St. Bartholomäus and St. Nikolaus (Ziegenrück)
The Protestant town church of St. Bartholomew and St. Nicholas is in the town of Ziegenrück in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .
history
The 800 year old church was built around 1214. The year 1222 is said to have once stood on a stone by the church tower . In 1656 the church burned down and the reconstruction lasted from 1660 to 1668. The town church , which faces the market with the west gable, is a three-aisled, flat-roofed, two- bay hall with steps , which is adjoined by a groin-vaulted choir square . The altar was placed in the crossing and the choir square became the sacristy . The organ stands above it . The delineation is by Prof. Jöher from Dortmund , the cuppa of Alabaster - baptismal font has been preserved, the four cartridges shows biblical reliefs scenes of Christopher Franck 1613 Rosau.
In front of the choir square rises the tower, which is covered with a low tent roof.
The entrance to the nave is on the south side. The windows are ogival.
The hillside location of the church required significant renovations.
The recent past
In 1984 the town church of Ziegenrück was extensively restored.
In 2010, Enrico Steckert, who was born in Ziegenrück and lives in Lohmar, and Richard Apel, who lives in Australia, manufactured lead glass panes and donated them to his church in Ziegenrück.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Church on saale-online.de. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ The Church at www.kirche-ziegenrueck.de Retrieved on October 21, 2013.
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '54.7 " N , 11 ° 39' 2.3" E