Domkirche St. Marien

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St Mary's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Our Lady
Domkirche St. Marien
Domkirche Sankt Marien Hamburg.jpg
Domkirche St. Marien in Danziger Straße, west front
Domkirche St. Marien
53°33′27″N10°00′49″E / 53.5576°N 10.0136°E / 53.5576; 10.0136 Coordinates: 53°33′27″N10°00′49″E / 53.5576°N 10.0136°E / 53.5576; 10.0136
Location St. Georg, Hamburg
Country Germany
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded1889
Consecrated 28 June 1893
Architecture
Architect(s) Arnold Güldenpfennig
Style Neo-Romanesque
Completed1893
Administration
Province Hamburg
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Hamburg
Clergy
Archbishop Stefan Heße
Provost Franz-Peter Spiza

Domkirche St. Marien (English: St. Mary's Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg, Germany, and the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg (as of 1995). It was the first new Roman Catholic church built in Hamburg since the Reformation. [1]

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History

The cathedral stands in Danziger Straße and was built between 1890 and 1893 to the designs of Arnold Güldenpfennig. The church was erected in Romanesque revival style at the instigation of Bishop Bernhard Höting of Osnabrück, then simultaneously officiating as Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic Missions of Germany, then competent for Hamburg's Catholics. [2]

Güldenpfennig followed the design of the double tower front of Bremen Cathedral, as requested by Bishop Höting, probably in reference to St. Ansgar, who was archbishop of the double bishopric Hamburg-Bremen. The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Höting on August 15, 1890. Work was delayed during the summer of 1892 because of an outbreak of cholera. Public life in the city came to a halt, factories remained closed, and all work was stopped at the construction site. It was some ten weeks before work could resume. The new church was consecrated on June 28, 1893. [3]

The interior of the Cathedral St. Marien, Langhaus-2.jpg
The interior of the Cathedral

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References

  1. (de) Metropolitankapitel des Erzbistums Hamburg (Hrsg.): Der St. Marien-Dom Hamburg. Folder Hamburg 2011.
  2. Section "Neubau der St. Marien Kirche" Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , p. 6, on: (en/de) St. Marien-Dom Hamburg Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (website of New St. Mary's Cathedral), retrieved on 21 June 2011.
  3. "Weiter zur Ausstellung, 125 Jahre St. Marien“

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