Michaeliskirche, Lutheran church in Kirchenlamitz, Germany.
Michaeliskirche is the Protestant Lutheran town church of Kirchenlamitz, Bavaria. Its tower and nave date to around 1500 in the late Gothic style, with a pale pinkish-white plastered exterior, a dark grey pointed spire topped by a gold cross, a black clock face with white numerals, and arched windows along the nave.
A first church in the Lamitz valley is assumed after 1100; the tower and nave of the Michaeliskirche date to around 1500 in late Gothic style. The Reformation was introduced in 1528/29, and from 1558 to 1568 the town housed the superintendent's office before it moved to Wunsiedel. A fire in 1830 destroyed the church; it was rebuilt and consecrated in 1837, with major renovation around 1960 reshaping the interior.
The church is the evangelical-Lutheran town and parish church of Kirchenlamitz, in the Selb deanery. The double coat of arms on an annex built around 1600 recalls Margrave Georg Friedrich and his second wife Sophie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. The baptismal angel from the Knoll sculptors' workshop, active around 1745, is among the fittings made for the church.
The church stands in the town centre, framed by the Pfarrhaus and the houses of Hofer Straße and Klostergasse, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding streets rather than from a market square. The churchyard wall in front of the Gottesackerkirche holds ten epitaphs, worth a look on the way in. Check the parish's current opening times before setting out.
The baptismal angel carved around 1745 comes from the workshop of the Knoll family of sculptors, who helped furnish the church interior. Ten epitaphs stand along the cemetery wall in front of the Gottesackerkirche. The tower and nave keep late Gothic fabric from around 1500.
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