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Thursday, August 27 | 12:00 PM | Palace Church
OrgelPunkt12 with Irene Roth-Halter (Konstanz)
Irene Roth-Halter → Organist, pianist, and harpsichordist
As a freelance artist, she maintains an active concert schedule—both as a soloist and a chamber music partner—performing in Germany and abroad. She serves as the organist at St. Stephan’s Church in Konstanz and, until 2020, was a lecturer in piano and organ at the Thurgau University of Teacher Education.
In 1996, the castle church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an almost completely preserved prime example of 19th-century monument preservation. From 2012 to 2016, it was renovated and restored with funding from the State of Saxony-Anhalt, the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Union, and private donors.
On October 10, the Schloss- und Stadtkirchengemeinde (Castle and Town Church Congregation) invites everyone to a congregation excursion titled "In the Footsteps of Paul Gerhardt." The destination is Mittenwalde, one of the places where the pastor and hymn writer served.
Around 1340, the Ascanian dukes had an "All Saints' Chapel" built at their castle and founded a collegiate monastery in it for liturgical service. Elector Friedrich the Wise had the palace with the chapel demolished and his new residential palace with a more spacious palace church built on the site. You can find out more about the story here.
Every Sunday there is a children's service in the Wittenberg Castle Church, parallel to the adult service. Ms. Felicia Grauel is one of the volunteers for the children's service.
