St. Jakobus and St. Clemens Double Church (Motorway Church Brehna)

Augustinian Convent of St. Clemens and Ev. Parish Church of St. James Major Brehna

construction time
15th century (southern extension nave, central nave older), 16th century, 17th century,
1506 (choir), after 1526 (northern extension of the nave), 1618 (conversion of the tower), 1713 (destruction of the baroque hood and tent roof)
architectural style
Gothic, Baroque
Builder / Architect
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Condition
the Eve Parish church in Brehna has been renovated.
Todays use
sacred
Access
the Eve Parish church in Brehna is an open church (motorway church).

Description
type
the Eve Parish church in Brehna has a main nave and a southern and northern nave extension.
structure
Quarry stone building, polygonal east closure, west transept tower, buttresses, pointed and round arched windows, gable with blind niche structure
inner space
flat-roofed, two-aisled nave, elongated, flat-roofed chancel, women's gallery, three-sided gallery, partly two-storey, altarpiece, carved altar, triumphal cross, pulpit, baptismal font, confessionals

tombs
Epitaph for a Pastor (1728), sarcophagus

Further information
Surroundings

the Eve Parish church in Brehna stands on the site of the former Augustinian nunnery, which today is designed as a park and green space.
persons

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Tourist ways

The Luther Trail and the street of late Gothic winged altars lead through Brehna.

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/brehna-kirche-anhalt-bitterfeld

This extraordinary church with almost a thousand years of history has three uses in size and shape, which are now connected there. The double church was created from the independent structures of the tower, St. Clemens monastery church of the adjacent former nunnery and St. Jakobus parish church.

Seats are also available.