St. Georg (Schellroda)

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The church

The village church of St. Georg is located in the Schellroda district of the municipality of Klettbach in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia . The parish belongs to the parish association Klettbach in the parish of Weimar of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The Protestant village church is centrally located in the former Rundlingsdorf .

history

The simple medieval hall church with west tower was rebuilt in baroque style around 1723 .

It has double galleries , a pulpit altar and a font from the 16th century.

In 1990 the church was on the verge of decay. It was renovated with great commitment by 2008 and re-inaugurated by Regional Bishop Christoph Kähler .

The organ by Johann Georg Schröter (1683–1747) had to be relocated from Stadtilm for the reconstruction by the Schönefeld company . In 1979 Schönefeld built a new organ for Bad Berka , which was moved to Schellroda in 2008.

Web links

Commons : Saint George Church (Schellroda)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 56.2 "  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 50.8"  E