St. Leonhard (Heldburg)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cemetery church in Heldburg

The listed Gottesackerkirche St. Leonhard is located in Heldburg in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

The cemetery chapel is the third church building in the Heldburg district , along with the town church and the Catholic chapel “Holy Spirit” . After the cemetery was moved to the outskirts, it was built at the end of the 15th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1497, but was not yet completed at the time.

The church is located in the middle of the cemetery and is popularly called a chapel . Inside there is a simple altar with a lectern and benches. In addition to funeral services, other church events are also carried out.

Web links

Commons : St. Leonhard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Cultural development concept for the model region of the Hildburghausen and Sonneberg districts . October 2014, p. 18 ( pdf ).

Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 54.9 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 19.1 ″  E