The area around the church still presents itself as an almost unchanged Westphalian village center around 1800, characterized by a historical ensemble of half-timbered buildings, from which especially the Alte Pastorat, the former residence and place of work of the school reformer and pastor Melchior Ludolf Herold (1780 - 1810), is to be emphasized, which today accommodates a modern youth meeting place of the KLJB Paderborn.