by a bell tower and lantern.

Inside, a nearly circular nave gathers the congregation around a rectangular altar area to the east. This central plan follows the Wiesbadener Programm, uniting altar, pulpit and organ within one bright, spacious room. A horseshoe-shaped gallery runs without supports, while a second dome shell keeps the interior ceiling flat. Reinforced concrete makes both possible and places the building among Hamburg’s early concrete churches.

Richard Kuöhl’s ceramics decorate the brick façades, with busts of Luther and Melanchthon among them. Restoration has repaired damaged western brickwork and weathered ornaments, returning colour and detail to the church. Together with its community house and parsonage, the church forms a brick ensemble within Barmbek’s reform-era streets. At the entrance, the restored doors retain their original black colour and linseed-oil coating.