The village of Darlingerode is a very special enrichment for hikers and pilgrims on the Harz Monastery Hiking Trail.
Between Darlingerode and Drübeck, the trail leads over the Karrberg to the picturesque historic town center of Darlingerode. The Karrberg offers a wonderful view of the Drübeck monastery, the Harz foreland with the Huy and the Brocken.
If you follow the village street, you will come across St. Laurentius Church, a hall church from the 13th century with a Romanesque core. Its predecessor was probably a chapel from the middle of the 10th century. The proximity of Darlingerode to the Himmelpforte monastery, founded in 1253, now a deserted site near Wernigerode and located directly on the monastery hiking trail, was the reason for the special relationship between the monastery and the church. In the 15th century, the monks of the Augustinian Hermit monastery of Himmelpforte were the patrons of the church.
The church bell from 1475 was once the mass bell of the Himmelpforte monastery and most probably came to Darlingerode after the Peasants' War in 1525. The belfry with this special bell, which was confiscated for melting down for war purposes and yet survived the First and Second World Wars, can be visited by appointment.
Another special feature in Darlingerode is the Komturhof of the Teutonic Order, which is located near the church and has been the home of the Förderverein zur Pflege der Heimatgeschichte und des Brauchtums Darlingerode e.V. since 1993. The first evidence of this court dates back to 1468.
Readings, concerts and other events take place in both St. Laurentius Church and the Komturhof. Hikers and pilgrims will find a quiet, beautiful resting place at St. Laurentius Church with a stamping station and angel bench.
The church is open from May 1 to September 30 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm. Guided tours and group bookings at: monika.zirkenbach@googlemail.com
www.ev-kirche-brockenblick.de
www.komturhof-darlingerode.de
If you follow the village street, you will come across St. Laurentius Church, a hall church from the 13th century with a Romanesque core. Its predecessor was probably a chapel from the middle of the 10th century. The proximity of Darlingerode to the Himmelpforte monastery, founded in 1253, now a deserted site near Wernigerode and located directly on the monastery hiking trail, was the reason for the special relationship between the monastery and the church. In the 15th century, the monks of the Augustinian Hermit monastery of Himmelpforte were the patrons of the church.
The church bell from 1475 was once the mass bell of the Himmelpforte monastery and most probably came to Darlingerode after the Peasants' War in 1525. The belfry with this special bell, which was confiscated for melting down for war purposes and yet survived the First and Second World Wars, can be visited by appointment.
Another special feature in Darlingerode is the Komturhof of the Teutonic Order, which is located near the church and has been the home of the Förderverein zur Pflege der Heimatgeschichte und des Brauchtums Darlingerode e.V. since 1993. The first evidence of this court dates back to 1468.
Readings, concerts and other events take place in both St. Laurentius Church and the Komturhof. Hikers and pilgrims will find a quiet, beautiful resting place at St. Laurentius Church with a stamping station and angel bench.
The church is open from May 1 to September 30 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm. Guided tours and group bookings at: monika.zirkenbach@googlemail.com
www.ev-kirche-brockenblick.de
www.komturhof-darlingerode.de
