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Hochtaunuskreis
Oberursel

Hospital Church of St. Barbara, Oberursel

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Hochtaunuskreis
Oberursel

Hospital Church of St. Barbara, Oberursel

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Hospital Church of St. Barbara, Oberursel

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    December 7, 2020

    A landmark of the old town is the Hospital Church in Strackgasse, a small, baroque-style church that was consecrated in 1676, more than 300 years ago. It belonged to the hospital, which had been donated as a retirement home by wealthy Oberursel citizens. The hospital and church were maintained by a foundation that played an economic role in the small town of that time as the "hospital fund". A sandstone figure of St. Barbara, the patron saint of the church, stands above the entrance of the simple church. It carries the three-legged tower of the prison The church was thoroughly renovated in 1953. The beautiful stucco ceiling was given a remarkable ceiling painting by the versatile Oberursel artist Georg Hieronymi, which shows Saint Barbara, surrounded by the poor, the sick and beggars Before 1953 only a harmonium accompanied the service, the church now received the home organ, which was made available by the city's trade union federation when the Villa Gans was taken over. The various figures on the baroque altar, St. Rochus, the Finger points to the plague bump on his right leg, furthermore the wooden fi Gures of the Mother of God and St. 'John the Baptist and St. Joseph with the child. Floating angels crown the altar of the church, which also gave the city a stylish exterior facade

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      August 14, 2024

      The impressive memorial for the Oberursel victims of National Socialism was erected directly next to the church.

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        September 2, 2022

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          Location: Oberursel, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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