St. Marien, Lutheran parish church in Weigenheim, Germany.
St. Marien is a hall church built between 1491 and 1511 in Reusch, a district of Weigenheim. Its plastered nave was rebuilt after a collapse in 1700/01, and a four-storey choir flank tower of ashlar masonry stands on the north wall of the choir. The tower's upper storey and its eight-sided slate-clad spire were renewed in 1948.
The nave and choir were built between 1491 and 1511; the nave collapsed and was rebuilt in 1700/01. The four-storey choir flank tower on the north wall received its renewed upper storey and eight-sided slate-clad helm in 1948. In the 18th century a hexagonal timber-framed stair tower with a bell-shaped hood was added to the north side of the nave.
St. Marien is a filial church of the Weigenheim parish in the Uffenheim deanery of the Ansbach-Würzburg church district. Its late-Gothic winged altar, made around 1490–1500, holds life-size statues of Mary, Peter and Paul, and the church is listed as a Bavarian monument under D-5-75-179-21.
St. Marien stands in Reusch, a hamlet of Weigenheim; the church is reached from the village road, with the choir flank tower and its slate-clad spire visible above the trees. The interior, including the galleries and the 1490–1500 winged altar, is open in connection with services of the Weigenheim parish.
The organ, built by Günter Ismayr in 1981 with 12 registers on two manuals and pedal, reused case parts of a predecessor instrument from 1823 that were found in the church attic. The winged altar, made around 1490–1500, holds life-size statues of Mary, Peter and Paul.
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