City Church of St. Maria Magdalena (Leutenberg)
The Evangelical Lutheran town church St. Maria Magdalena stands above the market in Leutenberg , a country town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia . The parish Leutenberg belongs to the parish Leutenberg in Kirchenkreis Rudolstadt-Saalfeld the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The church was built from 1812 to 1815 after a city fire . The rectangular hall church has the steeple in the west . The west-facing interior has two-storey galleries . It is covered with a flat ceiling. The church furnishings include a simple pulpit altar from the construction period. A carved figure, created around 1510/12, shows Christ at rest . It is attributed to Hans Gottwalt von Lohr from Saalfeld.
The organ with 25 registers , divided into 3 manuals and pedal , was built in 1885 by Karl Friedrich Peternell, rebuilt in 1895 by Oscar Ladegast and restored in 1980 by Schönefeld Organ Builders.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Church Leutenberg on EKMD
- ↑ City Church St. Maria Magdalena on kirchbau.de
- ↑ Information on the organ
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 11 ° 27 ′ 25.3 ″ E