St.Peter
St. Peter stands in Hamburg’s Groß Borstel district as an Evangelical Lutheran church and local landmark. Red brick marks the exterior, while white brick conceals concrete inside. The bright interior draws your eye along a broad central aisle beneath a wooden ceiling towards the altar.
Groß Borstel belonged to St. Johannis in Eppendorf until 1947, and the need for its own parish shaped later construction. Fritz Höger designed the 1932 church hall. Otto Andersen guided the present building between 1956 and 1959, pursuing unity between congregation and liturgical space. Storm damage prompted a roof redesign in 1961.
Fritz Fleer’s altar joins a bronze cross and candlesticks, while Claus Wallner’s windows bring plant motifs into the light. The main window stands behind the baptismal font. Alfred Führer’s 1963 organ has 24 registers, and the forty-metre tower carries a two-metre copper weather vane.
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