Everything about St Jacobi Hamburg totally explained
The
St. Jacobi church is one of the five principal
Lutheran churches of
Hamburg,
Germany. The church is located directly in the city center, has a 125 m tall tower and features a famous organ by
Arp Schnitger from
1693.
History
When it was first mentioned in
1255, St. Jacobi was a small chapel located outside the Hamburg
city walls. After these were extended in
1260, the church became part of the Hamburg city territory. It is now in downtown Hamburg, hidden behind one of the main shopping streets (
Mönckebergstraße).
Between
1350 and
1400, the chapel was replaced by a
hall church with three
naves, similar to
St. Petri. Around one hundred years later, a fourth nave was added to the south side of the structure. The
sacristy in the northeast also comes from this time (
1438) and is today Hamburg's only example of secular
gothic architecture.
The second tower, erected in
1826/
27 after the first became dilapidated, was destroyed with the rest of the church building by bombing during
World War II. Only the historic interior furnishings were saved. In
1963, St. Jacobi was rebuilt according to the medieval design, albeit with a modern
spire.
Notable features
The famous
Arp Schnitger organ of 1693 in the west gallery is, with its 60 registers and around 4,000 pipes, is the largest
baroque organ in Northern Europe. From
1989 to
1993, the organ was completely restored, and since its rededication at
Easter 1993 it can be heard every Sunday during services.
St. Jacobi has three medieval altars: the Holy Trinity Altar in the Main Choir (c.
1518, the St. Petri Altar in the first south nave (
1508), and the St. Lukas Altar in the second south nave (
1500) that originally comes from the Hamburg Cathedral.
Also deserving of notice is the Ministers' Room, which originally served as a library. Since
1543, it has been the collection room of the church ministers, and was remodeled in
1710. The ceiling murals, with their civic virtues, show the importance of maintaining parish to the city regiment. They were painted, like the landscape paintings on the wall, by Johann Moritz Riesenberger. Coats of arms on the walls name the pastors, vicars, and jurors who have served the parish since the
sixteenth century.
Stained-Glass
The stained-glass windows were created by
Charles Crodel, who also made the windows at
St. Matthew's Church in Winterhude and at
St. Mary's Church in
Fuhlsbüttel.
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