Kirchturm St. Helena - Gotha, TH, Deutschland
N 50° 56.569 E 010° 44.607
32U E 622483 N 5644913
Kirchturm der evangelischen Kirche im Gothaer Ortsteil Siebleben.
Waymark Code: WM10TMA
Location: Thüringen, Germany
Date Posted: 06/22/2019
Views: 2
Church tower of the Protestant church in the Gotha district of Siebleben.
On 16 December 1827, the present church was consecrated in the presence of Duke Ernst I of Coburg-Gotha and his two princes Ernst and Albert. A rich Siebleber farmer named Wilhelm Umbreit is said to have donated the bell, which is why the inhabitants also call it the "Umbreit bell". The money of the community was not enough for a church spire or a church cap, so that the tower was finished with a wooden cross of 13 m length, which protruded 6 m from the roof of the tower. At the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s the cross stood in the entrance area of the church. In the end, the cross changed its place again and came to the altar gallery. The church tower received a new cross.
Source: Wikipedia (excerpts)
Address of Tower:
Kirchgasse 2
Siebleben
Gotha, TH Deutschland
99867
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 1
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
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