The first reference to a church can be found in a deed of donation from 1251, in which a priest named Johannes is mentioned. Further priests were named in the following years, so there was certainly already a chapel or church in the village around this time.

The church tower, which is still preserved today, was built in the 15th century at the latest and was probably a defensive or watchtower due to the location of the village on the border with the diocese of Hildesheim. The 1.25-metre-thick walls, which served to protect the tower and the population, bear witness to this.

When the old nave became too small and dilapidated, it was demolished in 1823. A new nave was then added to the old church tower under the direction of pastor Georg Ludwig Adolf Drude, which was consecrated on January 25, 1824.

The tower was retained, but was given a new octagonal bell tower with a "Welsche Haube". However, the parish's financial resources were exhausted with this construction and so it took almost 70 years before the interior work could be completed in 1892. The organ, which is still played today, was built in 1853 by the organ master Breust from Goslar and was completely overhauled in 1995.

The bell tower received its three bells in the 18th century. During the two world wars, the two larger bells were confiscated and presumably melted down. Only the smallest baptismal and hour bell from 1748 was preserved. The tower then received two new bells in 1951. One of the bells had been recast in Bockenem, the other had been cast in Königsberg in 1822 and had originally hung in the church at "Klein Jerutten" in the former district of Ortelsburg in East Prussia. Both bells were brought in and consecrated on the 3rd Advent of 1951.

Since 1984, compatriots from the former district of Ortelsburg have been meeting to celebrate a church service to the sound of their baptism and confirmation bells.

Text: Markus Schulze, Ortsheimatpfleger for Hohenrode