St. Laurentius (Schwarza)

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The church

The Evangelical Church of St. Laurentius is located in the Schwarza district of the city of Rudolstadt in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

history

The church , built around 1600, is an example of the Schwarzburg peasant baroque .

The pulpit altar impresses with images of the Reformation and the unity of altar , pulpit and organ .

Arrow in the tower ball

A Bashkir arrow is stuck in the tower ball . On April 14, 1814, Bashkir warriors were invited to Schwarza by Prince Karl Guenter. Karl Guenter doubted the efficiency of the Bashkir bow and asked the Bashkirs to hit the church tower with their arrow. They didn't dare, but the pastor allowed them to. A Bashkir archer hit the church tower from 100 meters. So the Bashkir arrow stayed in the church tower until now.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The church on kirche-schwarza.de ( Memento from January 14, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ otz.de - New tower button and golden Bashkir arrow crown the church in Schwarza

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 13 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 54.8 ″  E