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Also worthy of notice is the Ministers' Room, which originally served as a library. Since 1543, it has been the collection room of the Cathedral ministers, and was remodelled in 1710. The ceiling murals, with their civic virtues, show the importance of maintaining parish to the city regiment. They
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St. James' has three medieval altars: the Holy Trinity Altar in the Main Choir (c. 1518, the St. Peter Altar in the first south nave (1508), and the St. Luke Altar in the second south nave (1500) that originally comes from the
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were painted, like the landscape paintings on the wall, by Johann Moritz Riesenberger. Coats of arms on the walls name the pastors, vicars, and jurors who have served the parish since the sixteenth century.
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The 34 pictures in the organ gallery are the works of Otto Wagenfeldt and Joachim Lundt. They were created to portray the Bible in illustrations which everyone could appreciate and understand.
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The second tower, erected in 1826/27 after the previous one had become dilapidated, was destroyed in 1944, along with the rest of the church building, by bombing during
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The history of the church goes back to 1255 when St. James' was a small Roman Catholic chapel located outside the Hamburg
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organ in Northern Europe. From 1989 to 1993, the organ was completely restored, and since its rededication at
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From 1806 to 1813, when Hamburg was occupied by Napoleonic troops, the church was used mainly as stables.
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church. It is located directly in the city centre, has a 125 m tall tower and features a famous organ by
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in the northeast also comes from this time (1438) and is today Hamburg's only example of secular
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of 1693 in the west gallery, with 60 registers and around 4,000 pipes, is the largest
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year viz. Annunciation, Christmas, Passion, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost.
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Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II
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The windows depict in the main important events in the
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Between 1350 and 1400, the chapel was replaced by a
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St. Jacobi, Hamburg

Affiliation
Lutheran
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
St. James' Church, Hamburg is located in Hamburg
St. James' Church, Hamburg is located in Germany
Geographic coordinates
53°33′01″N 10°00′02″E / 53.550278°N 10.000556°E / 53.550278; 10.000556
Style
Gothic
German
Lutheran
Arp Schnitger
St James the Greater
city walls
hall church
naves
St. Peter's
sacristy
gothic
World War II
spire

10th meridian east
Arp Schnitger organ
baroque
Easter
Hamburg Cathedral
Charles Crodel

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