Stadtkirche Neuhaus am Rennweg, Gothic Revival church in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Germany.
Stadtkirche Neuhaus am Rennweg is a Gothic Revival church building standing on a natural stone foundation below the marketplace. The structure features twin windows with pointed arches across its facade and contains roughly 350 seats within, along with a wraparound gallery and wood-lined interior surfaces.
The present church was built in 1891/92 to a design by Rudolstädter Baurat Rudolph Brecht and consecrated on 28 August 1892. It replaced a small Baroque wooden church built between 1668 and 1673 next to Count Albert Anton von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt's hunting lodge, which had been enlarged in 1765 but had deteriorated; it was demolished in 1894. Coal heating was installed in 1934, and major repairs followed in 1982, 1994 and 2006.
The church's theme comes from John 15: the vine and branches, echoed in grape, leaf and vine ornaments. The stained glass was made by Ferdinand Müller's workshop, and the altarpiece is an oil print of Rubens's Descent from the Cross. Two framed panels with German text hang on the wooden walls.
The building offers roughly 350 seats, including a wraparound gallery that provides additional space. Visitors should note that it sits on a foundation below the marketplace level, with wood-lined interior surfaces throughout.
The separate bell house beside the church dates from 1924, built because the tower could not safely carry the three cast-iron bells cast by Ulrich and Weule for the parish after World War I. A small cast-iron bell from 1919 still hangs in the roof turret.
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