Kiliansroda village church

The church

overall view

The church as seen from the old school

The Protestant village church Kiliansroda is located in the municipality of Kiliansroda in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia . It belongs to the Buchfart parish in the Weimar parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The village church is centrally located in the village with a walled cemetery .

history

In 1381 the small, simple church was first mentioned in a document. After a fire in October 1802, the church and 28 houses were destroyed. The new church building was built on the foundation walls of the burned down church. The church still presents itself in this form for its inauguration in 1806.

In 1806 the Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna visited the small mountain village and arranged for the church roof and the cemetery wall to be repaired.

Building description

The nave is protected by a mansard roof . The pointed church tower as a roof turret also adorns the roof. The west entrance stands on the foundation walls of the front church. The windows are lead glazed, the interior is colored. There is an electric bench heater.

organ

The organ was bought in Thangelstedt in 1832 , it comes from Johann Friedrich Schulze and has seven registers on a manual and pedal. It was repaired and enlarged during the implementation.

Bells

Two bells of bronze has the church, they are electrically rung in 1999.

photo	Foundry / casting location	year	Ø (mm)	Weight (kg)	Nominal	Bell decorations and inscriptions	Bell story
	Bell and art foundry Rincker (Sinn near Wetzlar)	1990	658	173	d2	Neck 18264 shoulder / ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE DA ◊ BELIEVES ♰ MARKUS 9 ◊ 23 ♰ / edge foundry character / 1990 / Wolm / DEDICATED BY // HEINZ AND RIA HEY / Wolm (other side) / REMINDER // TO PRIEST DR. JOHANNES HÜLLE // 1920-1931 /	1862 bronze bell
	Franz Schilling & Sons (Apolda) No. 10405	1927	555	112	f2	Neck / SCHILLING APOLDA 1927. / Shoulder oak leaf frieze with acorns between two flat bands. Edge / ON EARTH PEACE // THE HOMELAND SACRIFICED 1917 // NEW WERE 1927.//KILIANSRODA/ edge (other side) / LET THE CHRISTIAN FAITH // NIMMERVOLL MORE YOU RAUBEN./ Wolm three round tires	1807 bronze bell Johann Heinrich Ulrich (Laucha)