St. Georg (Thamsbrück)
The listed Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Georg is in the town of Thamsbrück , today part of the town of Bad Langensalza in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia . The parish Thamsbrück belongs to the parish area Bad Langensalza in the parish of Mulhouse the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The church was first mentioned in a document in the 14th century. The nave , which is covered with a gable roof , was renewed in 1669. It was renovated in 1873 and in the 1980s. Inside it has two-story galleries on the north and west sides and is spanned with a wooden barrel vault. The Gothic choir tower has tracery windows and is covered with a pointed, eight-sided, slate-roofed helmet , which is flanked at the four corners by small turrets. The church bell was cast in 1608 by Melchior Moeringk from Erfurt. The sacristy attached to the south has a ribbed vault inside . The choir also has a ribbed vault inside.
A wooden figure of St. George on horseback from the 15th century stood in a pointed wall niche . The pulpit was erected in 1669. The organ with 16 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , was built in 1824. It comes from the organ builder Christian Gottfried Dittus from Großburschla. In 2017/2018 a winter church was set up under the west gallery because the parish sold the rectory .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 1223.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '23.1 " N , 10 ° 38' 8.6" E