Bethlehem Church (Rotenhagen)

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Bethlehem Church

The Bethlehem Church in Werther-Rotenhagen

Basic data
Denomination old Lutheran
place Rotenhagen (zu Werther ), Germany
Regional church Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
Building history
completion 1889
Function and title

Branch church

Coordinates 52 ° 6 '25.4 "  N , 8 ° 24' 32.3"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '25.4 "  N , 8 ° 24' 32.3"  E
Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church Template: Infobox church building / maintenance / dedication or patronage missing

The Bethlehem Church in Rotenhagen is the church of the old Lutheran community in the district of Rotenhagen in the East Westphalian town of Werther (Westphalia) in the Gütersloh district .

history

The Bethlehem Church was built after the formation of an old Lutheran congregation as a small hall building in the arched style with a western tower and a semicircular apse in the east. The tower received new Romanesque window openings.

The first service was celebrated in the church in 1889 according to the old Lutheran rite.

Today the congregation belongs to the Johannes congregation in Schwenningdorf in the church district Lower Saxony-Süd of the independent Evangelical Lutheran Church .

Web links

Commons : Bethlehemskirche (Rotenhagen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadt Werther: Historical Timeline , accessed on August 13, 2018.