Church of Thanksgiving in Sehlen
📍 Bergen OT Sehlen
The Dankeskirche is a church building dating from 1866 in the municipality of Sehlen on the island of Rügen.
The neo-Gothic brick church was built in 1866 and is situated on a hill surrounded by a cemetery. It is 18.50 m long, 11.80 m wide and 12 m high up to the ridge, which is topped by 7 m by the slender, four-storey west tower with a simple saddle roof. The hall-like nave is adjoined by a polygonal apse. The choir and nave are dominated by sturdy buttresses. The high, large pointed arch windows end at the height of the galleries, which run around the nave on three sides. The new congregation room, which was separated from the nave by a glass wall and door in 1993/94 and is located under the gallery, where the organ is also located, is architecturally original. The organ was built in 1887 by Friedrich. A. Mehmel from Stralsund. It was thoroughly restored in 1999 by the organ builder Wolter from Zudar/Rügen. The pulpit, like the first stone altar, dates from 1866. A new altar made of Pomeranian oak was installed in 1999. In 2001, the rose window of the entrance portal was renovated. A service is held every 2nd Sunday at 9.00 a.m. and there are summer concerts.