Hamburg No. 3 / Hammaburg
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2014)
Results: 8 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: 1830 engraving by the Suhr brothers [Die Gebrüder Suhr: Christoffer, Peter, Cornelius] in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StJacobiHamburg1830.jpg [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the image with the crutches represents Jakobikirche; surrounded by the other four Hauptkirchen of Hamburg -- Image caption: ""Peter, Nicolaus, Catharina und Michael wundern sich, daß der Bruder Jacob bei hohem Alter und schwachen Füßen noch eine so schwere und bunte Mütze tragen will.""
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Image Source: 1825-1827 caricature Erwähnt in Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums Jahrgang 1911, S. 13 unter Kupferstichkabinett. Geschenke: "Lübeck. Prof. Th. Hach. 1. Spottblatt auf die Restauration einer Kirche: "Der alte Jacob mit der neuen Mütze"; auf den Krücken die Jahreszahlen 1738 und 1740" [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacobiturm_1825_Karikatur_001.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Ullrich, Threedots, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2005 by Daniel Ullrich, Threedots [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-Jacobi-Kirche_HH.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: 'Trinitatisaltar' -- 1518
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © An-d, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 October 2012 by An-d [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Jakobi_Hamburg_Trinitatisaltar-2.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: 'Lucasaltar' by Hinrik Bornemann († 1499)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bullenwächter, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by Bullenwächter [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StJacobi_Hamburg_Lucasaltar.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: 1508; located in the baptismal chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © An-d, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 October 2012 by An-d [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Jakobi_Hamburg_Petrialtar.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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view of 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 30 June 2014)
view of font, cover and canopy
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © An-d, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 October 2012 by An-d [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Jakobi_Hamburg_Südwand_der_Taufkapelle.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 5 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19328HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi / Jakobikirche
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Jakobikirchhof 22, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hamburg, Hamburg
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, on Steinstraße, behind Mönckebergstraße
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hamburg-Bremen
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Early Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this modern font
Church Notes: small extramural chapel dedicated to St. James existed by 1255; expanded 1260; enlarged 1350-1400; damaged in Allied bombings in 1944;
Font Notes:
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The present font, of reddish marble, is probably 18th-century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original mid-13th century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.550278, 10.000556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 33′ 1″ N, 10° 0′ 2″ E
UTM: 32U 566290 5933953