The church, especially its wooden bell tower, was damaged or completely destroyed by fire several times: in 1373 in the Lüneburg War of Succession, in 1519 in the Hildesheim Abbey Feud, in 1640 in the Thirty Years' War and in 1808 in the great Bodenteich fire. After this devastating fire, a wooden bell tower was rebuilt in 1817. The spot's current landmark was created in 1894. The bell tower measures eight meters at the foundations and reaches a height of 52 meters. It was designed by the architect Werner Söchtig from Hildesheim. After storm damage, it received a new crown with a pommel and cross in 1970.

The old St. Peter's Church, which was badly damaged in the great fire of 1808, was demolished in 1833. By 1836, the current building was built in the classicist style based on the design of the royal British-Hanoverian consistory master builder Hellner with a base made of carved field stones, brick masonry and sandstone components. It is 29 m long and 18 m wide; the side walls are almost 9 m high, the gable walls almost 17 m high. The round-arched windows, the coffered barrel vault, the 22 wooden columns with Doric capitals under galleries and ceilings, the two sandstone columns with Ionic capitals in the choir window and the four wooden columns with Corinthian capitals on the altar wall, as well as the sandstone pillars and half-pillars in the east are typically classicist. and western part of the church, which do not all have capitals. Today's St. Peter's Church was inaugurated on November 6, 1836.

Source:
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Sachsen Onkel

April 8, 2017

The church was built in 1836 in the classical style.

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DakenH

September 18, 2023

Parish Church of St. Petri - BICYCLE CHURCH

The St. Petri Church has been designated as a bicycle church since 2015. There is a rest area for BICYCLE TRAVELERS right next to the church. Of course, there is also information about the building for all interested visitors.

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