Kirche Wollenrade, Historical church in Wollenrade, Germany.
Kirche Wollenrade is a late Romanesque hall church consecrated in 1230, built of irregular fieldstone. Its west cross-tower, with walls 1.80 m thick, rises above the nave and a slightly offset rectangular choir. The tower's upper storey has pointed-arch sound openings with round-arched biforia framed in brick; the south side once held Romanesque portals, walled up in 1737.
The late Romanesque fieldstone church was consecrated in 1230. In 1737 the choir walls and roof were raised, the windows enlarged, and the Romanesque south portals bricked up. Restorations followed around 1960 and in 2002. The west tower's walls are 1.80 m thick.
The church belongs to the parish of Bismark in the Stendal district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. Its 1715 Baroque pulpit, carved with acanthus work and borne by a Moses figure, and the baptismal angel made at the same time, remain in use in worship. Two inscribed gravestones on the churchyard remember Karl Christian Ludwig Benckendorff (died 1831) and Johanne Friederike Benckendorff (died 1845).
The location sits in a quiet village and is easily reached by following the main road, with parking available near the entrance. Visitors should check in advance when services or tours are available.
The tower walls are 1.80 m thick, and the ground floor is covered by a barrel vault rather than the flat ceiling of the nave. In the upper storey, pointed-arch sound openings with round-arched biforia and brick surrounds sit in the fieldstone masonry.
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