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This is the main entrance to the park. However, the numerous smaller paths are also open and allow free access to the park.

The Cösitz Pond is a nature reserve and is inhabited by many water birds. Most are migratory birds. The surrounding area is untouched, meaning it is very neglected.

Church in Radegast, well-kept grounds

Thomas Kuzio was born in 1959 in Altentreptow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From 1981 he studied artistic glass design under Prof. Rüdiger Reinel at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle. He has been working freelance since 1990. In addition to commissions for secular buildings, he designed important windows for various churches, including the Naumburg and Merseburg cathedrals and the Ulm Minster. The early Radegast windows are considered a much-noticed major work by the artist, which marked his international breakthrough. Source https://www.landeskirche-anhalts.de/aktuell/farbenpracht-in-radegast

As part of extensive renovation work, the choir room in the Radegast church was redesigned in 2007. Three windows by the glass artist Thomas Kuzio in colorful, deep amber tones bathe the apse and choir in warm light. From 2010, windows were also added to the transepts. The architectural layout of the old windows was retained. The glasses are made using an elaborate technique of lead glazing with genuine antique glass and on-glass painting on a white background with blue and honey tones. Above them, three small round-arched windows shine in strong blue. Here the artist has integrated parts of the previous diamond glazing. In 2021, the nave also received new windows. Since these are largely hidden by the galleries, they were designed in very subdued tones of pale white, gray and ochre. The windows were made by Derix Glasstudios in Taunusstein. Source https://www.landeskirche-anhalts.de/aktuell/farbenpracht-in-radegast

Limestone grotto

After the reunification of Germany, all 32 windows of the church, which had been vandalized during the GDR era, were replaced in 1992. In 1999-2000, damage to the church spire was repaired. Since 2005, extensive renovation and conversion work has been carried out in the church. In 2005 the entire church roof was re-covered with slate tiles. A year later, a winter church with a coffee kitchen and toilet was installed. In 2010 the three altar windows were renewed. The artist Thomas Kuzio designed these windows and at the same time came up with the color concept for the chancel. In 2013 the transepts and their windows were redesigned. Thomas Kuzio's designs were also used here. The remaining windows in the church are currently being renovated (June 2021), also according to the artist's designs. In addition, the color of the church interior will be redesigned. Once this work is completed, the church interior will be a total work of art that invites people to praise God in many ways. It is the concern and goal of the parish to offer people in rural areas ecclesiastical, cultural, artistic and spiritual offerings and thus to give them a sense of connection to the place and their region. Source https://www.kirche-und-wir.de/radegast.htm

The last service was celebrated in the old Radegast church on May 31, 1874. A few days after the service, demolition of the church building began. The new church was consecrated on December 5th, 1875. The new building was planned to be significantly larger and more lavish in height than the previous building. In 1876 the new organ was put into use by the Pfannenberg organ building company from Köthen. In 1937 this organ was exchanged for an inferior instrument of unknown origin. In preparation for the First World War, the smaller bell was taken from the church tower and remolded for military purposes. After the First World War, in 1922, the community purchased a new steel bell, which still rings today. In 1935 the porch was added to the entrance. During the Second World War the large bronze bell (Kaiserglocke) was melted down. A total renovation of the church took place in 1960-65. The entire church roof, including the tower, as well as the facades of the tower and nave were renewed. Inside the church, parts of the gallery were removed and the windows were replaced and secured. The church interior received a new painting. The pastor's position in the independent parish of Radegast existed until 1978. Since then, the parish has once again belonged to the Weissandt-Gölzau parish. Source https://www.kirche-und-wir.de/radegast.htm