St. Michael (gates)
The Protestant village church of St. Michael is located in the Pforten district of the independent city of Gera in Thuringia .
history
Around 1632 there was a chapel near the Pforten manor .
The growing population around 1900 and the associated city expansion made a larger church necessary. In 1939, today's church was built as an emergency church. At the first consecration, the German Christians put a swastika on the roof turret instead of a Christian cross. The NSDAP protested against this in an original way and demanded the removal of the swastika. On September 29, 1945 the church “St. Michael ” consecrated again because the first consecration was no longer recognized.
In 1951 the four-sided, plain plastered and dominating bell tower with a flat tent roof and a crowning cross was built .
In 2005 the tower cross was renewed and the roof re-covered.
The church belongs to the parish of Gera and is used for evening services.
Furnishing
In the apse there is a metal sculpture by the Gera artist Herbert Enke, which depicts the Archangel Michael. The bell from 1918 from the Ulrich workshop in Apolda is the oldest piece of equipment.
Web links
- Evangelical Lutheran Church District Gera: The History of the Church “St. Michael “doors
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heller u. a., Churches in and around Gera, Berlin 1987
- ^ Letter from the district leadership, a copy of which is available in the church
- ↑ The church at www.gera.de Query on January 31, 2014
- ^ Löffler, Kulturdenkmale in Thüringen, City of Gera, 2007
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '37.2 " N , 12 ° 5' 31.5" E