Apostelkirche

Apostelkirche stands in Hanover’s Oststadt as a neo-Gothic brick basilica on a triangular plot. Conrad Wilhelm Hase designed it, and Karl Börgemann built it between 1880 and 1884. Its cross-shaped, vaulted structure opens into a broad transept beneath a western tower. A copper-clad brick spire rises above surrounding streets as a visible local landmark.

The purist brickwork follows Hase’s belief in honesty of form, construction, and material. A nearby parsonage and residential buildings extend the same architectural ensemble. World War Two destroyed the windows, while the main structure remained largely intact. Fritz Mannewitz created replacement windows in 1957 with the Twelve Apostles, the Four Evangelists, and the Trinity.

Hase’s pulpit, altar, lectern, and baptismal font still furnish the church. Conservation studies revealed surviving wall paintings from the construction period. A 24-register Emil Hammer organ replaced the earlier instrument between 1971 and 1972. The whole building is now accessible, including its two-storey southern annex.