St. Eligius Kirche, Lutheran church in Hattendorf, Germany.
St. Eligius Church is a religious building with a rectangular tower on the western side and follows a Greek cross floor plan. The structure preserves older masonry sections on the north and contains an ornately designed altar featuring a Last Supper scene.
Church construction began in the 12th century, with the first written mention recorded in 1339. The building survived a severe fire during the Thirty Years War and was rebuilt afterward.
The parish is named after Eligius of Noyon, patron saint of goldsmiths and mint masters. The 1603 altar reredos with a Last Supper scene was donated by the von Landsberg family of the Wormsthal estate; the 1516 retable bears the name of master builder Hans Wite. The organ is occasionally used for concerts.
The church stands on its walled churchyard in Hattendorf, a district of Auetal; the surrounding Kirchhof is protected together with the building as a monument group. The rectangular west tower is stabilised by metal anchors installed after the 1642 fire. Inside, the tower room holds a large wooden crucifix with a corpus about 2.30 m tall, set up there again in 1913 after lying in the church attic.
The hexagonal baptismal font from the 16th century is 1.17 metres high and carved with coats of arms, four reliefs and images of the four Evangelists. The tower room holds a large wooden crucifix with a body about 2.30 metres tall, reinstalled there in 1913 after lying on the church attic.
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