St. Johannes, Lutheran church in Kücknitz, Germany

St. Johannes is a Lutheran church building in Kücknitz that stands out for its solid tower, round-arched portal, and outdoor staircase leading from the church square to the main entrance. The structure features contemporary interior fittings, including a bronze baptismal font from Oehlschlaeger Metalworks and expressive glass artwork.

Plans for a Protestant church in Kücknitz followed the founding of the Herrenwyk ironworks. Architect Carl Mühlenpfordt designed St. Johannes in Heimatschutz style; the foundation stone was laid on 26 November 1909 and the church was consecrated on 27 November 1910, the first Sunday of Advent. In 1955/1956 the nave was extended by seven metres, adding three round-arched windows on the south side and a sacristy beneath the extended gallery.

The church is dedicated to John the Evangelist, not John the Baptist, and its name day ties it to the Gospel of John. Below the south wall window hangs a cycle on the Gospel of John painted in 1988 by Uwe Beckmann. Since 1984 an iron sculpture of a smelter nicknamed "Der heilige Eisenius" has stood inside, a nod to the Herrenwyk ironworks that prompted the church's founding.

Access is via an outdoor staircase from the adjacent church square, which makes the transition between outside and inside clearly marked. Visitors should note that interior lighting is shaped by the modern round-arched windows, which affects how the artworks are experienced.

The newest bell in the tower was cast in December 2006 by the Bachert foundry in Karlsruhe and sounds the note e1. With the Dominica bell (cis2) and the 1950 Evangelica bell (a1), the three bells ring together in the sequence e1–a1–cis2.