Evangelical Church Ausbach

The Protestant church is a listed church building in Ausbach , a district of the Hohenroda community in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district ( Hesse ). It belongs to the parish of Ransbach-Ausbach in the Hersfeld parish, which belongs to the Hersfeld district of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck .

History and architecture

The baroque hall with a mansard roof was probably built by Adam Joh. Erdinger in 1730. On the west side there is a six-sided tower with a hooded lantern . The round posts of the three-sided gallery , raised to the ceiling, carry the barrel vault . The church stands in the middle of a fortified cemetery whose circular walls have been preserved.

Furnishing

• The pulpit is behind the altar .
• The parapet panels and the barrel are brightly painted.
• The organ was built by Joh. Weyer in 1734.

literature

• Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments, Hessen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1966

Web links

• To the parish on the website of the church district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1966, p. 33 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 36 "  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 47"  E