The parish church in Elbersroth was built in 1925 according to the plans of the architect Schulz from Nuremberg and thus received its current appearance. As early as the early 1900s, Pastor Ludwig Heumann asked for donations for the construction of a new church in his petitions, repeatedly pointing out the poor condition of the church. The tower had to be removed around 1910 and the bells hung on a wooden frame in what was then the cemetery. He also complained "that the church is too small and the poor parish is not able to fulfill a building obligation". It is not known how much money Heumann was able to collect for the building of the church. The First World War, however, threw a spanner in the works. His death shortly before the end of the war at the age of only 49 "put an abrupt end to his restless spirit", according to a newspaper article at the time. However, one was very surprised that in 1925 the construction of the parish church of St. James the Elder could begin. Heumann's successor and nephew, Spiritual Counselor Andreas Lederer, found an architect in Professor Schulz who was to carry out Heumann's testament with artistic understanding. However, Schulz had developed a concept that, with an onion dome, was far removed from the draft by the architect Karl Jäger from Munich, commissioned by Pastor Heumann. The construction costs had amounted to 70,000 marks, most of which were raised from the Pfarrer Heumann Foundation.

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