St. Peter and Paul (Schwerstedt)
The Protestant village church of St. Peter and Paul is in the Schwerstedt district of the Am Ettersberg rural community in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia .
location
The village church is surrounded by old trees in the center of the village through which the Via Regia once passed.
history
There is evidence of a wooden chapel in Schwerstedt as early as 802 . It was replaced by a stone chapel in 1150 and a church with a tower in 1450. In 1765 the tower was demolished and the current church was built between 1766 and 1772. It is very spacious and has a large choir room . The rooms are plastered or painted white. Golden rococo ornaments decorate the pulpit from 1735. The baptismal frame was purchased in 1740.
In 1978 a community room was built into one of the galleries . Extensive restorations were carried out between 1982 and 1998.
Web links
- Information about the church on kirchenkreis-weimar.de. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
- Church information. on the website of the municipality of Schwerstedt. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 15.6 ″ N , 11 ° 17 ′ 25.8 ″ E