St.-Petri-Kapelle
The St.-Petri-Kapelle stands in Hanover's Südstadt district, a Lutheran church that belongs to the St. Petri community. The congregation dates back to the late nineteenth century, and it still gathers here. The building is wheelchair accessible, and it welcomes visitors and members alike.
A first chapel went up in the Krausenstraße in the late 1870s. A second followed on the Weinstraße early in the twentieth century. In October 1943 a heavy air raid devastated Hanover. The war scattered many members of the congregation, and the community rebuilt its life only gradually. The chapel grew into the St. Petri Church in the early 1950s. Later decades brought more renovations, including a new organ in the early 1970s.
Today the community belongs to the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church, known as SELK. The church hosts worship together with events and activities for people of all ages. Only one building in its vicinity came through the raid of October 1943 with minimal damage, and it was this one.
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