Georgenkirche Waren, Medieval church in Waren (Müritz), Germany.
Georgenkirche is a brick Gothic church featuring pointed arch windows, towering walls, and a sturdy quadratic western tower built in the early 1400s. The interior is defined by a large organ with 22 registers that shapes the acoustic character of the space.
Construction began around 1300, replacing an earlier wooden church first recorded in 1273. The western tower was added roughly a century later and has defined the building's appearance ever since.
Locals call the church "De Oll Kerk" (Low German for "Old Church"). The parish of St. Georgen reports about 1,600 members and belongs to the Propstei Neustrelitz within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. The 1867 neo-Gothic refit gave the interior its altar, pulpit and double gallery.
The organ restoration by Kristian Wegscheider of Dresden ran from September 2023 to October 2024, so the instrument is back in use. The church stands in the historic centre of Waren (Müritz), a short walk from the town harbour on the Müritz. Check the parish's current service times before visiting.
The smallest of the four bells dates from 1925 and weighs 500 kg; the three larger ones were cast in 2020 and consecrated at Easter 2021, replacing two cast-iron bells from 1960. Their predecessors from 1925 had been melted down in the Second World War, and the 1925 set itself replaced bells removed in the First World War.
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