An exact date for the creation of the church is unknown. However, it is certain that at the time of the first written mention of Hankensbüttel in 1051, the place was already the seat of a parish. Therefore, it can be assumed that a date of foundation in the first millennium. The church is dedicated to a young martyr who was beheaded under the Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305). According to their emphasized importance, the construction of the church was very compact. The Romanesque hall building was covered with walls up to two meters thick and originally had only small windows. The squat tower was probably part of the structure from the start. Presumably in the 15th century, the Romanesque was replaced by a Gothic vault, which later pushed the side walls up to 60 cm apart, so they had to be stabilized from the outside with buttresses. The vaulted ceilings are decorated with paintings from the 15th and 18th centuries. The oldest inventory item is a triumphal cross carved from an oak piece, probably made around 1230. The bells, consisting of seven bells, are among the oldest in the region, as a bell was first cast around 1250. Wikipedia