Zionskirche Worpswede Concerts

Superb

A very beautiful church. We were able to celebrate a wonderful baptism service there. The pastor made the service child-friendly and responded excellently to the family's wishes. It was really nice.

The Zion Church in Worpswede was consecrated in 1759 and was financed by King George II. In the church you can see sculptures by Clara Westhoff and pictures of flowers by Paula Modersohn Becker, which they had to do as penal labor for ringing bells without permission. The church also has a pulpit altar. It is a beautiful church that is a must see

A beautiful and simple church in the artist village of Worpswede. The benches in the Protestant church invite you to linger and think. At the time of my visit, the theme of this place of worship was “Thanksgiving”. The church decoration was simple but impressive.

It was an August day in 1900 when two young women rang the bells of Zion Church out of sheer joy in life. What they didn't know was that the ringing of the bells - outside of time - indicated impending danger, such as a fire. - The two friends were the artists Paula (Modersohn) Becker and Clara (Rilke) Westhoff. There was no question for the church council at the time that this improper behavior had to be punished with a punishment. Both of them were penniless and were allowed to work off their punishment by having to make flower pictures and angel heads for the vaulted ceiling of the church. This event from 1900 offers today's visitors to the Zion Church the opportunity to enjoy paintings and sculptures by the two artists, as well as an interesting anecdote. In the shadow of the Protestant Zion Church lies the cemetery, where numerous painters, sculptors and other artists found their final resting place. Among them was Paula Modersohn-Becker, the painter who died in Worpswede in 1907 at the age of just 31 and whose flower paintings in the church are reminiscent of the cheerful young woman of 1900. On an outer wall of the Zion Church there is a reproduction of the painting “Outdoor Service” by Fritz Mackensen. Mackensen is considered the founder of the Worpswede artists' colony. This was banned from exhibition after the Second World War because it was close to Hitler's ideology during the Nazi era. His grave is also in the Worpswede cemetery.