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St. John's Church, Schleusingen

St. John's Church, Schleusingen

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St. John's Church, Schleusingen

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Location: Schleusingen, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 9, 2021

St. Johannis is the Evangelical Lutheran town church in Schleusingen (Thuringia). The former castle church stands next to Bertholdsburg Castle.

A church in Schleusingen already existed in 1235. In 1454 the name St. Johannis was first documented. At the end of the 15th century a new church was built and consecrated in 1498. It was a three-aisled, Gothic hall church. The church tower is marked with the year 1483 as the start of construction. It was raised to a height of 44 meters in 1608. There was a transition from a square to an octagon in the floor plan and the use of the arched frieze as a design element.

From 1725 to 1729 the nave was rebuilt as a Protestant preaching hall. The church tower houses the cross-vaulted sacristy on the ground floor and, like the aegidia chapel, which was formerly located next to the hall church, and the choir are remnants of the old church. The Gothic altar and choir were separated and got a false ceiling for the organ. It was subsequently used as a chapel with around 50 seats. The aegidia chapel, which had served as the burial place of the Henneberg counts since 1566, was integrated into the new, 21.4 meter long and 18 meter wide nave. Two large doors on the north and south side provide access to the church interior, which has a circumferential, three-storey, three-sided gallery and seats around 800. The prince's chair is on the west gallery, where there was a connecting passage to Bertholdsburg. During renovation measures in 1880, the original plaster stucco ceiling was replaced by a wooden, flat coffered ceiling and the triumphal arch with the figures of the apostles Paul and Peter was designed in the area of the altar. During the restoration between 1989 and 1991, the central stalls were equipped with electric bench heating. In 2013 the church tower was renovated.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johannis_(Schleusingen)

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August 14, 2025

The Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church in Schleusingen was once a castle church. By 1498, it was a Gothic hall church with a 44-meter-high steeple. It was built in 1235 and was expanded until 1729, and has been continuously restored to this day.

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