St. John the Baptist (Freienhagen)
The Catholic village church of St. John the Baptist is in the community of Freienhagen in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia .
history
The church tower and nave were built between 1777 and 1779 . On October 28, 1779, the auxiliary bishop Johann Georg Joseph von Eichart from Erfurt inaugurated the church . No information is given about a previous church.
Construction work
The masonry was built from unplastered rubble stones . The retracted west tower was built into the three-axis hall building . The facade of the hipped roof house is designed by arched windows and a profiled eaves .
In 1904 the sacristy was added .
In the ship, the windows are spanned by a barrel vault with deep soffits . There is a double gallery in the western part . The chancel with groin vault increases the importance of the space.
The pulpit with ornaments , angels and the crowning sculpture of John the Baptist dates from around 1780. Other Catholic saints adorn the room.
The organ was created and installed by a master from Duderstadt between 1929 and 1930 .
The tower bells were cast in Apolda (1914/1964) and Karlsruhe (2008).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Church at www.kath-kirche-arenshausen.de ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 27, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '49.1 " N , 10 ° 3' 18.7" E