St. Nicolai (Morungen)
The Protestant village church of St. Nicolai is in the Morungen district of the city of Sangerhausen in the Mansfeld-Südharz district in Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the parish area Oberndorf in Kirchenkreis Eisleben-Sömmerda the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
The first documented new church building is dated to 1322. Around this time the village gave up its location and took the current one including the church . In 1527 the parish introduced the Reformation . In 1655 the village fell through war and the plague. A year later, 14 families repopulated the place. Since then the church has been renovated and rebuilt several times.
In 1796 the church received three small bells . In 1869 the Hofener baroque altar (a family item of the Eller-Eberstein family ) and the Strobel organ were installed .
For the 1100th anniversary of the place, the church was newly plastered, painted and the organ made playable.
Web links
- Information about the church on the website of the church district
- Church information on the parish website
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 0.6 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 52.4 ″ E