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Recommended by 10 hikers
Location: Lützen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Gustav II Adolf from the House of Wasa was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 and one of the most important figures in Swedish history and the Thirty Years' War.Source: Wikipedia
October 6, 2021
possibly Gustav Adolf Memorial Church Meuchenconstruction time
13th century, 16th century,
18th century (ship conversion), 20th century,
around 1200, 1513 (choir), 1912 to 1912 (restoration)
architectural style
Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Art Nouveau
Builder / Architect
–
Condition
the Eve Church in Meuchen has been renovated.
Todays use
sacred
Access
the Eve Church in Meuchen cannot be visited.Description
type
the Eve Church in Meuchen is a choir tower church.
structure
Quarry stone building, chancel with 5/8 closure, rectangular chancel tower, chancel with two-lane tracery windows
inner space
Choir with barrel vault, tower hall with groin vault, flat roofed nave, pulpit, altar cross, baptismal font, bronze relief of Gustav Adolftombs
–Further information
Surroundingsthe Eve Church Meuchen stands on the former churchyard that is no longer used.Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/meuchen-kirche
April 28, 2023
Gustav Adolf's body was kept in this church after his death in the Battle of Lützen.
April 10, 2021
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