Parish church Weißensee, Parish church in Pankow, Germany
The Pfarrkirche Weißensee is a late-medieval brick church with a fieldstone west tower, a transept added in 1899–1900, and a polygonal choir. Its white-vaulted interior has red brick ribs, three stained-glass windows by Gerhard Olbrich from the mid-1950s, and a Sauer organ installed in 1978.
A wooden church existed shortly after 1230; the irregular fieldstone west tower was added in the 14th century. In the second half of the 15th century the wooden nave was replaced by a brick one, and the church became Protestant in 1539. After damage in the Thirty Years' War it was restored in 1664; a neo-Gothic brick tower followed in 1822–1833, a polygonal choir in 1863, and a transept by Theodor Prüfer in 1899–1900. Bombing in August 1943 left only the outer walls, and Herbert Erbs directed the 1948/49 rebuild.
The village church became Protestant in 1539, and the parish still holds services, baptisms, confirmations and weddings. A cantorei of 25 to 30 singers under cantor Thomas Lanz, a brass choir and youth events belong to the congregation, and concerts take place once or twice a month.
The church sits at Berliner Allee and is easy to reach on foot, with visitor parking nearby. Plan your visit around regular opening hours, as the building may have restricted access during religious services.
The three bells in the tower ring in the sequence a' – h' – d". The two outer bells are cast-iron Schilling & Lattermann bells from 1962; the middle one is a bronze bell from 1723 that survived both world wars. The large and small bells hang on cranked yokes with counterweight clappers, the middle bell on a straight yoke.
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