Neukirchen Church

The church of Bernitter is a building of field stone and brick built in the 13th century. The choir is older than the nave and dates from about 1240, while the nave was added about 40 years later. The church tower dates from the 15th century. The church in Bernitter is one of the few churches in Mecklenburg from the 13th century, which the Reformation apparently left untouched. The large bronze bell of the church in Bernitter has also been spared by history, as it was not melted down as part of the metal donation during the Second World War.

This early gothic church with fieldstone and brick masonry was first documented in 1264. The church was rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century, when the nave was covered with a mansard roof. The wooden barrel vaulting installed at that time was renewed during a restoration in 1895 together with the northern sacristy. The altarpiece is a work from 1726 and shows a painting with Christ on the Mount of Olives.

The Bützow collegiate church was originally built in the second half of the 13th century as a collegiate church of the residence of the bishops of Schwerin. It is a three-nave brick hall church with three equally high naves and a tower of about 74 metres high.