Reitzengeschwenda village church
The Evangelical Lutheran , listed village church Reitzengeschwenda is located in Reitzengeschwenda , a district of Drognitz in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia . The parish Reitzengeschwenda belongs to the parish area Drognitz in Kirchenkreis Rudolstadt-Saalfeld the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The hall church dates from the 12th century. The rectangular, plastered nave is covered with a slate hipped roof. In 1711 the church was rebuilt mainly in the area of the nave . New windows were installed and the interior received a new flat ceiling .
The retracted choir tower has a slate-roofed eight-sided tower in which the tower clock is located. In the bell frame hanging on a bronze bell 1760 and bell 1957. Then an iron sits a cap , which from an open lantern with tower ball is crowned.
The parapets of the two-story galleries are painted in a popular, ornamental manner. There are also carved figures of a former altar from the 15th century, the origin of which is not clear. The pulpit altar is decorated with carvings in the form of laurel strands, ribbons and flowers. The baptismal font from the 18th century, with simple forms of the Renaissance decorated . The organ with 7 registers , divided between a manual and a pedal , was created around 1800 by an unknown organ builder and restored in 1987 by Thilo Viehrig.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 32.1 ″ N , 11 ° 32 ′ 21 ″ E