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Schlosskirche St. Georg und Torbogen Altenburg

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Schlosskirche St. Georg und Torbogen Altenburg

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Schlosskirche St. Georg und Torbogen Altenburg

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    Location: Altenburg, Altenburger Land, Thuringia, Germany

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    September 5, 2022

    possibly Castle Church of St. Georg Altenburg

    construction time
    15th Century, 16th Century, 19th Century,
    1439 to 1441 (choir), 1463 to 1465 (nave), 1472 to 1473 (northern side nave), 1566 to 1567 (roof turret), from 1866 (repair, clock gable, west gable, tracery, building decoration)
    architectural style
    Gothic, Renaissance, historicism
    Builder/Architect
    probably Moyses von Altenburg (vault)
    Condition
    possibly The castle chapel in Altenburg has been renovated.
    Todays use
    sacred
    Access
    the Eve Castle chapel in Altenburg can be visited.

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    type
    The Castle Church in Altenburg has a short, two-aisled nave with a retracted, two-bay choir and a northern aisle. It was built in place of a chapel donated by Margrave Wilhelm II of Meissen in 1413.
    structure
    ashlar masonry, choir with 7/12 end, buttresses with rich decoration, powerful, arched substructure, a Romanesque tower integrated on the courtyard side,
    inner space
    Choir with elaborate vault figuration with three central motifs, nave with star vault, side aisle with net vault, surrounding galleries with two spiral staircases, organ (Heinrich Gottfried Trost), prince's chair, canopy altar, pulpit, choir stalls, baptism
    tombs
    Grave slab Margrave Wilhelm II of Meissen (1425), slab Electress Margareta of Saxony (1486), several slabs for clerics and provosts (15th and 16th centuries), epitape 16th to 18th century for members of the electoral or ducal family , Tombstone Heinrich von Bünau (1600)

    Further information
    Surroundings

    the Eve Schlosskirche Altenburg stands in a prominent urban location at the entrance to the castle.
    persons

    Margrave Wilhelm II of Meissen (founder of the chapel)

    Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/altenburg-schlosskirche-altenburger-land

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      July 23, 2024

      Despite the current construction site, great view

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        September 18, 2022

        The church can only be visited with a guided tour.

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