Hamburg No. 5 / Hammaburg
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Magnus Manske, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 October 2003 by Magnus Manske [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Katharinen_Hamburg_(1).jpg] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - southeast end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2013 by Cherubino [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hauptkirche_Sankt_Katharinen_(Hamburg).JPG] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Nicolaifleet in der Hamburger Neustadt mit Reimersbrücke und Katharinenkirche im Jahr 1863"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: 1863 B&W photograph in the Bildindex der Kunst und Arkitektur [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg_Fleet_mit_Reimersbrücke_und_Katharinenkirche_1863.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19330HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Hauptkirche St. Katharinen / St. Katharinenkirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Katharinenkirchhof 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany -- Tel.: 040 33 62 75 / 040 30 37 47 30
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hamburg, Hamburg
Directions to Site: Located on a small island, south of the
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hamburg-Bremen
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: earliest documentation for this church in 1256; re-built 15thC; heavily damaged in bombings in 1943; restored 1950-1957
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, made of copper by Hans Kock. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the original mid-13th century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.545833, 9.994167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 32′ 45″ N, 9° 59′ 39″ E
UTM: 32U 565873 5933452