List of churches in Hamburg
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This is a list of churches in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 state of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

. There are many famous as well as local Churches in and around Hamburg. The St. Nikolai church was the tallest building in the world in 1870s and remains the second tallest structure in Hamburg; several other very tall church steeples are also in the city.


Legend

Name German name Year Location Image Notes
St. Peter's Church  Hauptkirche St. Petri
Petrikirche
1195
1418 (rebuild)
1842 (fire)
Mönckebergstrasse Gothic-style building
St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg
St. Catherine's Church is one of the five principal Lutheran churches of Hamburg, Germany. The base of its spire, dating from the 13th century, is the oldest building preserved in the city; after the lighthouse on Neuwerk island...

 
Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen 1256
16th century (rebuild)
St. James's Church
St. Jacobi, Hamburg
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. It is dedicated to St James the Greater and often incorrectly known in English...

 
Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi 1255
1963 (rebuild)
St Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church, Fuhlsbüttel, Hamburg
St. Mary's Church is a Lutheran church in the Fuhlsbüttel quarter of Hamburg. It was designed by local architects Bernhard Hopp and Rudolf Jäger....

 
Kirchengemeinde St. Marien 1960 Fuhlsbüttel
Fuhlsbüttel
Fuhlsbüttel is an urban quarter in the north of Hamburg, Germany in the district Hamburg-Nord. It is known as the site of Hamburg's international airport, and as the location of a prison which served as a concentration camp in the Nazi system of repression....

 
St. Matthew's Church
St. Matthew's Church, Hamburg
St. Matthew's Church in Winterhude, Hamburg, is a brick Lutheran church built from 1910 to 1912 in the baroque style.The church is adorned with the colorful windows of Charles Crodel, who also made the stained-glass windows for the main church of St. James's and for St. Mary's Church in...

 
Matthäuskirche 1919
St. Michaelis Church  Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis
Michel
1647
1750 (fire)
Neustadt
St. Nikolai
St. Nikolai, Hamburg
The Gothic Revival Church of St. Nicholas was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg. It is now in ruins, serving as a memorial and an important architectural landmark. When Hamburg residents mention the Nikolaikirche, it is generally to this church that they are...

 
Hauptkirche St. Nikolai 1874
1943 (fire)
world's tallest building from 1874 to 1876.
ruins since 1940s
Sankt Nikolai 1951 Harvestehude  Replaced old St. Nikolai
Thomaskirche
Auferstehungskirche Lohbruegge 
Tonndorfer Kirche Tonndorf 
Herz Jesu Kirche Hamm
Sankt Erich Kirche Rothenburgsort
Rothenburgsort
Rothenburgsort is a quarter in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2006, the population was 8,660.-Geography:The quarter is situated in the south-east center of Hamburg...

 
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Bahrenfeld
Bahrenfeld
Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough Bezirk Altona and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Color Line Arena. In 2006 the population was 26,434.-History:...

 
Kirche der Stille Altona
Altona, Hamburg
Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...

 
Martinskirche Rahlstedt
Rahlstedt
Rahlstedt is a quarter in the Wandsbek borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2006, the population was 86,413.-History:...

 
Gnadenkirche St. Pauli
St. Pauli
St. Pauli , located in the Hamburg-Mitte borough, is one of the 105 quarters of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the Landungsbrücken are a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world famous red light district around the street Reeperbahn...

 
Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt,
Russian Orthodox church, former Lutheran church
St. Maria Magdalena Kirche
St. Nicolai Altengamme
Altengamme
Altengamme located in the Bergedorf borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany, is a rural quarter on the right bank of the Elbe river. Altengamme is the most eastern part of Hamburg. In 2009 the population was 2,192....

 
Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop Russian Orthodox church
Neuer Mariendom, former Pfarrkirche St. Marien St. Georg
St. Georg, Hamburg
St. Georg is a central quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 10,551.-History:In 1410 the articles 17 and 18 of a contract between the Senate and the citizens were regulating the accommodation of the patients in the hospital St. Georg . This hospital...

 


  1. Construction date or first mentioned on record., secondary dates are major events including fires and reconstruction but not additions.
  2. Borough or quarter
    Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg
    The city of Hamburg in Germany is made up of 7 boroughs and subdivided into 105 quarters . Most of the quarters were former independent settlements...

     of current political location.

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