St. Marien
Suhl, DE
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary was built between 1487 and 1491, making it the oldest place of worship in the city. The Henneberg rulers introduced the Reformation in 1544. In April 1590, the church burned down in the first major fire in Suhl. The new building was destroyed by a town fire in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War. Between 1647 and 1650, the church was rebuilt and consecrated on 8 October 1654. The next town fire took place on 1 May 1753. The present church was built after 1757 in the late Baroque style by the master mason Johann Philip Kober according to the plans of the scribe Ludwig August Hoffmann. The tower was completed in 1769 and the church received a bell in 1770.