Rambow church

At first, it probably only had a wooden bell tower. However, the building was extended around 1590 by Dietrich Moltzan and in 1625/32 by his son Berendt Ludolf Moltzan. The oak coats of arms of the latter and his wife Anna von Staffhorst can be seen on the east gable. To the west of the rectangular fieldstone building is a narrow tower (1590) with a very high spire (31 m). For some time now, it has only had a makeshift roof in the form of a pyramid. There is Renaissance architectural decoration on the east gable (1632). The once richly gilded three-part altarpiece shows panel paintings based on designs by Albrecht Dürer, the Nativity, Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. On the back are pictures of the previous altar. The coats of arms of the von Moltzan and von Bülow families are also on the pulpit and patronage gallery. The pulpit, altar and confessional are from 1590, the rest of the furnishings date from the last renovation in 1865. On the inner south wall is a coat of arms epitaph with knight's armour. Both refer to the Swedish general Carl Didriksson Ruuth. Among other things, he was a famous commander in Halberstadt, Landsberg/Warthe and Stettin and, on his death, commander of Elbing. After the Thirty Years' War, he came to Ulrichshusen in 1649/50, was also the patron saint of the church and is buried here. Ruuth also donated a tower clock with an hour bell in 1649. After 1822, it came to Penzlin under circumstances that are not entirely clear. After 20 years of negotiations, it was brought back to Rambow in exchange for another small bell. It has been chiming here every half hour since 2011. The inscription reads "Alle Stund ein Schritt neer kombt der Tod geschlichen herr." The church has only had an organ since 2011. It was built in 1933 by the long-established Danish company Marcusson, whose instruments can also be heard in the cathedrals in Lübeck and Lund. Until 2011, it was located in Mannheim.