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St. Johannis Church Neukirchen

St. Johannis Church Neukirchen

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St. Johannis Church Neukirchen

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Location: Malente, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. St. Johannis Church Neukirchen – Neukirchener Lake loop from Neukirchen

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2. Neukirchener Lake – St. Johannis Church Neukirchen loop from Neukirchen

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3. St. Johannis Church Neukirchen – Rantzau Stein Glacial Erratic loop from Neukirchen

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Merlinje

July 28, 2020

The St. Johannis Church in Neukirchen dates from the 12th century and is one of the oldest churches in Schleswig-Holstein. It features a 17th century wooden pulpit that was built during the Thirty Years' War. The church includes a pastorate, a pastorate barn with a thatched roof and a pastorate garden with a stork's nest. These can be viewed from the access road, but are not open to the public.

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SamTex69

July 11, 2021

The founding of the church is closely related to the settlement of German farmers by Adolf II von Schauenburg (around 1140). “Still under Heinrich d. Löwen (1129-95) a church was built right in the middle of the Utine-Plune-Luitkenborg triangle, in a village given to the bishop, which received and kept the name 'nova ecclesia', new church ”. The exact year of foundation has not been determined, even if the church celebrated the 850th anniversary of the church in 2010, which would suggest a foundation in 1160.

The building plan was designed by the church builder Canon Volchart from Flanders at the same time as the plans for the churches in Bosau, Ratekau and Süsel at the time of Bishop Vicelin. Like these churches, the St. Johannis Church in Neukirchen, which is consecrated to John the Baptist, is also known as the Vicelinkirche, even if all these churches were only built at the time of his successor Gerold. However, if you look at the dates of the inaugurations of the other Vicelinkirchen (Bosau 1152, Ratekau 1156, Süsel 1158), construction is likely to begin before 1160.

The church is a Romanesque stone building made of meter-thick rock walls. The 40 m high round tower with its cone helmet greets you far into the country. The settlers did the manual and tensioning services for the construction of the church in Neukirchen. But also the inhabitants of the neighboring Slavic estates, whether Christian or pagan, had to help. The field stones for the construction of the church were gathered from all sides, but there were also plenty of them: in the last ice age, these were pushed with huge glaciers from Norway and Sweden to northern Germany. And so the stones always “grow back” because the frost pushes them upwards. The lime that was poured between the stones comes from the nearby Segeberger Kalkberg and is actually gypsum.
More: roundtowerchurches.net/de/deutschland-germany/neukirchen-2

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Michael wandert 🏠

October 20, 2021

a really old brick church. It was built from field stones in the 12th century. Beautiful - inside and out. Simple and not presumptuous. I particularly liked the small apse and the angel in it.

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1. St. Johannis Church Neukirchen – Neukirchener Lake loop from Neukirchen

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