Neuendorf Church

The church in Neuendorf is one of the oldest churches in the region in the form of a hall church made of fieldstone ashlar, dating from the second half of the 13th century. The south portal and the window to its west, both with early Gothic pointed arch frames made of fieldstone ashlar, are still original from the time of construction. The upper tower floors, with brick-framed edges and openings, were probably added in the 14th century. The narrow lancet windows east of the portal were renewed with round arches in the early modern period. The east gable has an originally preserved three-window group and is decorated with blind arches that terminate in brick arches. The external dimensions of the flat-roofed hall church are 24 meters in length and 11 meters in width. The wall thickness averages 1.10 meters. From the sacristy on the north side of the building, the foundations and the staircase as well as an outlet stone with a channel are still preserved. In the southeast corner of the church there is a so-called chessboard stone with a diamond pattern. In literature, the church is repeatedly described as a fortified church, for which, however, no evidence can be found. Inside the village church there is historically valuable equipment: the two-story wooden altar dates from the late Renaissance around 1615 and shows the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ in two paintings. The church pews on the south wall with ten seats were donated in 1615 by Jobst von Oppen and his wife Katharina. In 1991, several graves and a crypt dating from the 16th to 18th centuries were uncovered during excavations in the church.