St. Mary's Church, Fuhlsbüttel, Lutheran church in Fuhlsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany.
St. Mary's Church (St. Marien) is a Lutheran church at the corner of Maienweg and Am Hasenberge in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf, near the western bank of the Alster. Built 1958–1960 by Bernhard Hopp and Rudolf Jäger, it is a reinforced concrete structure clad almost entirely in yellow clinker brick. A 47-metre tower with copper roofs stands beside the nave, and the interior, seating 600, has a parabolic plan focusing on the altar.
St. Marien was built between 1958 and 1960 to designs by Bernhard Hopp and Rudolf Jäger and consecrated on 14 February 1960. It lies on a corner plot at Maienweg and Am Hasenberge, near the western bank of the Alster, in an area historically belonging to Fuhlsbüttel. The reinforced-concrete structure is almost entirely faced with yellow clinker brick.
The twelve small windows in the choir wall were made by Charles Crodel, who also created windows for St. James's and St. Matthew's in Winterhude. The altar crucifix and altar candlesticks are designs by Jürgen Weber from around 1960. One pulpit relief by Schröder depicts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with a clear parallel to the 1943 Hamburg firestorm.
The building is located at Am Hasenberge 44 and is accessible on foot via regular pathways. Visitors are advised to use public transport, as parking space at the site is limited.
The 47-metre tower with its copper roofs stands out from the closely grouped nave and parish buildings. The interior holds 600 people and follows a parabolic plan narrowing toward the altar, lit by a band under the ceiling that is wider at the entrance wall than along the sides.
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