Rockendorf village church
The Evangelical Lutheran , listed church Rockendorf is located in Rockendorf , a district of the Krölpa municipality in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia . The parish Rockendorf part of the parish association Ranis-Gräfendorf in church circle Schleiz the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
Oral tradition says that there was originally a small chapel at the site , which later burned down. The small hall church covered with a mansard roof was built in 1781.
In the east it has an eight-sided, slate-covered roof turret on which a staggered hood sits. Two bronze church bells hang in it , the smaller one was cast by Martin Rose in 1725, the larger one is dated 1966. Above the portal is the date of the new building.
The interior of the nave has two-storey galleries and is covered with a stuccoed mirror vault with a graceful angel figure . The pulpit altar from the construction period has carved cheeks and is decorated with rocailles . It also has pipe shades with ornaments of Rococo . The altarpiece from around 1480 has three Gothic carved figures as a crown. In the middle it is Anna herself , three of them , on the right and on the left are Saints Peter and Paul . The baptismal font , carved from wood, is carried by an angel . At the entrance to the pulpit there is a parish office that once served as a confessional . An old offering box is attached to it. There is an old crucifix on it today . The organ with 10 registers , divided between a manual and a pedal , was built around 1825 by an unknown organ builder .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 20.3 " N , 11 ° 31 ′ 14.2" E