Döhlen Church

This article deals with the Döhlen church in the municipality of Auma-Weidatal in the district of Greiz. For the church in the district of Döhlen von Probstzella in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt see Nikolauskirche (Döhlen) .

Döhlen Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church Döhlen is in Döhlen , a district of the rural community city Auma-Weidatal in district Greiz of Thuringia . The parish Döhlen belongs to the parish drive in the church district Greiz of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

description

The 1749-51 instead of a predecessor built baroque hall church is indeed plastered , but from rubble built. It has a narrow facade tower on a square floor plan in the east, which is in front of the wide nave . On it sits an octagonal floor for the belfry . The church tower is covered with a dome on which an open lantern is enthroned. In 1755 a tower clock was installed. The three bells in the church date from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The nave , which is covered with a gable roof, has a three-sided extension to the west. In the arched soffits , two windows are located one above the other. The interior has two-story galleries and a pulpit altar .

organ

The organ with 13 registers , divided into a manual and a pedal , was built in 1771 by Johann Gottlob and Christian Wilhelm Trampeli and reconstructed in 2014 by Vogtland Organ Builders. The disposition is:

Manual CD – c 3 Principal 8th' Dumped 8th' Viole di gambe 8th' Octava 4 ′ Flute traverse 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Quinta 3 ′ Octava 2 ′ Sesquialtera II ( 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′) Mixture IV ( 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′)

Pedal CD – c 1 Violon bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th'

• Zimbelstern (prepared)
• Coupling : Pedal Coupler
• Tremulant (prepared)

literature

• Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .

Web links

Commons : Kirche Döhlen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Church Döhlen on EKMD
2. ↑ Göhren-Dohlen village church on the German Foundation for Monument Protection
3. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 51.2 ″  N , 12 ° 0 ′ 59.1 ″  E