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Trefoldighetskirken
Akersgaten 60About
In 1849 Hamburg's great city planner Alexis de Chateauneuf won the competition to build a church for the Congregation of the Trinity. He fell ill shortly after, and his work was taken over by Wilhelm von Hanno, he completed it following (and slightly modifying) his predecessor's designs. The building has a cruciform plan, crowned at the centre with a copper-plated dome and a lantern at the apex. The Church of the Trinity was consecrated in 1858 and the entrance staircase was added in 1883. Inside you will find an altarpiece depicting Christ being baptized and a marble baptismal font. The stained-glass windows in the choir were designed by Frøydis Haavardsholm in 1936. In 1956-58 architects Hofflund, Hvoslef and Sælleg restored the Church, removing the interior plaster coating and replaced the asphalt floor with square slates. The church was re-consecrated in 1958.
