St. Antonius Town Church Bitterfeld

This mighty neo-Gothic building can be seen from afar on the market square in Bitterfeld. The church was inaugurated in 1910 after its predecessor had to give way. What remains of it is the old chapel from the late 15th century, which is today the oldest surviving building in Bitterfeld and was integrated into the new church building. The church is so large (originally 1000 seats) that it had to be built in a north-south direction for reasons of space. Inside it was richly painted and provided with a pulpit altar. In 1959/1960 the interior of the church was extensively renovated and designed as sober and unadorned as was in line with the ideas of the time. The pulpit altar and the curtains on the galleries were removed, and the windows in the sanctuary were covered. In 2000/2001 the church was carefully restored from the outside and the cladding of the apostle window in the chancel was removed. The restoration of all windows of the church was completed in autumn 2009. The old chapel was renovated in 2000. The staircase to the organ gallery was restored as a model in 2008, i.e. the way of painting should one day be transferred to the entire interior. The church has a large three-manual organ built in 1968 by the Schuster company. The two late Gothic carved altars (beginning of the 16th century) and the wig crucifix (2nd half of the 15th century) are particularly valuable works of art.

Source: kirche-bitterfeld.de/node/12

The city church of St. Antonius was built in neo-Gothic style from bricks and was built between 1905 and 1910.

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