Auferstehungskirche, Lutheran church in Barmbek-Nord, Germany

Auferstehungskirche is a church building in Hamburg-Nord distinguished by its concrete structure with brick cladding and circular form. The structure features two domes, with the outer dome housing the bells that ring from this elevated position.

In June 1913 the plot at Tieloh and Hellbrookstraße was made available, and a jury including Wilhelm Emil Meerwein chose the design of the then 33-year-old architect Camillo Günther, based on the Wiesbaden Programme. The first instalment of 100,000 Mark was refused in 1913 and 1914; only in September 1915 did the synod approve 205,000 Mark, and the military commission deferred Günther's call-up. The foundation stone was laid on 23 January 1916 and the church consecrated on 16 May 1920; the adjoining community house followed on 2 December 1927. Barmbek's wartime destruction left the church undamaged, while the community house a few metres away was badly hit.

The name refers to the Resurrection; the altar mosaic by Axel Bünz shows the road to Golgotha with three crosses and the Easter sun, echoing the church seal. Below it, a limewood relief of the Last Supper by Richard Kuöhl is flanked by inscriptions. On the altar's right side, a curtained sacristy door faces a text commemorating the dead of two world wars.

The church stands at the corner of Tieloh and Hellbrookstraße in Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord, a few steps from the community hall that was consecrated in 1927. The main portal faces the street crossing; the ceramic reliefs by Richard Kuöhl are above and beside it. The nave holds 400 seats and the gallery 230 more, so the building fills quickly for concerts and services.

The church survived the Second World War without damage, while the parish hall a few metres away was badly hit. A second inscription on the south wall, unveiled in 2008 at the suggestion of Ralph Giordano after his visit, widens the circle of those commemorated beyond the war dead named at the altar.