Dorfkirche Bohnsdorf, Baroque church in Bohnsdorf, Germany.
Dorfkirche Bohnsdorf is a baroque church with pale yellow walls and a steep red tiled roof. A square tower rises from the left side of the roof, topped by a dark pointed spire with a cross. The tower was added in 1888 at the northeast corner, outside the building's long axis, and its current spire replaced a copper-clad neo-baroque cupola in 1937/38. The church stands on the village green among houses and trees.
A wooden church stood here by 1450; it was replaced by a stone church built from 1755 and consecrated in 1757 to a design by royal building officer Johann Friedrich Lehmann, supervised by master mason Abraham Lehmann of Spandau. The parish paid 1,897 Reichstaler, 14 Groschen and 6 Pfennige, and villagers had to help with the construction. The west tower, 25.1 m high and slate-covered, was rebuilt in 1888 at the north-east corner, when a polygonal choir was also added at the east gable.
The church carries the village name and serves as the gathering place for the local evangelical community's worship life. Its interior displays memorials that connect residents to shared history and collective memory.
The location sits on the edge of Berlin and is accessible by public transport. The building is open for worship services but checking ahead for visiting hours is wise since times can vary with local events.
The tower stands at the north-east corner, deliberately off the building's long axis: a farmstead had grown so close to the church that the new tower of 1888 could not be placed centrally. Its baroque copper cupola was replaced in 1937/1938 by the simpler slate-covered spire seen today.
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