Domkirche St. Marien ( en, St. Mary's Cathedral) is a

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in Sankt Georg,

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, and the metropolitan cathedral of the

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(as of 1995). It was the first new Roman Catholic church built in Hamburg since the

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History

The cathedral stands in Danziger Straße and was built between 1890 and 1893 to the designs of Arnold Güldenpfennig. The church was erected in

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at the instigation of Bishop Bernhard Höting of

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, then simultaneously officiating as

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of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic Missions of Germany, then competent for Hamburg's Catholics. Güldenpfennig followed the design of the double tower front of

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, as requested by Bishop Höting, probably in reference to St. Ansgar, who was archbishop of the double bishopric Hamburg-Bremen. The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Höting on August 15, 1890. Work was delayed during the summer of 1892 because of an outbreak of cholera. Public life in the city came to a halt, factories remained closed, and all work was stopped at the construction site. It was some ten weeks before work could resume. The new church was consecrated on June 28, 1893."Weiter zur Ausstellung, 125 Jahre St. Marien“
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The cathedral's official websiteDomgemeinde HamburgSt. Marien, information and photographs, at St. Georg Informationen
{{Authority control Hamburg Mary's Cathedral, New St. Mary's Cathedral, New St Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Roman Catholic churches completed in 1893 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Germany

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