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20-473: Hauptkirche (German for "Main Church") may refer to five churches in the city of Hamburg: St. Michael's Church, Hamburg St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg St. Peter's Church, Hamburg St. James' Church, Hamburg St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

40-441: A Marcussen organ and a large Steinmeyer organ with its 85 registers, 5 manuals and 6674 pipes. On 9 October 2008, St. Michael's received a new crypt organ, named after Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . The pulpit is in the center of the building which was crafted out of marble by sculptor Otto Lessing from Dresden in 1910. It was designed to look like a rounded chalice and features a magnificent staircase. The large pulpit roof

60-430: A wide sound spectrum . Their activity encompasses all the professional organ building skills; they have a drawing office, machine and joiners workshops, workshops for the manufacture of wood and reed pipes, a metal pipe workshop with casting shop, a smith 's shop and a staff of voicers. This allows them to manufacture all the component parts in their own workshops according to their own quality standards , from

80-591: Is a Danish firm of pipe organ builders. They were one of the first firms to go back to classical organ-building techniques, and have been producing mechanical-action organs since 1930. Aside from their many instruments in Denmark, they have built organs in northern Germany, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Great Britain, South Africa, Japan, and the United States. Jürgen Marcussen (1781–1860) founded

100-480: Is a prominent feature of Hamburg's skyline and has always been a landfall mark for ships sailing up the river Elbe . The present church building is the third one at this site. The first one was built from 1647 to 1669. It became the church of the new town (Neustadt) , which was created in 1625 inside the new city walls, and which grew steadily since. In 1687, the Michel became the fifth chapter church (Hauptkirche), as

120-529: Is a significant feature of the city skyline and was a navigation aid for ships sailing on the river Elbe. The clock features an 106 m (348 ft) observation level which allows a panoramic view of the city and harbour. The clock tower features four 8 m (26 ft) clock faces and are the largest clock faces in Germany. The minute hands are 4.91 m (16.1 ft) and the hour hands are 3.65 m (12.0 ft). The church has five organs including

140-512: Is crowned by the Angel of Annunciation . Made from white marble, the baptismal font was crafted in Livorno in 1763 and donated by Hamburg merchants who lived there at that time. The baptismal font is reminiscent of a seashell and supported by three baptism angels. The altar is 20 meters tall and was built from costly marble in 1910. The altar features three sections illustrating key scenes from

160-575: The 20th century: after catching fire in 1906 during construction work and after the bombings of 1944 and 1945. After the 1906 fire, the photos of Wilhelm Weimar were used to help recreate the church. Since 1983, renovation is ongoing: first the spire and then the roof. Offering 2,500 seats, the Michel is the largest church in Hamburg. The church has a Latin cross plan with 44 m width, 52 m length and 27 m height. The 132 m (433 ft) clock tower

180-403: The astronomer Johann Benzenberg attempted to confirm Earth's rotation by dropping metal balls inside the church tower and measuring their eastward deviation from the vertical. The composer and pianist Johannes Brahms was baptized on May 26, 1833 in this church and confirmed at the age of fifteen by Pastor von Ahlsen, who had married Brahms's parents. The church was reconstructed twice in

200-454: The church crypt , there are 2,425 people interred, including the composers Johann Mattheson and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . The grave chambers were deeply excavated to hold four coffins stacked vertically. During the French occupation of Hamburg in 1813, burials were banned within the city and therefore also in the crypt. In 2004, some of the graves were opened and documented by scientists. In

220-661: The crypt, the carts were used to transport the coffins. During the Second World War, the crypt was used as a shelter. In early 2000, the crypt was renovated and is now used for church services and concerts. The church is the seat of one of the three bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . Marcussen %26 S%C3%B8n Marcussen & Søn , also known as Marcussen and previously as Marcussen & Reuter ,

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240-419: The instruments of Gottfried Silbermann and Arp Schnitger . The guiding figure behind the change was Sybrand Zachariassen (1900–1960), who took over management of the firm in 1922 at the age of 21. Within a few decades, Marcussen organs began to gain an international reputation, particularly as fine models of the mechanical organ , which again became the preeminent basis of European organ-building practice in

260-601: The life of Jesus Christ . The central image portrays the Resurrection of Jesus and, below it, a relief depicts the Last Supper . Above the central image, there is a large crucifix . Located at the very top, the altar crown takes the form of a dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit and is surrounded by a radiant circle. To the right and left of the radiant circle, two angels are kneeling and bowing their heads. In

280-413: The new town (Neustadt) became a parish. That church was destroyed on March 10, 1750, by a lightning strike . The original church has been replicated and built in 9 different cities around the world. In 1786, a new construction following the design of Johann Leonhard Prey  [ de ] and Ernst Georg Sonnin  [ de ] was completed. This is the church as we know it today. In 1802,

300-469: The oldest dating from 1820. Johannes Lassen Zachariassen (1864–1922), a grandson of the founder's daughter, took over the firm from 1902 to 1922. The firm's work was still based at this stage on the Baroque organ-building tradition, but from about 1900, in common with nearly all other organ-builders, they began making use of pneumatics , electricity , and other innovations popular at the time, typified by

320-473: The organ-building company in 1806. They used the name Marcussen & Reuter from 1826 to 1848, when the name became Marcussen & Søn after the founder's son, Jürgen Andreas Marcussen, joined the firm. The company has been based in a house in the small town of Åbenrå , in southern Jutland , since 1830. Several organs built in Scandinavia and North Germany in their first decades are still in use today,

340-604: The organs of Cavaillé-Coll . This new development did not last long. Following a 1925 organ conference in Hamburg and Lübeck , Marcussen was one of the first builders of the Organ Reform Movement , returning to the sonic, structural, and technical principles of the North-European Baroque organ , employing ultra-low wind pressures and high-pitched, vertical principal choruses characteristic of

360-434: The process, they found some less well-preserved coffins and several intact coffins containing skeletal remains and well-preserved garments and textile upholstery. In the 18th and 19th centuries, wealthy families in Hamburg, fraternities, government offices and those with the benefit of burial funds acquired graves here. Well-preserved coffin carts can still be found in the crypt today. In the days when people were still buried in

380-819: The second half of the twentieth century. Sybrand Jürgen Zachariassen (born in Flensburg , 22 Oct 1931) became director in 1960. In 1994/1995 the firm became a family-owned limited company , when Claudia Zachariassen (born 26 May 1969 in Sønderborg , the 7th generation of the Marcussen/Zachariassen family) joined the firm; she became president in 2002. Marcussen builds pipe organs for churches and concert halls, and restores notable historical organs. Their new organs are based on classical organ-building traditions, with reliable slider windchests , simple mechanical "tracker" action with precise function, and

400-575: The title Hauptkirche . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hauptkirche&oldid=754961260 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages St. Michael%27s Church, Hamburg The 132-metre high Baroque spire totally covered with copper

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