St. John's Commandery
Location: Entire building complex west of the church
Renovation: 2005 - 2007
Current purpose: Municipal offices / Pfyn/Finges nature and landscape conservation offices
The imposing building complex, which is grouped in a U-shape around an inner courtyard to the west of the parish church and has an entrance gate and guard's house, originally consisted of two residential buildings to the west and south as well as farm buildings bordering the complex to the north and north-west. The oldest parts of the building that can be traced archaeologically - the elongated barn wing in the north, which was built in several phases - date back to the early 18th century. Over the course of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century, the building complex took on its current size and shape. The year 1947 and the Montani coat of arms above the entrance to the residential building in the south-west bear witness to an earlier conversion before the most recent renovation (2005 - 2007).
A direct structural connection with the Knights of St. John, after whom the building complex was named, could not be established. However, there is evidence that parts of a previous building were incorporated into the 18th/19th century construction. During the renovation of 1986/87, the remains of the Johanniter chapel were discovered under the current parish church. According to oral tradition, it is therefore likely that the "Hof" building complex was erected over or near the site of the St. John's chapel and therefore rightly bears the name Johanniter Komturei.