Organ point 12

Thursday | 18 July | 12.00 pm | OrgelPunkt 12 | 30 minutes of organ music with KMD Prof. Ulrich Hirtzbruch

Worship service

8rd Sunday after Trinity

digital exploration tour

Virtual Tour

In the castle church, where Martin Luther published his famous 95 theses in 1517, visitors can go on a digital tour and receive background information about the interior of the church, which has been a World Heritage Site for 25 years.

church music

Worship service

digital exploration tour

Organ point 12

From July 4th to August 1st, KMD Prof. Ulrich Hirtzbruch will play all concerts in the OrgelPunkt 12 series. The concerts take place every Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are requested at the exit.

KMD Prof. Ulrich Hirtzbruch, a retired church musician, is the former regional church music director of the Westphalian regional church and former vice-rector of the Herford University of Church Music. Further information on the current program is listed here:

Program on July 18th: Works by Georg Böhm, Joh. Seb. Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Louis Vierne

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The altar in the choir, which rises up to 12 m high, is made largely of soft French limestone because of its delicate shapes. On the massive mensa block (altar table) with a top made of red-brown marble there is a carved crucifix (1890 by the Tyrolean woodcarver Demetz) and two heavy brass candlesticks. Behind the mensa rises the tabernacle-like altarpiece, consisting of three high keel arches richly decorated with Gothic style elements, in which three large limestone figures stand.

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The glass portraits of European reformers

In the two lower windows of the north wall to the left and right of the gallery stairs, 12 glass portraits of European reformers of the 16th century can be seen. They were donated in 1983 by the Evangelical Church of the Union to expand the one-sided selection of German protagonists of the Reformation made in the 19th century. The medallion-shaped portraits were created by the graphic artist Renate Brömme in grisaille painting based on historical models.

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 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.

Organ point 12

8rd Sunday after Trinity

Virtual Tour

Organ point 12

Events

The glass portraits of European reformers

Castle church parish

History

Church for children

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