Evangelische Kirche, Lutheran church in Wölfterode, Germany.
The Evangelische Kirche Wölfterode is a small village church whose oldest part, the nave, was rebuilt in 1715 as a timber-framed structure on a solid base. Its white facade with dark red-brown timber framing stands behind a green hedge. A three-storey red brick tower with a steep pyramidal roof and a small cross was added to the north side in 1900.
Wölfterode is first documented in 1362. The church was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in 1715 as a timber-framed nave on a massive base. In 1900 a three-storey brick tower with a slate roof was added to its north side; its two bells were cast by the Bachert foundry of Kochendorf in the 1960s.
The church hosts regular worship services and community events that bring together residents of Wölfterode. It serves as a gathering place for baptisms, weddings, and other important moments in parishioners' lives.
The church stands in Wölfterode, a district of Sontra in the Werra-Meißner district; the parish office for the five congregations of the Kirchspiel Ulfen is in Ulfen. The brick tower was added to the north side of the nave in 1900. Inside, look for the hole in the ceiling through which the bell rope once hung down; the bells have rung automatically since the 1970s.
Until the 1970s the sexton rang the bells by hand, timing them by the large wall clock in the church vestibule. The hole in the ceiling through which the bell rope was let down into the nave can still be seen; today the bells ring automatically.
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