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St. Agathen Church, Lehesten

St. Agathen Church, Lehesten

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St. Agathen Church, Lehesten

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Location: Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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1. Lehesten Slate and Mining Town – Altvaterturm loop from Reichenbach

30.0km

02:17

390m

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2. St. Michaelis Church, Lehesten – Ludwigsstadt Quarry loop from Röttersdorf

33.5km

02:26

550m

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3. Lehesten Slate Quarry – Lehesten Slate Quarry Lake loop from Lehesten

15.3km

01:24

250m

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Mapf

May 24, 2020

The hall church from the 15th century, built of quarry stones and provided with corner stones, was destroyed in a fire in 1822. It was rebuilt in 1824–25. The church tower on the north side was only rebuilt in 1829–31. Its foundations date back to the 15th century (Wikipedia).

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Siebener_Walter

July 23, 2025

This church is very beautiful.

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Mikesan

January 9, 2022

In the more than 250-year-old Lehesten Church of St. Agathen, formerly St. Aegidius, there is probably the largest slate ever carved in one piece in the anteroom. It was mined in the "Kießlich" slate quarry in 1872, is 308 cm high and 253 cm wide. This plaque is a memorial plaque in honor of those who fell in the Franco-German War of 1870/71.
The names of the 30 soldiers from Lehesten are recorded on it. The listed church was built in its current form in 1824/25. Before that there was already a church at this point, in which Dr. Martin Luther is said to have preached in 1530. In the Biedermeier style church, the altar, crucifix and the altar of the baptistery are made of slate, the characteristic material of our area.

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Location: Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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St. Agathen Church, Lehesten

1. Lehesten Slate and Mining Town – Altvaterturm loop from Reichenbach

2. St. Michaelis Church, Lehesten – Ludwigsstadt Quarry loop from Röttersdorf

3. Lehesten Slate Quarry – Lehesten Slate Quarry Lake loop from Lehesten

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