The Evangelical Lutheran Town Church St. Maryoriginally a pilgrimage chapel, in Gräfenthal in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, was first mentioned in a document in 1340 in a letter of indulgence. Contz Steinbach was the parish priest around 1386. In 1503 there were five altars in the church. In 1525, Sebastian von Pappenheim introduced the Reformation and Martin Luther preached in the church on Maundy Thursday 1530. After a town fire in 1554, the church, which was a fortified church at the time, was rebuilt. Due to dilapidation, the church was rebuilt in its current form from 1724 to 1731. To finance the construction of the church, a tax of one Heller was levied for a measure of beer. A restoration took place in 1840. A major church renovation followed in 1915/16. The interior of the baroque-style church was given an Art Nouveau finish. The work was completed on October 1, 1916 with a rededication ceremony. The interior was renovated from 1989 to 1993. The church is a listed building.