Oehrenstock village church
The village church Oehrenstock is in the district Oehrenstock of the city of Ilmenau in the Ilm district in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish of Ilmenau in the parish of Arnstadt-Ilmenau of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
On May 13, 1737, the Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt donated the building site to the parish . On October 11, 1739, the church was consecrated with the authorities, believers and citizens.
The church tower initially only carried the tower clock . Already in 1728 the congregation received a actually for Lehmann bridge provided bell as a gift. It was installed after the construction was completed. Since the ringing was the church roof was damaged, they built a bell tower, topping was 1800. July 8 Two bells were added. In the same year the organ from Gorsleben was bought.
In the course of an initial renovation, the walls and sky were painted and new windows were installed. A chandelier was bought and the prince donated silver vessels for the Lord's Supper.
On May 20, 1921, lightning struck the church tower. The tower had to be rebuilt and now has a lightning protection system .
In 1957 the Ressel company from Ilmenau carried out the re-roofing of the church roof with slate .
In 1962 the bell house was demolished and in 1965 a new bell tower was built below the church in the cemetery .
After the second major renovation, which took place from 1987 to 1990, the inauguration took place on April 29, 1990.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The church at www.kirche-langewiesen-wolfsberg.de Retrieved on November 26, 2013.
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 57.8 " N , 10 ° 56 ′ 36.2" E