Sankt Gabriel
Sankt Gabriel is a church in Hamburg, built from red brick and concrete between 1959 and 1960 under architect K. H. Bargholz. Its pentagonal layout rises beside a concrete skeleton tower on the north side, where a bell chamber sits.
Inside, a wooden ceiling and gallery accommodate 350 people around an irregular hexagonal space. The altar wall and organ meet the outer walls at 45 degrees, while the roof descends almost to ground level at two corners. Four large stained-glass windows by Hanno Edelmann show vivid biblical scenes above a monumental concrete wall behind the altar. Children’s services and a connection with the Taizé community add a continuing community role, and wheelchair access is available.
The baptismal font anchors the unusual interior, with the diagonal line from altar to organ shaping the whole room.
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