Angel Church, Hinterhermsdorf
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The Angel Church (German: Engelkirche) is an Evangelical-Lutheran church in Hinterhermsdorf which overlooks this Saxon village. Its name, unusual for a Protestant church, comes from the Baroque baptismal angel that decorates the interior.
Angel Church is an aisleless church with a straight apse (Schluss) and arched windows. It supports a gabled roof with a flèche that is decorated by a lantern. The interior has a Baroque three-winged altar (probably by a Bohemian master craftsman) dated 1681 to 1692 and by a Baroque baptismal angel, which gives the church its name. The 1846 organ was built by Samuel Heinrich Herold.[1]
