The pc. is the town church of the Thuringian city Themar.

The town church Themar is geweiht the holy It belonged to the most beautiful churches upper Werratals, anyhow is it the most richly equipped. And it is one of the few buildings of the small city historically provable since 796 to the Werra, which outlasted all storms of the time. "„Upper church "“at the upper gate and "„Unterkirche "“to the Werra were the first places of worship in the place. Of the Roman Unterkirche are received still remainders in the vestry and over it the lying both lower floors of the church tower.

History

Pope Sixtus IV. gave after switching of the countess Margaretha of hen mountain to 14. May 1484 permission for the new building of the church. At the 3. May 1488 put the choir gentleman of the Praemonstratenserklosters Vessra and minister of Themar Antonius king the foundation-stone for the building of the today's church. 1502 were completed the lategothical resounding church with their impressive choir.

The reformation was introduced to Themar on 5 October 1544 by the count Ernst von Henneberg. After the reformation the church received several smaller carving altars from other churches. The church was again converted since 1541 in the course of the next decades always. Since 1541 the and the double lofts were inserted, whose basic bars became to provide with singular "„beard man heads " (a visitor said: "„Now I know finally, why the end of the bar "“bar head"” is called "“). One finds similar heads also in the church in pipe, lain with Meiningen. In addition the lofts at the column parts with relief representations were verziert coming from holy ones and Aposteln, partially from older gothical altar works. Bible sayings are likewise appropriate, e.g. exact opposite the pulpit the saying at the lofts: 16,17 Jesaja speaks: "“Gentleman, who believes unserm a Thus the faith comes from the lecture, preaching however by the word Christi.

Equipment

The Marienaltar

In the choir area is the valuable Marienaltar, which was created by the Bamberger master Hans nut tree around the year 1510. The centre zone of the altar shows Maria with the Christ child, to her sides standing the ore gel Michael, which kills the kite, and which holy the protection patron of the church and the old cloth Mach he, gerber and Themar with its lance. On the of the altar are stations from the life Maria: Announcement of the birth Jesu, birth of the Mr., Anbetung of the three ways, weeping Maria by the Apostel.Neben its artistic value has the Marienaltar also great importance for local history: It protected the town church in the war the After the defeat that Sweden 1634 in the battle with plundered that, commanders of all Croats ", the rider general Johann Ludwig Hektor of Isolani, the country of the princes. At the Gallustag 1634 (16 October) Themar (on the same day also Suhl) came up after the plundering by the Croats on instruction Isolanis in flames. Also into the town church the fire torch/flare was carried, but a pious Italian officer gave the instruction in the sight of the Marienaltars to delete the fire developing in the church.

Further carving works and art treasures are: The Apostelschrein, which is called because of the expressionful prepared nose mouth portions of the figures in the vernacular "„nose altar ", from the time of 1500, the barrier travel altar at the north wall and the Pieta altar at the south wall of the church ship, as well as a high-gothical Mondsichelmadonna (after revealing 12.1, a Epitaph in the Renaissance style, in the choir area.

Worth mentioning far one only 1934 is opened fresco painting, representing the holy Katharina, those from 1644 coming pulpit with reichverziertem sound cover and pulpit basket, that likewise from the center 17. Century coming Epistelstuhl and some paintings.

Around 1900 the multicolored Glasfenster in the choir area were donated, them show Biblical scenes: the lost son, the Kindersegnung, the barmherzige Samariter. 1972 were reconditioned the inside of the town church pc.

The organ

Originally the organ of the town church was established 1851 of to most Johann the Michel and William Holland (forging field) at the east wall of the church ship. Of the 1629 built way organ three pedal registers were taken over. 1866 were converted the organ on the second extended west loft and renewed and reorganized for the last time in the years 1999/2000 by the company and Hercher fundamentally.

From 1668 to 1684 George Christoph brook, the oldest uncle Johann Sebastian of brook worked, as Kantor at the town church and as a teacher at the Themaraner latin school. It was appointed 1684 after and became the master father "„of the Schweinfurter Bache ".

The tower

From the church tower in the Renaissance style the three-ring sounds over the city. The oldest bell was poured 1488, another 1507. The 1520 poured bell 1942 had to be delivered. But 1955 a steel bell were inserted. On the church tower the Rust lived to center of the 1950er years. The three rooms and the rope hoist are to be still seen there, with the food, water and coals outside on the church tower into the were pulled.

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