St. Peter's Church, Landkirchen, Germany

St. Peter's Church (Petrikirche) is a hall church with three naves that was built around 1230 on a small hill in Landkirchen. The brick building only features a small ridge turret. The wooden church tower that stands a few metres away was erected in 1638.

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Agorazontas (16 months ago)
Oldest church on Fehmarn. Contemporary building.

Luise Erben (2 years ago)
Sermons are great

s bm (3 years ago)
Very nice church. Well worth a visit.

Sparda 86 (4 years ago)
A church that is worth visiting. We visited the church directly after the lighthouse tour of Flügge, as it was on the way back to the marina.

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