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3th Sunday before Lent

3th Sunday before Lent

Virtual Tour

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September,
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Events

16 Feb 2025;
10:00 -
Service with Holy Communion
16 Feb 2025;
11:00 -
Sunday lecture
23 Feb 2025;
10:00 -
Service
02 Mar 2025;
10:00 -
Service with Holy Communion
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In the entrance hall, two large sandstone relief panels stand upright on the west wall of the church. They date from the 14th century and were originally the cover panels of two tombs in the church of the Franciscan monastery in the north of the city. In 1537, the panels were transferred to the castle church. The left panel shows the Ascanian Elector Rudolf II (r. 1356-1370) in knight's armor. The coat of arms on his shield identifies him as Duke of Saxony, the crossed swords above his head is the symbol of the Saxon electoral dignity. Next to him stands his wife Elisabeth in the simple garment of a widow. According to the inscription, she died three years after him (1373).

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The tower on the west side of the 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.