Martin Luther Church (Caselwitz)

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The Martin Luther Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Martin Luther Church is located in the Caselwitz district of the city of Greiz in the Greiz district in Thuringia . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Greiz -Caselwitz in the Greiz parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

Nothing is known of the previous church, the chapel mentioned in 1534 . It burned down in 1723 and a church had to be built, which was consecrated on November 11 of the same year. It was Martin Luther's baptism day . That is why the church has had his name since 1954.

To the church itself

She stands in the middle of the cemetery . The roof turret on the west side of the church is striking . who has a tail dome. The outer stems distract from the linear interior design. The nave has a three-sided choir . The large windows give the house a great deal of light. The baroque pulpit altar is decorated with ornamental paintings. An angel in the form of a young man, a work of the early 18th century, holds the baptismal bowl .

The carved support pillar on the staircase leading to the organ upstairs represents a female figure. She is probably influenced by non-European motifs. The organ and supporting pillars probably come from the Rothental castle chapel .

Web links

Commons : Martin Luther Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church district Greiz: Evang.-Luth. Parish of Greiz-Caselwitz. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 2.7 ″  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 8.5 ″  E