Sunday | October 6th | 10:00 a.m. | Castle Church
Service with Holy Communion
Liturgy and sermon: Regional Bishop Dr. Johann Schneider
Organ: Cantor Sarah Herzer & Vincent Ryan (USA)
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law, the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) is launching a series of services spread across all 20 regional churches. It covers the preamble and the first 19 articles, which contain the basic rights. In each of the 20 Protestant regional churches, one of these 20 fundamental constitutional elements will be addressed in a service.
Art. 12 Evangelical Church in Central Germany
October 6, 10 a.m.: Wittenberg, Castle Church
The current church tower was originally a residential tower for the princes, like the south tower, but was badly damaged in the Seven Years' War in 1760 and then converted into a church tower and bell tower by adding two floors made of wood with copper cladding. These wooden parts burned after being bombarded again in the war in 1813. The Prussian military turned the remaining tower stump into a cannon bastion.