Frohbotschaftskirche, Modern brick church in Dulsberg, Germany
Frohbotschaftskirche is a Lutheran church at Straßburger Platz in Hamburg-Dulsberg, built 1935–37 by Friedrich Dyrssen and Peter Averhoff. The red-brick nave has a red tile roof and tall windows in white frames; the square tower carries louvered openings, a round clock face and a green copper spire. Inside, pale white walls and a ribbed vaulted ceiling frame a dark wooden cross above a simple altar, with a wooden pulpit and three paintings behind it.
The building was constructed between 1935 and 1937 as a modern brick church. Following severe damage from bombing in 1943, it was rebuilt in 1953 to restore its original appearance.
The name reflects a Lutheran tradition centered on joyful message and faith. Inside, visitors encounter artworks spanning different periods of the building's life, experienced during worship services and community gatherings.
The building sits at Straßburger Platz in the Dulsberg neighborhood and is accessible by public transportation. Visitors can explore the spaces during regular worship services and community events held throughout the week.
Only one of the four bells cast between 1935 and 1937 by Franz Schilling Söhne in Apolda survives; the three larger ones were removed during the Second World War. In 1958 Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling of Heidelberg cast three replacements, and the surviving bell was worked into the new peal. After the 2018–19 restoration the bells hang on straight wooden yokes with counterweight clappers, so all of them may ring again.
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