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Sophienhof Chapel

Sophienhof Chapel

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Sophienhof Chapel

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Location: Schellhorn, Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Hörn Waterfront (Kiel) – Hörn Bridge (Hörnbrücke) loop from Kiel Hauptbahnhof

69.5km

04:16

400m

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2. View of Plön Castle – Sophienhof Chapel loop from Preetz

28.1km

01:43

180m

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3. View of the Schwentine River – Langenrade Windmill Sventana loop from Ascheberg (Holstein)

33.3km

02:01

220m

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Rüdiger M

January 4, 2025

The chapel was built in 1873 in the Byzantine round-arch style, as is common in the Russian Orthodox Church. The Lübeck merchant Nikolaus Johanssen, owner of the Sophienhof estate, had the chapel built by the Riga architect Heinrich Carl Scheel (1829-1909) - based on the model of the Russian churches in the Baltic States that he knew from trade relations. The Russian church in Baden-Baden also served as a model.

The entrance area of the chapel consists of a vestibule with three open arcade arches, above which the inscriptions "Glory to God in the highest" and "For the wanderer to contemplate" are written. The central building is designed as a cloverleaf choir, over which a dome was built. In the middle of the choir stands a baptismal angel on a marble base, which was created for the chapel by Eduard Lürssen.

In 1962 the chapel became the property of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Preetz

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Rüdiger M

October 28, 2024

The chapel has belonged to the Preetz parish since 1962. Family coat of arms and the bridal couple Ludwig Nikolaus Johanssen and his wife Johanna, née Voget.

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Rüdiger M

March 14, 2025

In 1962, the chapel became the property of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Preetz, which, like the Kiel Mennonites, uses the chapel for services approximately once a month. Below the chapel, on the opposite slope, is the Johanssen family mausoleum, later built by the son of the architect Scheele.

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Location: Schellhorn, Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Sophienhof Chapel

1. Hörn Waterfront (Kiel) – Hörn Bridge (Hörnbrücke) loop from Kiel Hauptbahnhof

2. View of Plön Castle – Sophienhof Chapel loop from Preetz

3. View of the Schwentine River – Langenrade Windmill Sventana loop from Ascheberg (Holstein)

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