Evangelical Church in Niedernhausen (Fischbachtal)

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Evangelical Church in Niedernhausen (2017)

The Evangelical Church of Niedernhausen is a Protestant parish church in Niedernhausen in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district of southern Hesse .

Architecture and history

The Evangelical Church in Niedernhausen at Darmstädter Straße 26 was built in 1890/1891. Stylistically, the flat-roofed hall church with a side aisle belongs to the neo-Gothic style .

The floor plan of the building is strangely arranged almost in north-south direction. At the northeast corner of the church is the slender tower with a pointed helmet . The entrance to the church is on the ground floor of the tower. The roof has a slate covering . The walls are made of natural stone . The window frames are made of red Odenwald sandstone . In the 1950s, the former neo-Gothic interior was completely renewed.

Monument protection

The Evangelical Church in Niedernhausen is the only historical church building in the Fischbachtal community. For reasons of local history, it is a listed building .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 17.7 "  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 48.6"  E