"The St. Katharina Evangelical Church is a listed building and is located in the city center of the southern Brandenburg town of Elsterwerda in the Elbe-Elster district." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Katharina-Kirche_(Elsterwerda)

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Beyond the Horizon

July 14, 2025

In the heart of the city, where the cobblestones still echo the footsteps of past footsteps, the Protestant Church of St. Catherine rises – not loud, not ostentatious, but with the simple dignity of a building that doesn't seek to please, but rather to tell a story. And it does, with every joint in the walls, with every shadow cast under the pointed spire.

The first glance belongs to the tower – hexagonal, light-colored plaster, with a roof that seems to stretch out of time. Two clocks silently gaze at the square, as if to say: Time passes differently here. Perhaps a little slower. Perhaps a little more honestly.

If you turn around, you can still see the bookstore with its golden lettering and the old pharmacy, now run by Italians – a juxtaposition of eras that doesn't interfere with each other, but rather supports each other. The benches at the monument invite you to linger, and if you take a seat there, you have the church behind you and the city in front of you – or vice versa.

Sometimes, when the light is low, a reddish glow falls on the wall behind the church, where an old tree stands, its branches spreading like a shield over the nave. You don't have to be religious to feel something here. It's enough to be still.

St. Catherine's isn't a church that imposes itself. It's one that remains. A place between times, firmly rooted and yet light as a thought in the early evening.

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