St. Peter and Paul (Mauderode)
The Protestant branch church St. Peter and Paul is in the Mauderode district of the Werther community in the Nordhausen district in Thuringia .
history
In 1606 the simple choir tower church was built from rubble stones with a retracted choir and half-timbered upper floor for the tower . It is believed that there was a previous church. The first bell was purchased in 1487 and the second in 1500.
In the cemetery is the empty mausoleum of privy councilor Bruno Kunze, inventor of the air pressure brake for railways . He owned land in the village and lived in Germany .
literature
- Thomas Müller: The churches in the southern Harz. with photographs by Christoph Keil and others. Nordhausen 2017, p. 138f.
Web links
Commons : Saints Peter and Paul - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Church at www.werther.de ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 5, 2013
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 10 ° 41 ′ 13.1 ″ E