St. Margarethe (Altengesees)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Margarethe in Altengesees , a district of the Remptendorf municipality in the Saale-Orla district in the middle of the Thuringian Slate Mountains, is a listed building . The church belongs to the parish area Gahma - Weisbach in church circle Schleiz .
Altengesees, ancestral seat of the von Watzdorf family , was first mentioned in a document in 1571. A chapel dedicated to the apostles Simon Peter and Jude Thaddäus is said to have stood here as early as 1300 .
In 1782 a rectangular three- axis hall church was rebuilt or built by converting the old chapel, which was dedicated to St. Margaret . It is covered with a slated hipped roof, which carries a ridge turret, which is crowned by an eight-sided attachment with a hood and a lantern . The interior with a flat ceiling and two-storey galleries was painted ornamentally in 1832 .
The organ with nine registers , divided into manual and pedal , was created by Christian August Gerhard in 1788 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 50.1 ″ N , 11 ° 32 ′ 29.7 ″ E