Holy Trinity Church in Zeulenroda

It is the centre for the town’s Lutheran Christians. The new church was dedicated in line with a design prepared by Christian Heinrich Schopper in 1820. It is a Classicist hall church, where, however, the tower is located above the altar area in the east and not above the entrance in the west, as is normally the case. The organ was installed in 1821. It was replaced by a new structure with 42 stops, three manuals and pedals with pneumatic action and cone chests in 1925. The casing was newly decorated in the style of the previous organ by a Zeulenroda furniture company. The altar painting from 1822 shows Christ’s burial. The church had to be closed in 1990 because it was being destroyed by dry rot. The outside redevelopment work was completed when the new tower roof was attached in 1999. The work to renovate the interior started in 2004. Part of the renovation work involved putting in place a modern fresco. It was possible to rededicate the church in August 2005 after building work that lasted almost ten years.