Church in Klaushagen, Village church in Klaushagen, Boitzenburger Land, Germany.
The Church in Klaushagen is a religious building located in Boitzenburger Land within the Uckermark region of Brandenburg and displays features typical of rural northern German churches. The structure stands among the flat agricultural landscape and forms a notable landmark in the village setting.
The church was built in the second half of the 13th century as a flat-roofed rectangular fieldstone hall with a west tower of the same width. The boarded square tower top with its tent roof dates from 1742 and was renewed in 1956/1957; the north porch was added in 1872. The round-arched windows were inserted in the 18th century, while remains of the original windows survive on the south side.
The parish belongs to the Pfarrsprengel Boitzenburg in the Kirchenkreis Uckermark of the Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz. Inside, a curved west gallery from the 18th century and a wooden altar retable from the early 17th century, repainted in modern times, carry the church's furnishings; its three tiers show the Crucifixion, the Last Supper in the predella and the Resurrection above.
The church stands in Klaushagen, a village part of Boitzenburger Land in the Uckermark district. The flat, rectangular fieldstone building with its west tower is entered through the north porch added in 1872; the large south portal is walled up. The round-arched windows date from the 18th century, while remains of the original openings are still visible on the south side.
Look up at the south wall beneath the stone eaves: a plaster frieze from around 1280 carries painted leaf ornament with lilies, once red, yellow and grey, cut by small pointed-arch panels. A small angel survives in one of them, and traces of medieval plaster with a joint band framing the panels remain.
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