Discover Kleinschwabhausen

Kleinschwabhausen brings together a church originally built in the Romanesque style and a section of the Thuringian Cities Cycling Route. This gives your trip two distinct points of interest: the town’s architectural and furnishings history, and a separate cycling route. The church’s features range from a round-arched window to a pulpit altar, baptismal font and bell; the cycling route adds a perspective for travelers on two wheels to the town’s history.

Church: architectural history and furnishings

The church, originally built in the Romanesque style, stands above the town center. A square choir tower rises to the east of the nave. Around 1587, a single-storey sacristy with a three-eighths apse was built in place of an apse. A small round-arched window on the south side is a reminder of the 12th-century church. These dates help show that the building’s history spans more than a single period: the window points to its early history, while the sacristy represents a later change to the structure. The nave, choir tower, former apse and sacristy refer to distinct parts of the building, not different names for the same architectural feature.

The furnishings also bring together different periods. The pulpit altar dates from 1675 and was repainted in 1810. The five-sided pulpit is arranged between round-arched panels, with small Tuscan columns at the corners. The baptismal font with its hemispherical bowl dates from 1587. A historic bell hangs in the church tower; it was cast in Erfurt by Heinrich Rausch in 1675. The year 1675 therefore appears in connection with both the pulpit altar and the bell. The altar’s repainting in 1810 should be distinguished from these as a later renovation; the baptismal font and the sacristy’s construction take us back to 1587.

A section of the long-distance cycling route

In October 2024, the third construction section of the Thuringian Cities Cycling Route between Kleinschwabhausen and the L1060 toward Großschwabhausen/Jena was completed. There, cyclists were moved from the district road to a dedicated cycling route. The endpoints and stated direction give the section a specific context for planning your tour. Check the current condition of the route before setting out by bike.

A Feininger painting as another cultural point of interest

Another cultural point of interest in Kleinschwabhausen is a colorful information sign with notes and explanations about a Feininger painting. Signs like these are usually placed near the motif depicted. In this way, the information about the artwork adds another subject to the church’s architectural and furnishings history: here, the focus is on a painting and its motif.

When looking for a hotel in Kleinschwabhausen, you can first consider whether you want to focus your trip on church architecture, cycling or art. These interests give your stay different focal points.

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