Schmöckwitz village church

The Protestant village church of Schmöckwitz stands on the northeastern edge of the round village of Alt-Schmöckwitz on a dune in the Berlin district of Schmöckwitz, which belongs to the district of Treptow-Köpenick. It was built in 1799 by master mason Abraham Bocksfeld without any special design in the architectural style of rural-simple classicism as a hall church and is one of the more than 50 village churches in Berlin. The green with church square and village church is a listed building.

Schmöckwitz, an island until 1751, is of Slavic origin. Certainly, fishing played a major role from the beginning. Around 1230, the village came under German rule. In the land book of Charles IV, in which the fishing village is first mentioned in a document in 1375 as Smekewitz, a Schulze is also mentioned, who was apparently responsible for the delivery of fish from the 15 fishermen to Köpenick Castle, as well as honey. There is no reference to a church. Only the Brandenburg bishops' register of 1527/29 mentions a Capella Schmekewitz. During the Thirty Years' War, the village of Schmöckwitz burned down with the church. Since 1699 there have been entries in the church book. In 1734, the church burned down again; a new wooden church was consecrated in 1735, which was already dilapidated in 1770.

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