Christ Church (Oesterbehringen)

Christ Church

The Evangelical Lutheran , listed Christ Church is in Oesterbehringen , a part of Behringen , a district of the Hörselberg-Hainich community in the Wartburg district of Thuringia . The Church in Oesterbehringen belongs to the parish of Great Behringen in the parish association Behringen the west of the region church district Gotha of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

description

The stately hall church was built between 1689 and 1692. The coat of arms of those from Wangenheim / Winterstein on the southern portal bears the year 1690. The nave , which is covered with a gable roof , has a 5/12 end in the east. The church tower in the west was originally the medieval choir tower . Its pointed arched gate is walled up. Since 1694, a slate-covered , octagonal storey has been sitting on its stone storeys , which has a Welsche hood , which is crowned by an open lantern . The helmet was renewed in 1768 and 1869 . The ground floor in the tower has a Bohemian cap .

The nave is spanned by a wooden barrel vault, which is supported by wooden pillars with capitals . The balustrades of the galleries were painted in 1935. The church furnishings come from the time it was built. The glazed patron s box in the north and the choir stalls have colored arcades . Their pilasters are covered with fittings . Coats of arms are painted on the parapet of the patronage . The parapet of the choir screen consists of balusters .

The pulpit stands on a column entwined with wine , the sound cover shows the risen Christ . Is in an arched on the south wall alcove an epitaph for the builder of the church, crowned by a relief of stucco with the Justice . The organ built by Johann Valentin Knauf in 1825 with 23 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , was restored by Orgelbau Waltershausen in 1996–2002 . The church was renovated in 1935 and 1969, and the entire restoration in 1994.

Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .

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