Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 5:00 p.m
Christmas concert
Gospel choir and handbell ensemble of the Castle Church
Admission free, donation at the exit
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Portraits of reformers from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
On September 25th, 2022, the Evangelische Predigerseminar in Wittenberg will receive two pictures with the portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon for future presentation in the exhibition of the visitor center in the castle church ensemble. The paintings come from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, it is assumed that his son Hans was the painter, from the year 1532. The portrait of Melanchthon is dated with this year.
Opening hours
The visitor center of the Castle Church is open from 26.11. until 02.12. closed for operational reasons. The castle church can be visited from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (entrance street side). On Sunday, November 27th, 2022, the castle church is only open from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Castle Church will be closed on Monday, November 28th, 2022. The tower of the castle church can be visited from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, November 27th, 2022, the tower is only open from
12:00 – 15:30 open. The tower will be closed on November 28th, 2022. Last admission 3:00 p.m. Admission coins in the Wittenberg Information (opposite the Castle Church) [Info from 25.11.2022]
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Between the pulpit and the choir room, the neo -Gothic "princely stalls" carved out of oak stands. At the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II (Reg. 1888-1918) it was donated by the German nationals (as far as they were evangelical) and the three "free cities" (the city-states of Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen).
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Useful information
Martin Luther's tomb: When Luther died in Eisleben in 1546, Elector Johann Friedrich von Saxony (Reg. 1532-1547) ordered that the body was transferred to Wittenberg and buried there in the castle church. The grave is close to the pulpit about 2 m deep in the ground. Since 1892, the area has been marked by a dumb -like sandstone block, on which a small bronze plate is attached, which the university probably only left Gießen for its most famous professor after 1560.
Castle church parish
The castle church parish was founded in 1949. For a long time there had been a desire to give this church its own congregation in addition to the preachers' seminary, thereby strengthening the religious life.
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 music
The choirs and ensembles of the Schlosskirche contribute to the fact that services and concerts are a living sign of church life in word and sound. They invite visitors from near and far to take part.