St. Johann Baptist (Gehofen)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Johann Baptist is located at Hauptstrasse 14 in Gehofen , a community in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . St. Johann Baptist belongs to the parish KSP Wiehe in the parish area Wiehe of the church district Eisleben-Sömmerda the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
As early as the 9th century there was a church in Gehofen called St. Johannis Baptistae . The medieval church, a Romanesque cruciform church , was probably built at the instigation of the Knights Templar . A coming of the order existed until 1309. Instead of the previous building, which was demolished in 1859 because of dilapidation , the present church was built from 1866 to 1868 according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler . The foundation stone was laid on April 18, 1866 . In World War I , all three had bells are submitted. In 1919 the church got three new bells.
description
The stately neo-Gothic hall church has a recessed choir with a polygonal apse . In the west there is a slender octagonal church tower 50 meters high . The masonry is faced with sandstone blocks.
The completely preserved neo-Gothic church furnishings from the time of construction consist of an altar , pulpit , benches , galleries and the color scheme on the walls. The baptismal font was taken over from a previous church. At the six-sided foot of the baptismal font from the early 17th century, sculptures of Luther , Paul and the four evangelists can be seen. There are two medieval tombstones on the western inner wall, which were also taken over from the previous building or were moved to the church when the cemetery was closed .
The organ with 26 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , was built by Julius Strobel in 1861 . It was restored in 1989 by Kuhn Orgelbau.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Johann Baptist on EKMD
- ↑ Information on building history
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ↑ Information on Kuhn organ building
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 25.5 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 15.8 ″ E