John Gottfried Bruckner Birth Town
Girbigsdorf, Görlitz, German is birth place of Johann Gottfried Brückner.
Church records for Johann Gottfried and some of his family members have been obtained from the Ebersbach St. Barbara Lutheran church. Ebersbach is near Girbigsdorf and is the location of the church for that area.
A picture of the church is included below the map.
Girbisdorf was in East Germany prior to the reunification of East and West Germany.
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 Ebersbach Evangelical (Lutheran) St. Barbara Church
It is believed that there was a church/chapel in Ebersbach around 1300. Ebersbach and Girbigsdorf has always been a joint parish. The church was dedicated in 1445 as the St. Barbara church.
The original church has been expanded. The top of the tower dates back to 1718. The altar and pulpit date from 1723. The bell from 1474 still calls people to Sunday morning services.
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