Lengefeld village church

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The Evangelical Lutheran , listed village church Lengefeld stands on a raised level surrounded by the cemetery in the eastern area of ​​the village at Kirchgasse 59 von Lengefeld , a district of the city of Blankenhain in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia . The federal highway 85 passes to the west . The medieval parish of the village, first mentioned in 1314, was under the patronage of the pastor of Blankenhain. Today's parish Lengefeld belongs to the parish Association Blankenhain II Kirchenkreis Weimar the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

In 1314 a parish was first mentioned in the village, so that the existence of a church can be assumed. This church was built in the 14th century as an early Gothic choir tower church made of rubble stones . a. The lancet window in the east wall, a sacrament niche in the choir and the northern pointed arch window without a central column in the upper tower storey indicate. The building was mainly given its shape in 1764. This year is on the weather vane and on the keystone of the high round triumphal arch between the nave and the choir .

description

The nave , which is covered with a hipped gable roof , received large rectangular windows in 1764. On the north side they have profiled walls . The tower received an eight - sided slate - roofed tower, which carries a hood on which an open lantern sits, which is crowned by a tower ball .

The interior has two-storey galleries and is covered with a wooden barrel vault. In addition to a sacraments house, the church furnishings include a simple pulpit altar , originally from 1764 but rebuilt in 1882. The basket is flanked by two paintings depicting the crucifixion and the resurrection . The organ with 10 registers , divided into a manual and a pedal , was built in 1844 by Carl August Witzmann.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lengefeld village church on EKMD
  2. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Lengefeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 42 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 44.5"  E