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Rambow Church
The present-day village church replaces the church at Domherrenhagen (abandoned in 1458) and was built beginning in 1485.
Today, the “Rambow Church Association” is responsible for the church’s preservation. Initially, it likely had only a wooden bell tower. However, the building was expanded around 1590 by Dietrich Moltzan and in 1625–32 by his son, Berendt Ludolf Moltzan. The oak coats of arms of the latter and his wife, Anna von Staffhorst, are located on the east gable. To the west of the rectangular fieldstone building stands a narrow tower (1590) that once bore a very tall spire (31 m). For some time now, it has had only a temporary pyramid-shaped roof. Renaissance architectural ornamentation can be seen on the east gable (1632). The once richly gilded, three-part altarpiece features panel paintings on the front based on designs by Albrecht Dürer, depicting the Nativity, Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. On the reverse side are paintings from the previous altar. The pulpit and the patron’s gallery also bear the coats of arms of the von Moltzan and von Bülow families. The pulpit, the altar, and the confessional date from 1590; the rest of the furnishings date from the last renovation in 1865. On the inner south wall is a coat-of-arms epitaph featuring a knight’s armor. Both elements refer to the Swedish General Carl Didriksson Ruuth. Among other things, he was a famous commander in Halberstadt, Landsberg/Warthe, and Stettin, and at the time of his death, he was the commander of Elbing. After the Thirty Years’ War, he came to Ulrichshusen in 1649–50; he was also the church’s patron and is buried here. In 1649, Ruuth also donated a tower clock with an hour bell. After 1822, it ended up in Penzlin under circumstances that are not entirely clear. After 20 years of negotiations, it was brought back to Rambow in exchange for another small bell. Since 2011, it has been ringing here every half hour. The inscription reads: “Every hour, one step closer, death creeps up, O Lord.” The church has had an organ only since 2011. It was built in 1933 by the long-established Danish firm Marcusson, whose instruments can also be heard in the cathedrals of Lübeck and Lund. Until 2011, it was located in Mannheim.
Rambow Church – History Since the Late Middle Ages
The village church in Rambow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, is one of the region’s historic fieldstone churches. Construction began in 1485, replacing the church in the abandoned village of Domherrenhagen. The rectangular fieldstone structure gained its distinctive, slender west tower around 1590, which once supported an imposing 31-meter-high spire. Today, it is protected only by a temporary pyramid-shaped roof. The local Rambow Church Association is responsible for the building’s preservation.
Renaissance altar with motifs based on Albrecht Dürer
The interior of the Rambow church houses remarkable pieces of furnishings. The three-part altarpiece from 1590, once richly gilded, features panel paintings based on designs by Albrecht Dürer depicting scenes from the birth, Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. The pulpit, altar, and confessional also date from 1590. The east gable features Renaissance architectural ornamentation from 1632, as well as the oak coats of arms of the Moltzan family and Anna von Staffhorst.
Swedish General and Historic Tower Clock in Rambow
A coat-of-arms epitaph on the inner south wall commemorates the Swedish General Carl Didriksson Ruuth, who served as patron of the church after the Thirty Years’ War and is buried here. In 1649, he donated a tower clock with an hour bell, which ended up in Penzlin under unexplained circumstances. After twenty years of negotiations, it returned to Rambow and has been striking every half hour again since 2011—with the inscription: “Every hour, one step closer, death creeps up, sir.”
Marcussen organ from 1933 in the Rambow church
Since 2011, the village church in Rambow has been home to an organ built in 1933 by the long-established Danish firm Marcussen. Instruments from this manufacturer can be heard, among other places, in the cathedrals of Lübeck and Lund. Until 2011, the instrument was located in Mannheim. The Rambow Church is thus a quiet yet culturally rich testament to the lake landscape of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, away from the well-known coastal towns such as Rostock, Stralsund, or Greifswald.
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Old school Barlin
● Dargun
Experience two separate vacation resorts on 30,000 m2 in the middle of the untouched nature of the Mecklenburg Lake District. We offer children's vacations, vacation apartments & hunting vacations!
Old vicarage Rambow
● Rambow
Picking golden plums, Cox oranges and Jonathan from a hammock? Sounds like paradise and it is, because it's possible in the Rambow parish garden. Retired pastor Eckart Hübener invites guests to stay in the adjoining baroque half-timbered rectory.
Old Schwiessel Manor House
● Schwiessel
The old manor house is now run as a guesthouse and houses the hunting school.