Dorfkirche Kladow, Evangelical village church in Kladow, Germany.
Dorfkirche Kladow is an evangelical church constructed with rectangular hall design using split field stones as its primary material. The tower features a baroque-style roof covered in slate shingles.
The first late Gothic fieldstone church on this site burned down in 1808; war-related hardship in Prussia delayed rebuilding until 1818, when the new church rose on the old perimeter walls. The 1819 tower received a curved baroque-style hood. In 1952–1953 Artur Reck remodelled the interior, added a square choir and removed the galleries; the church was restored in 2007.
The village church's name recalls Kladow's medieval parish, whose patronage the Benedictine nunnery of Spandau held until the Reformation; after the monastery dissolved in 1558, the right passed to the Spandau office. Inside, the 15th-century silver-gilt communion chalice, restored in 1520, and a brass baptismal bowl from the late 17th century survive from earlier furnishings.
The church stands at the edge of the old village core of Kladow, in Berlin's Spandau district. The surrounding lanes and the nearby Havel riverbank are best explored on foot; the site is a stop on routes through the historic village centre. Visitors should check locally for opening times, as the building is not permanently staffed.
Inside, a classical organ from 1865 crafted by builder Carl Ludwig Gesell still occupies its original place. The church also preserves a golden chalice from the 15th century and a historic bronze baptismal bowl.
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