Historic city tour Neukirchen

High Street 8, "Altenschmidt-Haus"
Small courtyard, built in the early 17th century by Peter Wolff - used as a clog workshop, where also a "debauched" tavern was operated in a prohibited manner. For this reason, the Count of Moers filed a complaint against Peter Wolff in 1655 - in 1719 Peter Altenschmidt took over the clog workshop - later continued as a cobbler workshop - in family ownership since then
Mission courtyard
Former courtyard of an inn with a ballroom, bakery, and stables - purchased in 1882 by the Neukirchener Mission Institution under Pastor Ludwig Doll - training center for missionaries, who were active in Java and Kenya among other places - the building was sold in 1982 - today the mission courtyard is bordered by the city library, an inn, and a pharmacy
High Street 9, "Mevissen Inn"
In the 18th century a farmhouse - first mentioned in 1838 as "Kneipe Ortmann". As it was directly adjacent to the church, alcohol was not allowed to be served on Sundays and public holidays - in the early 19th century a continuous tavern, where the "elders of the community" met - since the beginning of the 20th century an inn and founding place of Neukirchen associations, including a men's choir (founded in 1950) and the Neukirchen Homeland and Tourism Association (founded in 1957)
High Street 13, "Evangelical Village Church"
The origins date back to the year 1230, when there was already a pastor in the village - the originally single-nave church was built as the "new church" of the Repelen parish and gave the district its name - originally dedicated to Saint Quirinus - reformed in 1580, later expanded with side aisles and still the sacred space of the evangelical community to this day
High Street 20a, "Oldest Forge in Neukirchen"
Former Trommen forge - was the oldest forge in Neukirchen - in family ownership from 1650 to 1891 over seven generations - used as a courtyard after the relocation of the forge to High Street
High Street 15, "Alt Derp"
Built in the early 17th century - the oldest tavern in the village - when the authorities issued a decree in 1707 prohibiting a tavern directly at the church, it was closed and the building was used for farming - in addition to agriculture, a freight and transport company operated, which was relocated due to the town center renovation in the 1970s - subsequently returned to its original use as a tavern
High Street 24, "Cooper Workshop"
Farmhouse built around 1720 - Wilhelm Brinken, a cooper in the village, used it from 1800 to 1843 to make barrels, tubs, buckets, and milk pails
High Street 15i, "Old Rectory"
Originally a farmhouse - converted to a rectory and inhabited by Pastor Andreas Bräm and his family from 1835. When he retired in 1872, his successor Pastor Ludwig Doll (1846–1883) moved in
Ludwig-Doll-Straße 4, "Mission Children's Home"
Built at the end of the 19th century - here lived the children of the missionaries who worked on behalf of the Neukirchener Mission in Java and Sumatra among other places - the facade of the building is one of the few Art Nouveau facades that has been preserved in Neukirchen
Gartenstraße 7, "First Pharmacy"
Originally built in 1890 as a mission children's home - later a residence for the inspectors of the orphanage and mission institution - in 1921, the first pharmacy in Neukirchen was opened by Adolf Schneider
Gartenstraße 13, "Mission Hall"
Built in 1888 as a venue for annual celebrations and events of the Neukirchener Mission - also used as a place for education, where, among others, Julius Stursberg, the namesake of the Neukirchen-Vluyner Gymnasium, taught - opposite the mission hall was the mission bookstore founded in 1883 by Stursberg - the building had to give way to a new construction at the beginning of the 21st century
Gartenstraße 26, "Clay House"
Residence of missionary August Kraft, who preached in East Africa, in Pokomoland on the Tana River in Kenya - Kraft built the clay house in the twenties of the last century based on his self-developed "Thin Clay Bread Building Method"
Lindenstraße 39, "Goldberg House"
Residence of the naturopath and local poet (poems, books, plays) Heinrich Goldberg (1875-1958) - follower of the so-called clay pastor Felke from Repelen. He healed according to his methods
Lindenstraße 20, "Accountant's House"
Built in 1904 by the accountant W. Altenschmidt and used as the tax and finance office of the municipality - also the first community savings bank in 1909 - from 1929 to 1933, the unemployed received their money here - at times also used as a registry office
Lindenstraße 23, "Printing House"
Built in 1895 by Heinrich Mandel to print the mission newsletter - in 1900, Heinrich Schlayer took over the business and produced printed materials for companies and private customers