St. Gumbertus (Schwarzenbach an der Saale)

View of the church from the city center

The St. Gumbertus Church is the Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the town of Schwarzenbach an der Saale .

The Gumbertus Church stands on the steep Kirchberg on the west bank of the Saale and is a monument as part of the city ensemble and as a building . It is a hall church with a west tower. She belongs to the dean's office Münchberg . The church patronage was previously tied to the Schwarzenbach manor . Jean Paul’s father was the first pastor in the village and is buried in the local cemetery. The church burned down several times. The special features of the furnishings include a Heidenreich organ, a baptismal angel from 1891 and the altar by the sculptor Groß from Burgkunstadt from 1812.

literature

August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . In: The Art Monuments of Bavaria , Brief Inventories , Volume VII . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1960. p. 60.

Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. pp. 377f.

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