Billmuthausen

It was destroyed by East German authorities in 1978 as it stood too close to the Inner German border (part of the larger "Iron Curtain"), the border between the post-war states of East and West Germany.

It lay in the extreme south of Thuringia in the Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, only five hundred metres (1,640 ft) away from the Thuringian-Bavarian border.

On 31 May 2014, the bells of the razed church rang again at Billmuthausen after having been silent for 50 years.

They were consecrated during a solemn ecumenical open-air church service attended by more than 150 participants.

The two bronze bells, named Faith (Glaube) and Hope (Hoffnung) are kept in the Otto-Ludwig-Museum in Eisfeld and are moved to Billmuthausen on portable stands on commemorative occasions.