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Wittenberg Castle Church (Schlosskirche)

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Wittenberg Castle Church (Schlosskirche)

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Wittenberg Castle Church (Schlosskirche)

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Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Elbe Bridge Wittenberg – Wörlitzer Park loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

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2. Island on Wörlitzer See – Elbfähre bei Coswig (Anhalt) loop from Wörlitz

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3. Ferropolis Entrance – Elbe Bridge Wittenberg loop from Burgkemnitz

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Schakal

April 13, 2024

The Castle Church is located in the west of the old town of Wittenberg at the end of the Castle Street coming from the market. It is structurally connected to Wittenberg Castle and forms the northern side wing of the castle's three-wing complex, which is open to the east. Access to the church is via its north side.

The church is not strictly oriented towards the east. Its longitudinal axis deviates from the east direction by about 14 degrees to the south.

Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlosskirche_(Lutherstadt_Wittenberg)

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Schakal

April 13, 2024

The Wittenberg Castle Church is a single-nave late Gothic hall church with a net vault over five bays and an apse with a 5/8 end, which was supported by external buttresses until the end of the 19th century. The organ gallery takes up the rear bay. A stone gallery that has been running around since 1892 is supported by flat arches, its columns now also support the delicate net vault and thus form a wall pillar church.

The interior at the time of construction and later on was defined by features that have changed or are missing today. They can still be read from a surviving floor plan and from three surviving illustrations: The woodcut (1509) by Lucas Cranach the Elder shows a dormer in the west roof near the tower as the north gable of the west wing of the castle, which adjoins the church at right angles to the south. Its roof structure was supported by a pillar, which can be seen in the interior view from 1730 at the back in front of the west gallery. Here, further details can also be seen: the original pulpit stood on the left of the fourth south gallery pillar, i.e. in the middle of the long wall with a view of the central north entrance. The pews on the ground floor were aligned with the pulpit on three sides, and directly opposite it to the north, a "naw phorkirche" had been built for the Elector in 1540. He could reach his "box" from the west wing via the west gallery. This original character of the castle church as a transverse church is confirmed by the existing floor plan from 1758, which dates back to the time of construction.[2] The two devastating fires in 1760 and 1814 resulted in the loss of the vault and the widening of the three-sided gallery, as the interior view from 1832 shows. It was only during the neo-Gothic reconstruction at the end of the 19th century that the supports of the now complete gallery were carried up as pillars into the presumably completely new church vault. The neo-Gothic pulpit and the new princely chairs were placed one position closer to the east apse and the seating was aligned lengthways to the altar.[13]
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlosskirche_(Lutherstadt_Wittenberg)

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April 13, 2024

The roof is covered with colorful glazed roof tiles in a diamond pattern. It has a Gothic-style roof turret and several dormers with a tent-shaped structure. The Gothic pointed arch windows between the outer supporting pillars are divided into two parts. The western gable is decorated with Gothic tracery. The original western transverse roof structure of the west wing with its northern dormer no longer exists after the fires and the conversion of the castle into a fortress.

The main eye-catcher is the tower. It is one of the two castle towers that was converted into a church tower. On a massive round shaft it carries a filigree decorated, copper-covered neo-Gothic tower cap (1885/92) and reaches a height of 88 meters. This makes it visible from afar and shapes the cityscape. Below the cap it is surrounded by a banner made of mosaic stones on which the words of Martin Luther's hymn "A mighty fortress is our God, a good defense and weapon" can be read.
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Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Wittenberg Castle Church (Schlosskirche)

1. Elbe Bridge Wittenberg – Wörlitzer Park loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

2. Island on Wörlitzer See – Elbfähre bei Coswig (Anhalt) loop from Wörlitz

3. Ferropolis Entrance – Elbe Bridge Wittenberg loop from Burgkemnitz

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