St. Johannis City Church Mügeln

construction time
16th century, 18th century, 19th century,
1510 (keystone choir), 1516 (keystone north aisle), 1521 (keystone central nave), 1710 (tower), 1844 (renovation)
Architectural style
Gothic, baroque, historicism
Builder / Architect
-
Status
The Ev. City church in Mügeln is renovated.
Todays use
sacred
Access
The Ev. City church in Mügeln cannot be visited.description
type
The Ev. Stadtkirche in Mügeln is a hall church.
Structure
Plastered quarry stone building, long choir with 5/8 end, three portals, portal vestibule, two-storey extension, tracery windows, set west tower on a square floor plan, octagonal top with curved hood and openwork lantern, corner pilasters and blind arches,
inner space
two-storey tower hall, three-aisled, three-bay hall with star vaults on octagonal pillars, choir with star vault, south vestibule with star vault, pointed arch portal, two altar wings, crucifix, figure of Mary,Tombs
Melchior of Saalhausen tomb (1504),
Tomb of Johann von Haugwitz, Bishop of Meissen (1595),
Tomb of Deacon Georg Stein (1612),
Epitaph Sophie Magdalene von Wolframsdorf (1691),
Epitaph Georg Dietrich von Wolframsdorf (1696)Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/muegeln-stadtkirche-nordsachsen

The first mention of a church dates back to 1373. The current building dates from the 16th century and was built in the Gothic style.

In the town church, the benefactors Knight Melchior, Magister Georg Stein and the last Bishop of Meißner before the Reformation, Johann IX. von Haugwitz, remembered.