Hamburg No. 2 / Hammaburg
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 June 2014)
Results: 10 records
view of church exterior
Scene Description: after the lightning stike of 1750 -- Image caption: "Die Kirche St. Michaelis in Hamburg, niedergebrannt nach einem Blitzeinschlag am 10. März 1750"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: after the 1750 damage by lightning [original source unknown] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel1750.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior
Scene Description: the 1906 fire
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: B&W photograph taken during the 1906 fire [original source unknown] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MichaeliskircheBrand.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © flamenc, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2011 by flamenc [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_-_Noord.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - portal - detail
Scene Description: statue by August Vogel above the main portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nils Tubbesing, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2006 by Nils Tubbesing [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erzengel_Michael-Statue_über_dem_Portal_der_St._Michaeliskirche_Hamburg.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 June 2014)
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: viewed from the harbour
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Heidas, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2004 by Heidas [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg-Michaeliskirche-Hafen.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: taken from the corner at Schaarmarkt and Eichholz in late 1949
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Chr. R., 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1949 by Hans Chr. R. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg_1949.JPG] [accessed 5 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Scene Description: the 18thC (?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 June 2014)
view of font cover
Scene Description: of the 18thC (?) font; engraving with names of donors?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 June 2014)
view of font cover
Scene Description: of the 18thC (?) font; engraving with names of donors?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 June 2014)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19326HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis [aka Michel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Englische Planke 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 40 376780
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hamburg, Hamburg
Directions to Site: Located in the city's Neustadt quarter
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hamburg-Bremen
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: original church was mid-17thC, destroyed by lightning in 1750; present church is chiefly late-18thC re-building, with two re-constructions after fire and bombing damage
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church consists on a shell-like basin held up by three putti standing on a triangular base, all very Baroque; probably 18th-century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original mid-1th century church here; it may have been destroyed in 1750]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.548333, 9.978889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 32′ 54″ N, 9° 58′ 44″ E
UTM: 32U 564857 5933717