Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 32 out of 36 hikers
Location: Bad Lausick, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
The St. Kilian Church is now an Evangelical Lutheran church in Bad Lausick in the Leipzig district in Saxony, construction of which began in 1105, making it the oldest building in the town. The church is equipped with an organ by Gottfried Silbermann.Source: Wikipedia
December 2, 2021
Open church (May to September): Saturdays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Source:tourismus.bad-lausick.de/de/erlebnis/gehenswertes/stadtkirche-st-kilianOldest almost completely preserved Romanesque church in Saxony (construction began in 1105). Early use of Rochlitz porphyry on buildings. The west portal is worth noting
Mask heads and notch-like ornaments, approximately 900-year-old frescoes in the apse, three-winged late Gothic carved altar from around 1490, Silbermann-Trampeli organ from 1722, church tower from 1739. On the north side of the church there is a gravestone for the founder of our spa.
Source: tourismus.bad-lausick.de/media/161370_stadtrundgang.pdf
March 15, 2024
Wrong position set, you can find the church here: komoot.de/highlight/3979591
December 2, 2021
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