St. Secundus-Kirche, Heritage church in Hennstedt, Germany
St. Secundus Church is a church building featuring late Romanesque fieldstone walls with a Gothic choir section added around 1470. A barrel vault was installed inside in 1863 to improve the acoustic quality of the space.
The parish was first documented in 1281 through a contract between Hamburg and Dithmarschen that separated it from the older Tellingstedt parish established in 1140. This boundary agreement shaped the local church structure for centuries to come.
Inside, you can see Baroque furnishings including a 1651 pulpit carved by Henning Claussen and a baptismal font decorated with relief carvings by Hans Pahl that give the church its character.
The building sits at the highest point of the Geest landscape in Hennstedt, making it easy to spot from the village. The grounds are accessible from the road and are open for visitors to explore the structure and surroundings.
Inside is a replica of a 1667 Reformation tapestry that tells the story of salvation through scenes from the life of Jesus. This textile artwork is a rare example of religious visual storytelling from that era.
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