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Monday | 23.9. | 7 p.m. | Christine Bourbeck House
19th WITTENBERG RENAISSANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Love brings great joy
Songs from Oswald von Wolkenstein to Taylor Swift
Wittenberger Hofkapelle
This concert is part of the 19th Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival, which is dedicated to the phenomenon of popular music - in short: pop - from September 20th to 29th under the motto "Thank you for the Music". The other ten events, including seven concerts, the historical dance ball, the musical city walk and the instrument exhibition, will take place in other venues, in churches and in the Old Town Hall of Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Free admission, collection requested
www.wittenberger-renaissancemusik.de
More than 1,700 years ago, on March 3, 321 AD, Constantine the Great issued an edict establishing the first state-mandated protection in history for a work-free Sunday—marking the birth of Sunday protection. The observance of Sunday as a day of rest is enshrined in the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany) also advocates for its protection: Sunday is not a day for shopping or working. It belongs to family, faith, culture, sports, socializing, and relaxation. Find out more – www.sonntagsruhe.de
30 Years of World Heritage
In 1996, the castle church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an almost completely preserved prime example of 19th-century monument preservation. From 2012 to 2016, it was renovated and restored with funding from the State of Saxony-Anhalt, the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Union, and private donors.
Congregation Excursion to Mittenwalde
On October 10, the Schloss- und Stadtkirchengemeinde (Castle and Town Church Congregation) invites everyone to a congregation excursion titled "In the Footsteps of Paul Gerhardt." The destination is Mittenwalde, one of the places where the pastor and hymn writer served.
History
Around 1340, the Ascanian dukes had an "All Saints' Chapel" built at their castle and founded a collegiate monastery in it for liturgical service. Elector Friedrich the Wise had the palace with the chapel demolished and his new residential palace with a more spacious palace church built on the site. You can find out more about the story here.
Church for children
Every Sunday there is a children's service in the Wittenberg Castle Church, parallel to the adult service. Ms. Felicia Grauel is one of the volunteers for the children's service.