A small, plastered hall building from the 16th century with a recessed north-east corner. The walls of the hall are made of various building materials, and the gables are half-timbered from 1672. The church tower on the west side consists of a field-stone foundation made during construction and a superstructure, also built in 1672, with a timbered, sloping upper storey with a slate pointed cupola, which could come from another church. The windows of the auditorium on the east side are sectional arched windows with stepped eaves and corner rustication, on the north side there are pointed arched windows in niches and rectangular windows also with eaves. The cemetery is surrounded by a wall of stone without mortar. The church was in danger of falling into disrepair, and in 1996 it was in danger of collapsing. In the meantime, the church has been completely restored with private donations and with the help of the State Monument Conservation and the German Foundation for the Preservation of Monuments, so that a rededication could take place in 2000. Today, the Church is a popular excursion destination for special services in the parish of Zerrenthin.
Inside, there is a flat ceiling with biblical ornaments and motifs, probably made in 1905 by Erich Kistenmacher from Berlin. The small, colorful, Renaissance-style altar from the 17th century probably consists of the remains of a larger altar and depicts a relief of the Last Supper between the two columns and Christ as at the top. The altar cage, on the other hand, comes from the nineteenth century, as well as the pews and gallery, and the pulpit with a back wall and a soundproofing screen was probably built around 1800. The carved figure of John the Baptist, also found in the church, dates from the first half of the 16th century and was probably part of another altar, but was a study window depicting the Crucifixion, made after 1690. Several funerary consoles are from the 18th and 19th centuries. The church in Wetzen also has a wooden epitaph for Beate Louise Krumbach (1808-1822) with carved acanthus cheeks and a canopy.
The organ with a neo-Gothic casing was built in 1905 by Barnim Grüneberg from Szczecin. The only existing bell on the church tower was cast in 1840, according to other sources, in 1880 by Carl Voß from Szczecin
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