[2] St. Nicholas´ Church

Description

St. Nicholas´ Church in Dassow is one of the old village churches in the west of the Klützer Winkel region.

Unlike the other village churches in the Klützer Winkel region, St. Nicholas´ Church in Dassow was not under the authority of the archdeacon of the provost of Klostr Rehna during the Middle Ages, but directly under the provost at the seat of the Diocese of Ratzeburg. The church was first mentioned in writing in 1230 in the Ratzeburg tithe register of the Diocese of Ratzeburg.

The nave of St. Nicholas´ Church is made of hewn granite blocks. The church may have had a vaulted ceiling above the nave until the great fire of 1632, since when the nave has been covered by a flat ceiling. The choir, which is slightly narrower and lower than the nave and raised by one step, dates from the transitional period between Romanesque and early Brick Gothic and, as is customary in this part of Mecklenburg, ends in a straight line to the east. In contrast to the nave, it is vaulted. The tower also dates from before the fire of 1632. It was then given a simple gable roof, which is crowned by a baroque ridge turret in the shape of a traffic light.

Accordingly, in the years following the Dassow town fire of 13 September 1632, St. Nicholas´ Church was completely refurbished in the late Renaissance and early Baroque style by the families of the Mecklenburg nobility on the surrounding estates.