Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche stands in Hamburg’s Winterhude district as an Evangelical Lutheran church shaped by post-war architecture. Dutch bricks in a rare northern German format cover the exterior, while a distinctive tower rises above the building. Inside, brick walls and exposed concrete beams create a simple space designed for 400 people.
Hermann Schöne and Günter Schudnagies built the church between 1960 and 1962, after an earlier chapel had served the site since 1933. Site conditions turn the altar towards north-northeast, allowing tall windows to catch both morning and evening light. Ursula Querner created the bronze and basalt altar, pulpit, and baptismal font, while Diether Kressel designed the choir’s stained-glass window. The organ arrived in 1966, and five steel bells carry lines from Paul Gerhardt’s hymns.
A colourful stained-glass window on the west side brings light to the altar area. Bronze plates on the pulpit depict the Feeding of the Five Thousand.
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