List of churches in the district of Gotha

This list contains the church buildings in the district of Gotha in Thuringia .

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The list includes over 100 historical church buildings in the district. The cemetery chapels were not taken into account. The sorting takes place according to the place name. It can optionally be changed by clicking on the small arrow symbol behind the column heading.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Altenbergen	Dark Mountains	Emmanuel Church	Ev.	The first church was built as a wooden church in 1662; the hall church, built from 1710 to 1712, has a double gallery and a roof turret. The painting was redesigned in 1913. On the free-standing pulpit altar is a miniature version of the candelabra, which is reminiscent of Bonifatius and the Johanneskirche on Alteberg.	50 ° 50 ′ 13 "N, 10 ° 37 ′ 41" E
	Apple Town	Apple Town	St. Walpurgis Church	Ev.	Built in the 11th century, south and north walls of partly Romanesque origin, choir from 1434, nave from 1491, tower from 1396, barrel ceiling from the 17th century, neoclassical interior, refurbished 1992–2000. New altar from 2009.	50 ° 54 ′ 1 ″ N, 10 ° 53 ′ 16 ″ E
	Aspach	Metebach	St. Udalricus Church	Ev.	Built in 1417 (according to Dr. August Beck) or 1519 (according to Lehfeldt). The tower stands on the southwest corner of a nave from 1871, which was built in place of a building from 1614.	50 ° 57 ′ 9 "N, 10 ° 35 ′ 42" E

B.

image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Ballstädt	Molschleben	St. Peter's Church	Ev.	Stately building with groin vaults on the ground floor, tracery windows and three-sided choir closure erected before 1500, the tower, which is offset to the north, was built in the 14th century. The interior design was created in 1696.	51 ° 2 ′ 7 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 55" E
	Bienstädt	Bienstädt	Friedenskirche	Ev.	The church is from 1811 with the tower of the previous church.	51 ° 1 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 51 ′ 5 ″ E
	Boilstädt	Sundhausen	"To the Heaven's Gate"	Ev.	The tower of today's church stands on the medieval foundation walls of a previous building. The current church was built in 1709 and the first renovations were carried out in 1748. Inside, the church only has a circumferential gallery, which corresponded to the numerical size of the parish. The wooden vaulted ceiling was built as a mirror vault.	50 ° 55 ′ 13 ″ N, 10 ° 41 ′ 2 ″ E
	Bruheim	Sonneborn	St. Vitus Church	Ev.	The church consists of a late Romanesque tower with a square floor plan on the east side and a nave from 1800, built into a double gallery under the wooden hollow vault. The font and a crucifix from the 13th century are still there.	51 ° 0 ′ 2 "N, 10 ° 35 ′ 5" E
	Bufleben	Goldbach	St. Cyriac Church	Ev.	The first church was built around the turn of the 13th century, the tower on the west side was added in 1414. Further additions and alterations were made in 1560 and 1818. In the east wall there is a late Gothic sacrament niche, today's pulpit was built in 1753, and in 1749 a set of bells from Gotha was purchased.	51 ° 0 ′ 5 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 23" E
	Castle donna	Count donna	Cäcilienkirche (ruin)	Ev.	Of the once imposing, late Gothic church, only part of the choir masonry remains today. The church was built in 1470 and rebuilt or renovated in 1586, 1695 and 1733. Static problems in the tower, which had been noticeable for over 100 years through cracks in the walls, led to the collapse of the tower in 1973, and the nave was also destroyed. It was not until 1988 that the site began to be cleared. The remains of the church are now used for open-air concerts.	51 ° 4 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 43 ′ 31" E
	Castle donna	Count donna	Christ Church	Ev.	The Christ Church is one of the youngest churches in Thuringia, it was consecrated in December 1990 and replaces the Cäcilienkirche, which was destroyed in 1973 and the remains of which are right next to it.	51 ° 4 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 43 ′ 32" E

C.

image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Cabarz	Tabarz-Cabarz	Cabarzer Church (no name)	Ev.	A chapel as a branch of Waltershausen is mentioned in 1516. It later belonged to Langenhain. In a major fire in November 1669, the church, which was only rebuilt in 1660, burned down, and reconstruction took place from 1670 to 1673. In 1713 an organ could be purchased. Inside, a wooden barrel vault and two gallery floors were built. In 1990 the tower front was renewed, later the three other church facades. Currently (2011) the church is waiting for sponge control measures.	50 ° 52 ′ 46 ″ N, 10 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ E
	Cobstädt	Seamounts	Cobstadt Church (no name)	Ev.	The church emerged from a chapel that was expanded and converted into a church after the Reformation. Tower with the year 1581. Keystones of the eastern and western arched doors with the year 1653. In 1720 an organ was installed. In 1863 a new organ was purchased, which is still in the church today. In 1887 the church, especially the tower, was extensively restored.	50 ° 55 ′ 27 "N, 10 ° 50 ′ 6" E
	Crawinkel	Crawinkel	St. Mary's Church	Ev.	The tower with Gothic vault and the inscription in the sacristy are the oldest surviving parts of the building from 1421. In 1613/14 a church was built from this chapel. On May 4, 1624, in a devastating conflagration in the Thirty Years' War, this, along with 11 residential buildings and 116 barns, fell victim to the flames. The successor building was changed to include the existing masonry and tower from 1754, the baroque interior with the three-storey galleries dates from 1758, the baptismal font from 1781. From April 7th to 11th, 1945 Crawinkel experienced fierce battles, with severe damage to the church suffered. The church, which was already in danger of collapsing, was last visited around 1980, when a strong dry rot infestation was found in the masonry. The renovation was successful from 1988 to 1991. In September 2001 the Poppe organ from 1886 from the monastery church in Bad Klosterlausnitz was put into service.	50 ° 46'53 "N, 10 ° 47'18" E
	Cumbach	Schönau vdW	Cumbacher Church (no name)	Ev.	Small remains of the wall have been preserved from the first church, which was built around 1150. The current nave was built in 1689 and renewed in 1783 after the Seven Years' War. A double gallery was built inside.	50 ° 52 ′ 49 "N, 10 ° 36 ′ 47" E

D.

image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Dachwig	Elxleben	St. Peter Church	Ev.	According to the chronicle, there was a St. Sebastian Chapel in the 12th century; it was replaced by a new church with the introduction of the Reformation and consecrated as St. Peter Church. In 1400 the Johanneskirche was built in front of the Niedertor, which was built in 1495, outside of the former location. In 1525 Johann Spinler was the first Protestant pastor in Dachwig. Due to considerable structural damage, the church had to be demolished in 1862, and in November 1863 the new building could be re-consecrated as St. Peter's Church at the old location. In 1943 the big bell was melted down for war purposes. After extensive renovation, the church was inaugurated on July 14, 1963. The church square was redesigned in 2009 with old paving stones.	51 ° 4 ′ 36 "N, 10 ° 51 ′ 29" E
	Döllstädt	Autumn life	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	Built in 1542, it goes back to a chapel from the time of the monastery. The church is a listed building and has been restored several times. Several grave slabs stand on the inside of the churchyard wall. The former rectory is unfortunately in a deplorable structural condition with a neglected rectory garden.	51 ° 4 ′ 53 "N, 10 ° 48 ′ 55" E

E.

image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Ebenheim	Metebach	Ebenheimer Church (no name)	Ev.	The church, which is essentially Romanesque, has a long nave with a rectangular tower (today with 2 bells). Renovations and extensions took place in 1601, 1730 and 1844. The churchyard, which was walled in the 15th century, has a gate entrance. A gallery is built around the ship.	50 ° 58 '33 "N, 10 ° 30' 47" E
	Eberstädt	Sonneborn	St. Severi Church	Ev.	Eberstädt's church, built in the 18th century, was restored from 1982 onwards.	51 ° 0 ′ 14 "N, 10 ° 36 ′ 31" E
	Emleben	Gotha IV castle church	St. Boniface Church	Ev.	The tower with groin vault comes from the previous building, which was built in 1443. The nave, which was renewed around 1870, is a hall in the neo-Romanesque style. A double gallery was built inside.	50 ° 53 '38 "N, 10 ° 41' 53" E
	Engelsbach	Dark Mountains	St. Christopher's Chapel	Ev.	Parts of the half-timbered chapel built in 1779 were used at the same time as a village school, the type of building is known as a "simultaneous building" and is a special feature of the Thuringian monument landscape. The church bell from the 14th century is said to come from the Johanniskirche on the Alteberg. The church administration (senior consistory), influenced by the intrigues of the Gotha court society, initially refused to consecrate this chapel - it was about the loss of the parish church of St. Johannis.	50 ° 52 ′ 49 "N, 10 ° 36 ′ 47" E
	Ernstroda	Schönau vdW	St. Catherine Church	Ev.	The oldest component is the tower with a groin vault and pointed helmet roof (according to a copy of the foundation document, construction of the church began in 1457). Today's hall building was added with a closed choir in 1599. Inside, a double gallery was built under the stucco-decorated ceiling. The Ratzmann organ dates from 1817. The repair of the church tower was celebrated with a button festival on July 19, 1990, and in 1991 the radio-controlled tower clock was put into operation.	50 ° 51'53 "N, 10 ° 37'13" E
	Eschenbergen	Molschleben	St. Margaret Church	Ev.	Today's hall was built on the foundation walls of a late Gothic church. The nave and interior were renovated in 1840. The striking tower has a pointed helmet built in the late Gothic style.	51 ° 1 ′ 34 "N, 10 ° 45 ′ 42" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Dark Mountains	Dark Mountains	Trinity Church	Ev.	The church, built from 1728 to 1730, replaced a half-timbered building from 1662. It has a pulpit altar from the middle of the 18th century and a baroque organ front from 1790. The nave, decorated by the court painter Conrad Dörffling with large plastering and stucco elements, has a rich interior from the 18th century. Ceiling and gallery paintings show a colorful selection of biblical scenes. The organ, which was renewed in 1830, was made by master Ludwig Ratzmann from Ohrdruf .	50 ° 50 ′ 3 "N, 10 ° 35 ′ 17" E
	Fischbach	Winter stone	Jacobuskirche	Ev.	The simple village church was built from 1652 to 1772 as a classic hall church with a wooden barrel and a double gallery. There is also a pulpit altar and a valuable organ from the 19th century.	50 ° 53 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 28 ′ 46 ″ E
	Friedrichroda	Friedrichroda	St. Blaise Church	Ev.	According to a building inscription, the construction of the church tower began in 1511. The associated nave was replaced by a spacious new building in 1770. In the 1960s and 1970s, the interior was rebuilt, with two floors being removed. In 1999 a whitewashed fresco was exposed in some areas.	50 ° 51 '28 "N, 10 ° 33' 55" E
	Friedrichroda		St. Karl Borromeo Church	Cath.	The church was built around 1901 in the neo-Gothic style. It has a treasure trove of art: the late Gothic carved altar from the 15th century which was once intended for the Gosla Liebfrauenkirche.	50 ° 51 ′ 28 "N, 10 ° 34 ′ 2" E
	Friedrichroda		Christ Church	UMC.		50 ° 51 '24 "N, 10 ° 33' 52" E
	Friedrichroda		Marienkapelle (also Schoenstatt Chapel)	Cath.	The Marien Chapel, hidden in a park-like area, has been a place of pilgrimage for the Schoenstatt Movement of Father Joseph Kentenich (memorial stone on site) for 50 years . It was consecrated on October 28, 1954.	50 ° 51 '43 "N, 10 ° 33' 50" E
	Friedrichroda	Friedrichroda	John's Chapel, Reinhardsbrunn Abbey	Ev.	In the area of ​​the medieval monastery complex, the Evangelical Church of Thuringia found a place for the Reinhardsbrunn Abbey, training and conference rooms, a meeting place and the St. John's Chapel, consecrated in 2001, were created. This church, also known as the "Cyclist Chapel", is located in the castle park and is occasionally used, e.g. B. on church holidays, used sacred. It is a replica of the Johanniskirche of St. Boniface from 724. It is said to have been the baptismal church of Landgrave Ludwig IV ("the Springer", spouse of St. Elisabeth). There is a cast of his tombstone in the chapel, the original is in the Eisenach Georgenkirche.	50 ° 52 '10 "N, 10 ° 33' 29" E
	Friedrichswerth	Sonneborn	Gustav Adolf Church	Ev.	The village church, built in the neo-Gothic style from 1855 to 1860, was donated by a childless couple, the then domain councilor Eduard von Hagen and his wife Wilhelmine . The building was consecrated in 1860 and has a four-story tower on the west side. The rectangular nave has a polygonal choir. The interior painting comes from the Franz brothers from Gotha, the organ from the organ builder Knauf from Tabarz. The ringing of three bells creates the chord of E, G sharp and H.	50 ° 59 ′ 38 "N, 10 ° 32 ′ 38" E
	Friemar	Friemar	St. Vitus Church	Ev.	In the middle of the village is the church, which was renovated in 1780 after a major fire, the mighty west tower is a remnant of the previous building from the 14th century. The 5-axis nave is closed off by a mansard roof. Inside, a double gallery and box seats for the church patron were built. The organ made in 1830 by Tabarz master organ builder Johann Valentin Knauf is considered a gem .	50 ° 58 '43.4 "  N , 10 ° 47' 19.1"  E
	Fröttstädt	Hörselgau	Church of the Redeemer	Ev.	Today's church was built in the neo-Romanesque style as a brick building in 1903 (architect: Alfred Cramer 1872–1938). The late Gothic St. Alban's Church from around 1500, which was previously in the village, was demolished in 1868. The Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, built in 1898, was chosen as the architectural model for the new church. The stained glass windows behind the altar, built in 1988, bathe the interior of the church in a fascinating light. In 1994 a new bell was purchased.	50 ° 56 ′ 1 ″ N, 10 ° 34 ′ 22 ″ E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Gamstädt	Ingersleben	St. Michael Church	Ev.	A stone block on the north-west corner of the church indicates the year 1422, but it is not known whether this is also the year of construction. It is possible that the stone comes from a previous church. The year the nave was built is also unknown.	50 ° 56 ′ 55 "N, 10 ° 53 ′ 3" E
	Georgenthal	Tambach-Dietharz	St. Elisabeth Church	Ev.	During the Peasants' War, a large part of the buildings of the Georgenthal monastery was destroyed in 1525. The Romanesque monastery church was turned into a quarry and largely removed. Today's church, which at the time served as a chapel for the monastery servants and farmers from the surrounding monastery villages, escaped destruction. In 1604 the church was modernized, from 1640–1675 St. Elisabeth was temporarily used as a residential church. The first organ was not procured until 1767; it came from the castle church in Reinhardsbrunn. The colored windows with motifs from Georgenthal's history, which were built in around the turn of the century, are a treasure.	50 ° 49 ′ 46 "N, 10 ° 39 ′ 34" E
	Greed City	Bienstädt	St. Boniface Church	Ev.	The church on Kirchberg above Gierstädt on the edge of the forest was built in 1844/46 and combines English and German neo-Gothic as well as Italian Renaissance. The church is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the area. Old grave monuments in the churchyard.	51 ° 2 ′ 27 "N, 10 ° 49 ′ 22" E
	Goldbach	Goldbach	St. Peter Church	Ev.	The current church was started in 1518 in the late Gothic style, the main portal is on the south side. The tower has tracery windows and 6 storeys, inside there are still the ribbed vaults on the ground floor. The inventory includes an offering box and a painted font from the 16th century.	50 ° 59 ′ 40 "N, 10 ° 39 ′ 28" E
	Gospiteroda	Sundhausen	Gospiterodaer Church (no name)	Ev.	The choir of the church, built in 1623, faces north. The tower has a stone barrel vault on the ground floor, now used as a sacristy. The double galleries are brightly painted.	50 ° 53 '17 "N, 10 ° 38' 53" E
	Gotha	Gotha I (Augustinian Church)	Augustinian Church	Ev.	Built in the middle of the 13th century as a monastery church, remodeled in 1675, early baroque furnishings until 1680	50 ° 56 ′ 50 "N, 10 ° 41 ′ 58" E
	Gotha		St. Boniface	Cath.		50 ° 57 ′ 9 ″ N, 10 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ E
	Gotha		Christ the King Church	Cath.		50 ° 56 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 14" E
	Gotha	Michael Church	Evangelical-Old Lutheran Cross Congregation	Ev.-Altluth.		50 ° 56 ′ 35 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 0" E
	Gotha		Evangelical Free Church Congregation	Ev.-free		50 ° 56 ′ 52 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 19" E
	Gotha		Friedrichskirche	Ev.		50 ° 56 ′ 50 ″ N, 10 ° 43 ′ 15 ″ E
	Gotha	Gotha (city parish)	City Church of St. Margarethen	Ev.	The late Gothic hall church was built from 1494 to 1543 in Gotha's old town. Rebuilds followed in 1632 and 1725. The war damage from the Second World War was repaired by 1952.	50 ° 57 ′ 2 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 17" E
	Gotha		St. Michael Church	Ev.		50 ° 56 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 16" E
	Gotha		New Apostolic Church	New ap.		50 ° 56 ′ 39 "N, 10 ° 43 ′ 6" E
	Gotha	Gotha IV (Castle Church)	Castle Church	Ev.		50 ° 56 ′ 46 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 15" E
	Gotha	Gotha (city parish)	Church of Reconciliation	Ev.	The Church of Reconciliation has been the spiritual center in the Gotha-West prefabricated housing estate for 1985. It is one of the few examples of church buildings in the GDR. As early as 1978 Gotha was included in the program for the construction of new church buildings, but the politicians at the time delayed the construction, which was to be built in a socialist new building area in the west of the city. The then Thuringian regional bishop Werner Leich finally laid the foundation stone. The church was also created with material support from the church partner communities Lemgo and Nürtingen.	50 ° 56 '53 "N, 10 ° 40' 38" E
	Gotha- Siebleben	Gotha (city parish)	St. Helena Church	Ev.	The church, built in the classical style, was built in 1828 and has a three-story tower. The construction took place near the predecessor church St. Marien.	50 ° 56 ′ 34 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 36" E
	Gotha pot life	Gotha (city parish)	Potty Liver Church	Ev.	The church was built in 1954 by resettlers who also settled in Töpfleben. There is a prayer service every first Sunday of the month.	50 ° 55 ′ 20 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 16" E
	Grave life	Ingersleben	St. Magdalena Church	Ev.	Earliest construction probably 1568, in 1738 a new organ was built, repairs in 1788 and 1825. In the church beautiful paintings on the pulpit and the parapet of the gallery. Mighty wooden barrel vault with painted angels and biblical scenes from the beginning of the 20th century. The gallery painting from the time the nave was built, the beginning of the 18th century, with a clearly village-like and rural style of painting. The three-winged altar kept in the church is a particular treasure.	50 ° 56 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 50 ′ 12" E
	Graefenhain	Graefenhain	Trinity Church	Ev.	The church was built from 1727 to 1748. The church's excellent acoustics and the Thielemann organ from 1728 to 1731 gave it an excellent reputation even in the Bach era. It was restored from 1993–1996 and is one of the most important and sonorous baroque works of the Bach era in Thuringia.	50 ° 49 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 12" E
	Count donna	Count donna	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	First construction in the second half of the 15th century, new construction in 1690, remarkable medieval carved altar, in the lower part of the tower is the crypt for the Counts of Tonna with 10 tombstones	51 ° 5 ′ 33 "N, 10 ° 43 ′ 45" E
	Großfahner	Bienstädt	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.		51 ° 3 '24 "N, 10 ° 49' 39" E
	Großrettbach	Ingersleben	St. Gotthard Church	Ev.	Successor to a church that was demolished in 1821. The new building was inaugurated again on November 4th of the same year.	50 ° 55 ′ 27 "N, 10 ° 51 ′ 40" E
	Günthersleben	Seamounts	St. Peter's Church	Ev.	Presumably a Romanesque church stood here as early as the 10th century, but a large part of it was demolished due to its dilapidation. The current church was built in 1694 on the old foundation walls. Middle part of the nave from the Romanesque period. 30 m high tower with three bells. Baptismal font from the 12th century	50 ° 54 ′ 8 "N, 10 ° 45 ′ 46" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Haina	Sonneborn	St. Johannes village church	Ev.		50 ° 59 ′ 25 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 5 ″ E
	Hausen	Goldbach	St. Nicholas Church	Ev.	Erected around 1148 as a small chapel. Tower from 1601, 1603 expansion of the church to its present size. Organ from 1857 and reconstruction in the church. 1969 New roofing of the tower and repair of the clock.	51 ° 0 ′ 51.4 "  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 36.6"  E
	Manor	Hohenkirchen	St. Peter's Church	Ev.	In Herrenhof, too, a large fire in the winter of 1882 destroyed the essentially medieval location with the previous chapel from the 17th century. Only the massive church tower, completed around 1839, escaped complete destruction. The new building was also financed from donations from wealthy residents. A bell, the organ and a chandelier could also be bought with donations. In the 1970s, severe structural damage (sponge infestation) was revealed. The parish worked 35,000 hours to secure their church and convert it into a community center.	50 ° 50 ′ 25 "N, 10 ° 41 ′ 28" E
	Hochheim	Goldbach	St. Nicholas Church	Ev.	The building was erected in the 15th century in the late Gothic style with a rectangular choir tower. The choir was added to the nave in 1616. The interior was modernized through multiple alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The current version is based on the building renovation carried out in 1875.	51 ° 1 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 39 ′ 37" E
	Hohenkirchen	Hohenkirchen	St. Gangolf Church	Ev.	The church, consecrated as a late Gothic hall church around 1511, received a tower extension around 1576–1579 made of stone from the Georgenthal monastery. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the village church was damaged and rebuilt in various ways. The fighting in April 1945 also damaged the church.	50 ° 50 ′ 55 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 5" E
	Hörselgau	Hörselgau	St. Boniface Church	Ev.	After two fires in the Thirty Years' War (168/1640), only the 30 m high church tower with the slate-roofed dome from 1699 remained of the medieval church. Today's church with its nave measuring about 22 × 11 m was built in 1783–1785 on the site of the previous church. Inside there is a circumferential double gallery. The central shrine of a former winged altar with almost life-size figures (Saint Boniface, Cyriakus, Michael, etc.) is counted among the art treasures of the church, and is rated as a southern German work from the beginning of the 16th century.	50 ° 55 ′ 17 "N, 10 ° 35 ′ 2" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Ingersleben	Ingersleben	St. Mary Church	Ev.	Year of construction unknown, tower construction probably 1398, richly decorated gallery part from 1647	50 ° 55 ′ 14 "N, 10 ° 56 ′ 6" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Kleinfahner	Bienstädt	St. Vitus Church	Ev.	Built in 1865 in neo-Gothic style on the site of a previous pilgrimage church	51 ° 2 ′ 16 "N, 10 ° 50 ′ 54" E
	Kleinrettbach	Bindersleben	St. Severi Church	Ev.	The originally Catholic predecessor chapel St. Gallus became Protestant in the course of the Reformation in Thuringia in the 1530s. The current Gothic church was probably built on the foundations of the chapel, which existed until 1537. An indication of this is the year 1580, which is carved into a door lintel on the ground floor of the tower.	50 ° 56 '0.5 "  N , 10 ° 53' 6.4"  E
	Kornhochheim	Apple Town	St Nicholas Church	Ev.	Built in the 12th century, entrance portal from 15th century, gallery painting from 1701	50 ° 54 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 54 ′ 56" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Langenhain	Waltershausen	St. Mary Magdalene Church	Ev.	The 11th century church is in a dominant position on a hill; It seems to be conceived as a fortified church: moats and walls are still in place. After the hardships and turmoil of the Seven Years' War, a new building took place in 1763–1766. Organ from 1768. In the eastern part of the church remains of wall paintings from the 15th century have been secured. Sponge infestation in the 1970s led to a demolition decision, which, however, was not implemented thanks to the efforts of citizens.	50 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 12 ″ E
	Laucha	Mechterstädt	St. Kilian's Church	Ev.	Remains of a previous Gothic church have been preserved on the ground floor of the tower. The current church was built in 1719. Severe storm damage from 1971 to 1973 led to the building authorities closing the church at the end of the 1980s. From 1992 a renovation was carried out.	50 ° 55 ′ 40 "N, 10 ° 32 ′ 36" E
	Leina	Sundhausen	St. Nicholas Church	Ev.	The first church in Leina was started in the 12th century, the current choir was started as a late Gothic building. Further renovations were carried out around 1500, and the church did not get its current appearance until 1739.	50 ° 54 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 37 ′ 50" E
	Luisenthal	Ohrdruf	Herzog-Alfred-Gedächtniskirche	Ev.	On November 3, 1903, the neo-Gothic Duke Alfred Memorial Church was inaugurated on the site of the previous building, which was consecrated in 1719, in the presence of the dowager of the duke and numerous guests of honor. The church is reminiscent of Duke Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha , who tried very hard for Luisenthal.	50 ° 46 ′ 51 ″ N, 10 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Mechterstädt	Mechterstädt	St. Mary's Church	Ev.	Today's church was rebuilt around 1717 on the foundation walls of a previous church, various structural elements and a statue of Mary from the 14th century were reused. The interior is particularly impressive due to its stately, uniformly baroque design. Three-sided double galleries decorated with picture motifs and banners and the organ built in 1770 characterize the spatial impression. The baroque interior is from 1744. Below the dome, four corner turrets decorate the tower from 1785. The paintings are by Georg Conrad Dörffling . The furnishings also include a crucifix and a baptismal font from the 16th century, a figure of Mary from the 14th century and two bells by the bell founder Heinrich Rausch in Erfurt from 1553 and 1619. The organ from 1770 was created by the Gotha court organ builder Carl Christian Hoffmann.	50 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 20 ″ E
	Metebach	Metebach	St. John's Church	Ev.	Built in 1259, remodeled in 1712 with redesign of the interior of the church. Impressive red chalk paintings in the style of the peasant baroque and a wooden barrel vault studded with stars.	50 ° 58 ′ 13 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 30 ″ E
	Molschleben	Molschleben	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	Previous building from the 8th or 9th century, the single-nave late Gothic new building was built towards the end of the 15th century. The entire building was built in several construction phases. The eastern part, the choir with its beautiful Gothic windows, was completed in 1500. This is confirmed by a relief stone on the southeast corner. The church in Molschleben has a large four-winged altar (built around 1518), it is attributed to the so-called "master of the Crispinus legend", whose name is unknown.	51 ° 0 ′ 16 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 53" E
	Muhlberg	Muhlberg	St. Luke Church	Ev.	First mentioned in 726, medieval fortified church with impressive late Gothic figural wall paintings from approx. 1500. The baroque interior work was carried out from 1680 to 1740. Open, imposing, baroque church sky from 1704 in egg tempera color. Its colors are still like new. The wall paintings above the pulpit altar were created around 1450 as Secco painting, but were not rediscovered until 1977 during a renovation. The church contains a small Radegundis chapel.	50 ° 52 ′ 2 ″ N, 10 ° 49 ′ 24 ″ E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Neudietendorf	Neudietendorf	Brethren Church	HBG	Erected in 1780 as a half-timbered building in a unit with the rectory in late Baroque style. First organ from 1781, current organ from 1901. Interesting churchyard.	50 ° 54 ′ 45 "N, 10 ° 54 ′ 42" E
	Neudietendorf	Neudietendorf	St. John's Church	Ev.	Successor to a Gothic church. On the tower, the oldest part of the church, the year 1591. New construction of the nave according to plans by Gotha architect Alfred Cramer from 1904 to 1916.	50 ° 54 ′ 31 "N, 10 ° 54 ′ 49" E
	Neudietendorf		St. Raphael Chapel	cath.	In the immediate vicinity of the Gottesackers of the Brüderkirche, in Gnadenthaler Weg, flanked by a parish building and the funeral hall for the Gottesacker. Formerly the storage room built in 1778 for what was then the Lilienthal sealing wax factory. Originally a sealing wax factory, after the Second World War a prison camp, later a herb and tobacco drying room. Since 1958 cath. Chapel.	50 ° 54 ′ 43 "N, 10 ° 54 ′ 37" E
	Neufrankenroda	Metebach		possibly	The "crypt", a vaulted cellar expanded as a meeting room with a small altar, is registered as a church. It is located on the grounds of the Diakonie facility SILOAH .	50 ° 58 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 36 ′ 34" E
	Emergency life	Frienstedt		Ev.	Built between 1427 and 1493, reconstruction in 1521. During the GDR era, the church fell into disrepair, and in 1983 the church tower was given a new slate roof. In 1985 the roof of the nave was removed, only the outer walls remained. The tower was thoroughly renovated in 2008. The three cast iron bells from 1919 are functional.	50 ° 57 ′ 8 "N, 10 ° 50 ′ 33" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Ohrdruf		Michaeliskirche	Ev.	The Michaeliskirche was the town church of Ohrdruf in Thuringia until the 18th century, the beginnings of which go back to the 8th century. Today only the church tower remains.	50 ° 49 ′ 43 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 5" E
	Ohrdruf	Ohrdruf	Siechhof Church	Ev.	The church was built in the very north of the city at a medieval chapel location (Siechenhof) after the demolition of the previous half-timbered building erected there in 1603 around 1780 in the early classical style. It should be demolished around 1930 as a traffic obstacle. It was possible to convince the Gotha authorities of the value of this unusual church. Inside is now the altar "The Holy Kinship", created in 1510/1520.	50 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N, 10 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ E
	Ohrdruf	Ohrdruf	St. Trinity Church	Ev.	The location of the church, built between 1709 and 1714, is in the southern suburb of Ohrdruf, right outside the city gates. The baroque structure is now the main church in the city and is often used for concerts. The Ratzmann organ from 1814, which was extensively restored in 1992 and 2005, also comes into its own.	50 ° 49 ′ 23 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 5" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Petriroda	Hohenkirchen	St. Salvator Church	Ev.	The small village church measures 13.8 × 8.6 m in area and was started in 1714. The renovation began in the 1980s, and in 2002 the church tower was renovated and re-covered (slated).	50 ° 52 ′ 4 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 10" E
	Horse life	Friemar	St. Wigbert Church	Ev.	500 year old church	50 ° 58 ′ 14 "  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 11.7"  E
	Pfullendorf	Goldbach	St. Boniface Church	Ev.	Hall church, is first mentioned in 1541 as the church “To love women”. Today's church from 1831–1832. Tower renovation in 1703 and 1863. Two bells from 1728, one of the two had to be cast in 1839 because of a crack. Chandelier from 1852 (Johann Friedrich Marksohn). Tower clock from 1906.	51 ° 0 ′ 28 "N, 10 ° 43 ′ 23" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Remstädt	Goldbach	St. Luke Church	Ev.		50 ° 58 ′ 49 ″ N, 10 ° 41 ′ 3 ″ E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Schmerbach	Schwarzhausen	Christ Church	Ev.	After a village school could be inaugurated in the village as early as 1756, the desire to have the church in the village grew, but it took until 1849 to have the necessary start-up capital for the construction. In 1851 the building was completed with an area of ​​17 × 10 m. In 1895, the color design of the interior was completed in a revised form to please the parish.	50 ° 54 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 27 ′ 5 ″ E
	Schnepfenthal -Rödichen	Waltershausen	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	A first church, built in 1648, was demolished in 1699. A slate-clad half-timbered building with a roof turret was erected on a stone base in 1823 and consecrated in 1824.	50 ° 52 ′ 53 "N, 10 ° 34 ′ 46" E
	Schönau in front of the forest	Schönau vdW	George Church	Ev.	The church was built on older foundations in 1691/92 and painted by Gottfried Wunderlich (1689–1749). 38 different scenes from the Bible decorate the fields of the two-story galleries. The pulpit altar dates from the middle of the 18th century, the base of the baptismal font from 1569, and its bowl from the 17th century. The middle shrine of a former winged altar from 1519 still comes from the previous church, which was built from 1513 to 1515.	50 ° 51 ′ 28 "N, 10 ° 38 ′ 18" E
	Schwabhausen	Muhlberg	St. Trinity Church	Ev.	New construction of the aisle in 1701, organ from 1836	50 ° 53 ′ 18 "N, 10 ° 44 ′ 3" E
	Schwarzhausen	Schwarzhausen	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	From 1450 to 1456, the previous church was built in the late Gothic style from 1039 at the current location. At that time there was a small late Romanesque chapel in its vicinity, which is no longer verifiable today. After being damaged in the Thirty Years War, it became a permanent construction site in the middle of the 18th century. When the building was again confronted with immense structural damage around 1845, the building fell victim to the pickaxe. The new building could not be consecrated until July 21, 1850. Inside, the winged altar from the beginning of the 16th century and the font from a previous church from 1623 stand out.	50 ° 54 ′ 7 ″ N, 10 ° 28 ′ 4 ″ E
	Seamounts	Seamounts	St. George Church	Ev.	Erected from 1511 to 1587 using Seeberger sandstone. Over 40 m high church tower with an octagonal helmet roof and all-round defense gallery. The crenellated church courtyard wall with lockable gates, loopholes and corbels indicate the defensibility of the church. Beautiful gallery galleries with 60 biblical scenes in the parapets from the 17th century, organ from 1822.	50 ° 55 ′ 16 "N, 10 ° 47 ′ 56" E
	Sonneborn	Sonneborn	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.		50 ° 59 ′ 23 "N, 10 ° 35 ′ 7" E
	Sundhausen	Sundhausen	St. Nikolai	Ev.	built around 1730	50 ° 55 ′ 39 "N, 10 ° 40 ′ 14" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Tabarz	Tabarz-Cabarz	St. Peter and Paul Church	Ev.	The church was built from 1912 to 1914 and consecrated on May 17, 1914. The altar painting is a copy by a Dutch master that the wife of the builder of Schloss Zimmerberg in Tabarz gave to the parish.	50 ° 52 '44 "N, 10 ° 30' 44" E
	Tabarz	Friedrichroda / Waltershausen	St. Mary's Church	Cath.		50 ° 52 ′ 33 "N, 10 ° 30 ′ 49" E
	Tambach-Dietharz	Tambach-Dietharz	Mountain Church (Dietharz)	Ev.	The first church in Dietharz from 1040 was destroyed in the Thirty Years War. In 1570 a new building was built, which also fell victim to the Thirty Years' War. It was not until 1708 that the foundation stone for the new building was laid on the foundation walls of the previous church. The baptismal font from 1560 and an altar shrine from 1500 were saved from the previous church from 1040. Today's church was inaugurated on September 15, 1968 after renovation.	50 ° 47 ′ 30 ″ N, 10 ° 37 ′ 24 ″ E
	Tambach-Dietharz	Tambach-Dietharz	Luther Church (Tambach)	Ev.	The Luther Church, located in the local area of ​​Tambach, was visited by Luther in 1537 when he had a rest break in the village. The Luther Church was damaged by fires in 1684 and 1842; today's church was consecrated in 1844. Tower from 1861. After damage at the end of 1945, the church was attacked by the sponge. From 1972 to 1976 a community center was built here with community rooms on the ground floor and a church hall. The “Tambach Speech” given in 1919 by Karl Barth in the parish rooms of the Tambach Church was an impetus for a new theological reflection in the Protestant Church of Thuringia.	50 ° 47 ′ 31 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 31 ″ E
	Teutleben	Hörselgau	St. Michaelis	Ev.	Predecessor church from 1262. Current church from 1673/74 consecrated as Saint Michael Church. Choir and nave are the same width and have a half-barrel-shaped wooden ceiling. The galleries on the north and west walls stand on carved columns. The painting, also that of the surrounding double galleries, mostly from 1719 (painter Joh. Seb. Preger, 1676–1739, from Eisenach). Baroque pulpit from 1675. Three-wing carved altar from 1500. Organ from 1696. Last repair from 1994 (roof structure and new roofing of the nave).	50 ° 56 ′ 45 ″ N, 10 ° 33 ′ 52 ″ E
	Tröchtelborn	Friemar	St. Boniface Church	Ev.	Over 1000 years old. The most valuable piece in the church is the historic Volckland organ, which was built between 1757 and 1767.	50 ° 59 '30.1 "  N , 10 ° 49' 6.8"  E
	Deceptive life	Gotha III (Reconciliation Church)	St. John's Church	Ev.	The church tower with thick walls and the vaulted ceilings were first mentioned as a defensive tower in 1404. In 1520, with the construction of the church, its function was expanded from a defense tower to a watch tower and church tower.	50 ° 57 ′ 5 "N, 10 ° 37 ′ 54" E
	Tüttleben	Seamounts	St Viti Church	Ev.	A Latin inscription on the church tower shows that it was built on March 22nd, 1463. Presumably, however, there was already a previous church, as is so often the case in this area. The lavishly decorated pulpit from the Renaissance period is the most striking decoration inside the church. Two canvas paintings show Martin Luther and pastor Jakob F. Thiele, who died in 1728.	50 ° 56 ′ 40 "N, 10 ° 47 ′ 39" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Life	Gotha IV (Castle Church)	St. John's Church	Ev.	On the site of an older church from the 14th century, today's church was rebuilt around 1640, including the old tower. In 2008, during renovation work, murals from the 17th century came to light inside. The artistic design of the church was made in Art Nouveau in 1911.	50 ° 54 ′ 47 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 0" E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Election angle	Hörselgau	St. Gotthard Church	Ev.	The church in Wahlwinkel was first mentioned in 1401. The present church was consecrated in 1496, the striking tower was completed in 1505. New construction 1827/28, organ from 1829 by organ builder Hesse in Dachwig. A special feature inside the church is an early Gothic crypt. The church is currently (2011) being renovated.	50 ° 54 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 1 ″ E
	Waltershausen	Waltershausen	City Church "To God Aid"	Ev.	Today's church from 1719 to 1723 is a baroque central building and is considered the forerunner of the Dresden Frauenkirche (1726–1738). It houses the largest baroque organ in Thuringia. The predecessor church is the Liebfrauenkirche, a late Gothic hall church, which was first mentioned in a document in 1326. The lower part of the church tower is from 1458. The church can accommodate 1200 people. Organ 1725 by Heinrich Gottfried Trost (around 1680–1759).	50 ° 53 '53 "N, 10 ° 33' 21" E
	Waltershausen	Waltershausen	Chapel "Our Lady of the Holy Rosary"	Cath.	The Catholic parish in Waltershausen was founded after 1920 and initially used the castle chapel of Tenneberg Castle. The chapel on Schönrasen was built in 1965/66 through the renovation of a farm building. The consecration with altar concration took place on October 7, 1966 by Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck. The community of Waltershausen became an independent parish curate in 1968, and this was also where the legal separation from the mother parish followed. After a short period of independence, Waltershausen belonged again to the parish of Friedrichroda Since 2012 “Our Lady of the Holy Rosary” has been a subsidiary of the parish of St. Boniface.	50 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N, 10 ° 33 ′ 17 ″ E
	Waltershausen-Ibenhain	Waltershausen	Chapel of "Our Lady"	Ev.	The chapel of Ibenhain, built in the 14th century, was a popular place of pilgrimage until the Reformation. The church received its present form during a renovation in the 18th century. The little church, measuring only 10 × 6 meters, was embellished in 1802 with a roof turret for the little bell. During the Second World War, explosive bombs were dropped over the town of Ibenhain in February 1945, which also damaged the church, and 20 people died in the town.	50 ° 53 ′ 31 ″ N, 10 ° 34 ′ 10 ″ E
	Hiking life	Apple Town	St. Peter's Church	Ev.	First mentioned in 1143, tower from the 15th century, baroque interior, Schröter organ from 1724, burial place of various resident noble families	50 ° 53 '50.1 "  N , 10 ° 51' 15.7"  E
	Wangenheim	Wangenheim	St. Trinity Church	Ev.	In the ancestral town of the wealthy von Wangenheim family of the same name, the church, which was built in the 14th century on a hill in the locality, was built north of the no longer existing castle complex. In the church, which was partially rebuilt in 1690, there are still Gothic tracery windows in the facade. The west tower, which is in need of repair today, was later renewed in the Gothic style. As early as the 19th century, with the support of the founding family, the gradual redesign of the interior began, initially the installation of the double galleries and in 1911 the colored painting with biblical scenes. A crucifix was preserved in the parish from the pre-Reformation period.	51 ° 1 ′ 16 ″ N, 10 ° 37 ′ 31 ″ E
	Warza	Wangenheim	St. John's Church	Ev.	The church, which began in the late Gothic style around 1520, has been changed several times. The choir still has the pointed and arched curtain windows from the original construction phase, the facade of the nave was last modernized in 1768 in a Baroque style. The associated tower is an extension from 1585 and received a baroque tower dome in 1768.	50 ° 59 ′ 44 "N, 10 ° 41 ′ 20" E
	Wechmar	Muhlberg	St. Viti Church	Ev.	Previous church from the 8th century, new building in 1467, organ from 1652, demolished in 1832 due to disrepair after a lightning strike, completion of the new church with an octagonal floor plan in 1843. The tower has a height of 68 m and is one of the highest church towers in Thuringia.	50 ° 53 ′ 28 "N, 10 ° 46 ′ 27" E
	Vineyard	Metebach	Weingartener Church (no name)	Ev.	The small, essentially Romanesque church is located in the center of the village.	50 ° 58 '22 "N, 10 ° 32' 23" E
	Westhausen	Wangenheim	St. Vitus Church	Ev.		51 ° 0 ′ 59 "N, 10 ° 41 ′ 24" E
	Winter stone	Winter stone	St. John's Church	Ev.	It was not until 1703 that Bernhard von Wangenheim approved the construction of a village church, which was built as a successor to a church from 1392. First the house of worship was built, at the same time the village school and the new cemetery were laid out. As early as 1850 this building was badly damaged by structural defects (sponge infestation?) And was replaced in 1855 by the current building, a simple hall church with a wooden barrel and a surrounding gallery.	50 ° 53 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 27 ′ 20 ″ E
	Winter stone		St. Joseph Church	Cath.	The church, consecrated on November 28, 1958, was built as a place of worship for those who had been expelled from their homes in Winterstein and were of the Catholic faith from Silesia and Sudetenland.	50 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ N, 10 ° 27 ′ 23 ″ E
	Wipperoda	Schönau vdW	St. Wigbert Church	Ev.	The first church in Wipperoda is said to have been built as early as the 12th century, parts of this building have been preserved in today's walls (portal in the nave side). The current church was rebuilt in the 16th century and has a floor area of ​​about 9 × 6 meters. The interior was first renewed in the baroque style in the 1780s (double gallery, mirror vault, pulpit), several smaller modernizations followed in order to meet the changing tastes of the time.	50 ° 52 ′ 19 ″ N, 10 ° 39 ′ 39 ″ E
	Wolfis	Crawinkel	St. Crucis Church	Ev.	A fire destroyed the previous church in 1735. The new building was inaugurated on October 16, 1736. The current building has three galleries and a pulpit altar in the apse. Work on the ceiling, richly decorated with stucco, dragged on until 1773. The organ was created by the Ohrdruf organ builder Georg Franz Ratzmann in 1819.	50 ° 48 ′ 36 "N, 10 ° 46 ′ 43" E
	Wolfis		Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses	ZJ.		50 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ N, 10 ° 46 ′ 40 ″ E

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image	place	Parish appurtenances.	Church name	Conf.	Remarks	Geo- coordinates
	Room supra	Bindersleben	St. Jacobus Church	Ev.	One of the sights of the community is the church. The mighty west tower of the church still comes from the first church building in 1494. The nave was rebuilt around 1725 in the Baroque style, with a polygonal choir closure and mansard roof. The tower was raised and got a slate dome. A large part of the original painting has been preserved in the interior. The church has an organ by the Erfurt organ builder Franciscus Volckland from 1738. The pulpit altar with the figures of Moses and John the Baptist and the east choir are particularly worth seeing. The parish, the friends' association, the church district, the Free State of Thuringia, the State Monuments Office and, last but not least, the German Foundation for Monument Protection contributed over 100,000 euros to the restoration work between 1996 and 2010 . In 1998/99 the organ was also revised and its original sound condition restored.	50 ° 59 ′ 23 "N, 10 ° 52 ′ 16" E

Web links

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• Websites of the superintendent agencies Gotha and Waltershausen-Ohrdruf

Note: The state borders of the district of Gotha are not identical to the borders of the areas of responsibility of the church offices. Therefore, not all churches mentioned in the superintendent's listings are listed here. Example: The Behringen rectory is part of the Gotha superintendent, but its parish is outside the Gotha district, namely in the Wartburg district.

literature

• Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments Thuringia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
• Hartmut Ellrich (et al): The churches of the Superintendentur Waltershausen-Ohrdruf . Weimar 2005.
• Hartmut Ellrich: Castle and residential churches in Thuringia . Wartburg-Verlag, Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-86160-163-0 .
• Herbert von Hintzenstern: Village churches in Thuringia . Ed .: Klaus G. Beyer. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1990, p. 167 .
• Ulrich Nikolai: Thuringian baroque churches . In: The Thuringian Flag. Monthly magazine for the Central German homeland . Booklet 11. G. Neuenhahn Druck und Verlag, Jena 1933, p. 641-644 .
• U. Sareik, S. Ortmann, K. Sturm: Monuments of the Gotha district . Ed .: Council of the District of Gotha. August-Bebel Gotha printing works, Erfurt / Gotha 1987, p. 98 .
• Walter Volkland: The architectural and art monuments of the city of Gotha . In: Gotha. The book of a German city . Book 6. Verlag Engelhard, Reyhersche Hofbuchdruckerei, Gotha 1929, The Church Buildings, p. 25-46 .
• Harald Wetzold: Around the Käfernburg. Highlights of the twelve centuries of church history in the church district of Ohrdruf . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1985, p. 112 .

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