Hailer, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen

Today, Hailer is administratively part of the municipality of Gelnhausen.

Hailer's landmark, the Läuthäuschen (the bell hut), stands at the location of the former western gate to the village, and its tower probably originally served as a defense tower for the fortified town. The tower itself is first mentioned in a document dated 1460. Before the Thirty Years' War, the lower part of the tower most certainly served as a chapel. When the extenstion was added in 1743, that part then served as the chapel. The building has been called the Totenkapelle because the chapel extension was built over part of the former cemetery.

In 1744, the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Meerholz became the primary worship service location for the inhabitants of Hailer. It is not clear exactly how long the Läuthäuschen continued to be used as a church. The cemetery next to the church was in use until 1851. Today, the bell in the tower still rings when a citizen of Hailer died. At one point, the building housed an apple press.

The richly decorated pulpit from the chapel was moved to the Marienkirche in Büdingen in the 1960s.

The building was restored in 1985, and currently (2023) serves as a meeting room for a rural Hailer women's group.