Neukalen Protestant Church
The Gothic church, built between around 1285 and 1290, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It was first mentioned in 1318. As an inscription on the tower states, the tower was completed in 1439. It has a height of 56 meters. Roofing work was carried out on the church tower in 1951, 1967 and 1994; three generations of the Neukalen-based company Zingelmann were involved in this work.
The baptismal font dates back to 1310 and was reinstalled in the tower room in 2001.
The late Gothic vesper group (Pieta) with Mary and Jesus is around 500 years old. It was reinstalled in 1963.
The pulpit was built in 1520. It was moved from the south side to the north side in 1890 during major renovations.
The old bells from 1583 and 1599 were expropriated in 1918 for war purposes. They were replaced in 1928 by 3 new cast steel bells made by Schilling and Lattermann. The Renaissance-style altar from 1610 is worth seeing. It takes up the entire height and width of the east side of the church and shows the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ in two large depictions. The two groups and the apostle figures are taken from an earlier late Gothic altar.
The organ was built between 1739 and 1742 by David Baumann. It has 889 pipes. It has been rebuilt several times. From fall 2002 to spring 2003, the organ was restored by the Potsdam organ builder A. Schuke. The brass baptismal font was made before 1858 and shows the Annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist. The tower room was redesigned during renovation work in 1964. A memorial to the victims of the wars (1870-71, 1914-18 and 1939-45) was erected. The current baptismal font was made in 1954 by the Neukalen master stonemason H. Berendt and placed in the chancel.
