The landmark of the municipality of Salzhausen and the combined municipality of Salzhausen is the St. Johannis Church, which can also be found in the coats of arms of the two municipalities. However, the area of the former parish was significantly larger than it is today. The independence of Amelinghausen (around 1000), Raven (1217), Kirchgellersen (1314), Hanstedt (1371) and Egestorf (1419) bear witness to the size of the original parish. The St. Johannis Church has the typical appearance of a heathland church with its high boulder walls and the attached natural stone tower. The tower, which was added later, dates from 1464. The half-timbered gables lined with bricks date from the 17th century. The bronze baptismal font from 1403 is also worth seeing.

Nearly 100,000 dead from more than a millennium rest around the church, just as people used to “live in a row” in the village. The new cemetery (approx. 1km to the west) was built in 1908.

The Gohgericht met “under the large linden tree in front of the church door of Soltzenhusen” until 1570. Meetings were held every 18 weeks to “find law” according to rules passed down orally. Each court day ended with a hearty court feast, at which a third of the fines were consumed.

The parish with over 6,000 members today includes the towns of Salzhausen with Luhmühlen, Oelstorf and Putensen, Eyendorf, Garlstorf, Garstedt, Gödenstorf with Lübberstedt, Toppenstedt and Vierhöfen.
Source: salzhausen.de/portal/seiten/kirchen-in-der-samtgemeinde-salzhausen-9000024-20190.html

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Kathrin unterwegs

October 23, 2020

The Protestant St. John's Church is a listed church building in Salzhausen, a municipality in the Harburg district (Lower Saxony). With its high walls made of boulders, it is a typical heather church. The parish belongs to the Winsen parish in the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover.

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