St. Paulus (Bibra)

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The church

The village church St. Paulus is in the community Bibra in the administrative community Südliches Saaletal in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish Orlamünde in Kirchenkreis Eisenberg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The village church is located in Bibra on the northern edge of the village in the middle of the village. The district road from Kahla in the direction of Reinstädt passes just outside the church . The Zwabitz district is about 1.5 kilometers north .

history

The hall church with the recessed rectangular choir and the apse dates from the 13th century. A relief with a crutch cross in a niche has been preserved on the south side of the nave from the late Gothic period . The arched curtain windows with profiled walls on the south side of the choir originate from a renovation carried out in 1503 . The small church is crowned by an eight pass. The Gothic figures in the winged altar probably come from the Saalfeld carving school.

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 14.7 "  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 51.3"  E