Dorfkirche Michendorf, Michendorf

The Protestant village church of Michendorf is a half-timbered church built in 1743. It is located in the historic village center of Michendorf, the namesake district of the municipality of Michendorf in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark in Brandenburg. The single-nave hall church with an indented tower is listed as an architectural monument.

Michendorf was first mentioned in a document in 1375 in the land book of Charles IV as Michendorp. The place was named either after a man with the Slavic personal name Micha or with the German personal name Micha. The land book records the place as having a jug with a high turnover. During the Thirty Years' War Michendorf and with it its church were completely destroyed. The village remained uninhabited for about 50 years until a new settlement began in 1697 with five farmers.

The remains of the destroyed church - probably a fieldstone church from the time of the German Eastern Settlement - were demolished in 1703. In 1743, the single-nave half-timbered church was built on the same site. The indented bell tower has a sound opening on each side and is covered by a very flat tent roof overhanging on all sides. In 1962 the interior was redesigned and in 1992 it underwent extensive repairs. In the 1950s, a parish and community hall was built right next to the church, which was renovated and expanded in 2006/2007.

The Protestant parish of Michendorf regularly uses the half-timbered building for its church services. In addition, the congregation offers events such as concerts and readings in the church. The congregation is part of the church district of Mittelmark-Brandenburg in the Potsdam borough of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia.