This is a list of churches in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. There are many famous local churches in and around Hamburg. The St. Michaelis church is a famous Hamburg landmark, St. Nikolai church was the tallest building in the world in the 1870s and remains the second tallest structure in Hamburg.
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NameGerman nameYear LocationImageNotesSt. Peter's Church Hauptkirche St. Petri Petrikirche 1195 1418 (rebuild) 1842 (fire) Mönckebergstraße,Altstadt Gothic-style buildingSt. Catherine's Church Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen 1256 16th century (rebuild) Altstadt St. James's Church Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi 1255 1963 (rebuild) Altstadt St Mary's Church Kirchengemeinde St. Marien 1960 Fuhlsbüttel St. Matthew's Church Matthäuskirche 1919 St. Michaelis Church Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis Michel 1647 1750 (fire) Neustadt St. Nikolai Hauptkirche St. Nikolai 1874 1943 (fire) Altstadt world's tallest building from 1874 to 1876. ruins since 1940s Sankt Nikolai 1951 Harvestehude Replaced old St. Nikolai Thomaskirche Hausbruch Auferstehungskirche Lohbruegge Tonndorfer Kirche Tonndorf Herz Jesu Kirche Hamm Sankt Erich Kirche Rothenburgsort Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Bahrenfeld Kirche der Stille Altona Martinskirche Rahlstedt Church of Saint John of Kronstadt Kirche des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt, formerly Gnadenkirche St. Pauli Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt,Russian Orthodox church, former Lutheran church St. Maria Magdalena Kirche Moorburg St. Nicolai Altengamme Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop Russian Orthodox church Neuer Mariendom, former Pfarrkirche St. Marien St. Georg <li> Construction date or first mentioned on record., secondary dates are major events including fires and reconstruction but not additions. <li> Borough or quarter of current political location.
See also List of museums and cultural institutions in Hamburg List of castles in Hamburg
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