Angel Church, Hinterhermsdorf

The Angels Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hinterhermsdorf, which overlooks the village. Your uncommon for Protestant churches names of the Angels Church, she received through the Baroque baptismal adorning the interior.

Description

The Angels Church is a church hall with a straight end and arched windows. She wears a gable roof with ridge turret, which is adorned with a lantern. The interior is (probably from a Bohemian master ) characterized by a three-winged Baroque age from 1681 to 1692 and also from a Baroque baptismal, which gave its name to the church. The organ was built in 1846 by Samuel Heinrich Herold.

History

The Angels church was built after the year 1688 on a hill overlooking Hinterhermsdorf. The architect was Hans Hamann Tharandt. 1846 has seen many reconstructions that have been largely corrected in a new rebuild 1939. In the late 1970s were begun restoration work that has been completed in 1988. An extensive exterior renovation was financed by subsidies of the EU, the State of Saxony and the Lutheran. Church of Saxony in 2011, started and should have been completed in 2012.