Third time lucky, I finally found the door open and had a look inside. The oldest stones in the walls date from the 1200s, but the church was burned down during the 30 Years War, rebuilt in 1670s, badly damaged at the end of WWII, rebuilt again in the 1950s. The wooden altarpiece with this carved figure is a reproduction of the original from ca. 1500. The traces of wall frescoes (near the windows) were probably painted by migrant artists from Bohemia in the late 1300s. They were painted over during the Reformation period and by chance rediscovered in 1893. So, visit one small village church and trace Germany's turbulent history through 8 centuries !
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