Mechelroda village church
The Protestant village church Mechelroda is located in the municipality of Mechelroda 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.
history
The church was rebuilt in 1707. Old parts of the predecessor were included. In a reused stone above the west facade is the year 1682. In front of the altar stipes is the tombstone for Anna von Nesselrot from 1581.
architecture
It is a rectangular building with a gable roof and on the east side is the church tower as a turret with a double curved baroque hood and small bells from 1812. In 1999 the church roof was re-covered. The renovation of the walls is imminent.
Furnishing
The church has a uniform appearance, inside with wooden benches and a mansion on the first gallery and a pulpit altar . The altar faces west. A small porch leads to the church or a small staircase to the gallery. On the second gallery is the organ , created and installed in 1834 by the Witzmann brothers from Stadtilm .
Trivia
Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg (1827–1908), a friend of Franz Liszt and court organist at the Weimar court, played the organ .
Web links
- Information about the church on kirchenkreis-weimar.de. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dehio , edited by Stephanie Eißing and others: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Thuringia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 786.
- ↑ Mechelroda Church. on kirchenkreis-weimar.de. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 42.7 " N , 11 ° 22 ′ 39" E