Gatehouse of Gut Pronstorf – Vicelin Church Pronstorf loop from Zarpen

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Zarpen

Gatehouse of Gut Pronstorf – Vicelin Church Pronstorf loop from Zarpen

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Gatehouse of Gut Pronstorf – Vicelin Church Pronstorf loop from Zarpen

02:34

42.8km

220m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Nice view towards Bad Segeberg.

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Pronstorf is a unique ensemble of historic buildings and village greenery, almost exclusively belonging to the estate of the Counts of Rantzau. A network of avenues runs through and surrounds the estate village, which attracts with arts and crafts, antiques, and events. On a walk in the shade of 200-year-old lime trees and 150-year-old chestnut trees, you can explore the former diversity of a manorial estate with the former dairy, the coach house, the stately cow house, and the "Pronstorfer Torhaus" guesthouse. The Vicelinkirche, built in 1198 and perched high on a hill, also stands as a patronage church under the direct influence of the lord of the manor. On its churchyard, historic burial sites and a mausoleum built in 1870 by the von Buchwaldt family, who owned Pronstorf for centuries, can be discovered. In 1866, due to a lack of space, a linden-lined cemetery was established nearby. The idyllic scenery invites you to rest, while your gaze wanders over gentle hills to the Wardersee.

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Vicelin Church Pronstorf

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The first mention of the church - like many of the other round tower churches in the country - as a late Romanesque fieldstone building dates back to the year 1198. It was probably built on a former pagan sacrificial site (for the Wendish god "Prone"), which was customary at the time, because so the ancient pagan sanctuaries were Christianized. The original shape of the church was probably that of a “traditional” Vicelin church: round tower, Romanesque nave and in the east a square choir with a semicircular apse. This was torn down in the early Gothic period and extended into a rectangular choir in its present form.

Outside the church has some peculiarities that cannot be seen in the other round tower churches in the country. There are three supporting pillars added at a later date on the tower, another one on the southeast corner of the nave and another four on the extension of the choir. The eight-sided pointed spire of the tower was added later. In the tower itself there has only been a clock bell since 1807, which can be seen from the outside, as cracks were discovered in the masonry. To the west of the tower in the churchyard a separate bell cage ("campanile") was built, in which the only remaining bell from 1749 is located.
More: roundtowerchurches.net/de/deutschland-germany/pronstorf

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