Georgskirche (Gumpelstadt)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. George is in the main street of Gumpelstadt , a district of the municipality of Moorgrund in the Wartburg district in Thuringia . St. George's Church belongs to the parish Gumpelstadt the parish area Bad Liebenstein in the parish of Bad Salzungen-Dermbach the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The hall church , built from quarry stones around 1500 , was expanded in 1536, recognizable by the differently profiled eaves cornice in the west. The drafted choir is currently closed. The west side is polygonal. There is the massive roof tower with an additional hexagonal storey made of slated half-timbering and a Welscher hood with a tower ball and weather vane from 1998. The ground floor of the tower is plastered in white , the side edges are made of red sandstone. The arched portal is also located in the tower . The ogival windows have wide fillets, tracery is only preserved on the north side of the tower. The south portal has a bar. The church was renovated in 1839. The nave is covered with a barrel vault. The interior was redesigned from 1992 to 1994. It has double galleries around it. In the nave , the pillars of the balustrades of the galleries in relief bear the year 1666. The choir is separated from the nave by wide pillars with colorful ashlar edges and a horizontal drawbar with capital-like spars . In the choir there is a sacrament house with a relief of the crucifixion , which was created around 1500. The wooden pillars of the altar and the sacrificial box from the 17th century have the same carved ornaments . The stone pulpit was extended polygonally with tracery and twisted column. The organ front is adorned with gilded acanthus , flowers and bands .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 20.2 " N , 10 ° 17 ′ 30.8" E