Village Church of Krummensee

The listed Protestant village church Krummensee is one of the oldest stone-built churches in the Barnim region and was built in the 13th century.

Village church in Krummensee, the lake is idyllically right behind

The sacred building was probably built in the 13th century under the influence of the Lehnin monastery. The comparatively carefully executed masonry work of the core structure was probably carried out with the support of the local Cistercians. In the 14./15. In the 19th century the structure was supplemented by a west tower. In 1542 the church patronage was Otto and Albrecht von Krummensee. That year there was a visit at which a chalice was mentioned. The existence of two pewter candlesticks, a chasuble and a missal is recorded from the year 1600. In the middle of the 19th century the parish grew strongly, so that craftsmen added two cross arms to the long sides of the nave in 1866. At the same time, the interior was also redesigned. In 1935 a figure of Moses from the 17th century was brought to the Strausberger Heimatmuseum. It can no longer be found after the end of the Second World War. In 1942, as part of a metal donation by the German people, the parish had to hand over the two smaller of the three medieval bells with a diameter of 70 and 74 cm. A restoration took place between 1996 and 1998, during which a stencil painting was exposed in the cross arms.Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Krummensee_(Werneuchen)p.s. Komoot does not include the ")" in the link, it still has to be inserted manually.