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Location: Kohren-Sahlis, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Possibly Gnandstein parish churchconstruction time
16th century, 17th century, 20th century
1518 (completion), 1688 to 1689, 1909Architectural style
Gothic, baroque, historicism
Builder / Architect
Woldemar Kandler (1909)
Status
The Ev. Parish church in Gnandstein is renovated.
Todays use
sacred
Access
The Ev. Parish church in Gnandstein cannot be visited.description
type
The Ev. Parish church in Gnandstein is a hall church.
Structure
Plastered quarry stone building, unplastered choir, elongated nave, choir with 3/8 end, corner cuboid, buttresses, tracery windows, colored diamond band, extensions, square west tower with gable roof, roof turret and lantern
inner space
Ship with star vault, to the choir with net vault, three-sided gallery, box, tower basement with star vault, pulpit altar, pulpit, baptismTombs
Epitaph Heinrich Hildebrandt von Einsiedel (1557),
Epitaph Johannes von Einsiedel (1582),
thirteen sandstone epitaphs of the von Einsiedel family,
nine grave slabs of the von Einsiedel family (around 1640),
four epitaphs of the von Einsiedel family (from 1687 to 1756),
more grave slabsSource: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/gnandstein-kirche-kohren-sahlis-leipzig
December 28, 2021
The church was built in the 16th century in the Gothic style. It was rebuilt in the 17th and 20th centuries.
December 17, 2021
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