Zur Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit, Thuringian Forest
Facts and practical information
The listed Protestant village church Zur heiligen Dreifaltigkeit stands in the district of Gießübel in the municipality of Schleusegrund in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia.
The church was built in baroque style in 1722 and 1723 and consecrated with the name "Zur heiligen Dreifaltigkei".
The architectural style in the form of an octagon with reinforced corners that look like buttresses is intentional. The north and west sides each have an entrance portal. The other sides have large windows. An hour bell from 1745 hangs in the ridge turret.
The bronze bells of the ringing are from 1926, 1949 and 1950 and were placed in the bell house above the church.
Inside, the basic shape of the church determines the interior. The gallery runs along all sides. On the west side is the organ by Johann Christian Dotzauer, a master organ builder from Hildburghausen and contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, it was renewed and rebuilt in the course of time to correspond to the development, so in 1841 by the master organ builder Michael Schmidt from Schmiedefeld.
Above the church stands the Martin Luther parish house since 1950, which also serves as a winter church.
In 2003 the roof was renovated. It was discovered that the hour bell was hidden in the ridge turret. It strikes again.
36 NeubrunnstraßeThuringian Forest
Thuringia