On the way to Großwolde you notice the ascent to the Geest. That is where the village of Großwolde was relocated from Hammrich in the 12th century. Accordingly, the previous brick church was demolished between 1250 and 1350. So we find this late Romanesque building here, just a stone's throw from the Steenfeld Church.
A squat bell tower is built on the west side. The niches uncovered during renovation work in 1969/1970, which served as storage for Vasa Sacra, as well as a cross with two shepherd and bishop's crooks, date from the pre-Reformation period. In the eastern area there is a hagioscope near the former altar area, which gave lepers a view of the Holy Mass in the Middle Ages. In 1560 the congregation converted to the Reformed Confession.
Today's large windows with slightly flattened round arches were broken into the walls of the nave in the 17th or 18th century. Before the 1969 renovation, there were two windows with pointed soffits in the eastern gable wall.
A bell cast in 1744 comes from the Reformed New Town Church in Gumbinnen, now Russian Gusev (Northeast Prussia), which was destroyed in 1944. She "survived" in the Hamburg bell cemetery.
Not far from the church in Großwolde on the B 70 is the farm shop, which offers a stop for coffee and cake. Otherwise, the church in Steenfelde and the nearby Eierhuske are also recommended, which also offers coffee and sometimes cake in a much more spartan way.