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December 31, 2022, 9 p.m., Castle Church
New Year's Eve concert with saxophone and organ
Sonorous or gentle, symphonic or solo, from baroque to contemporary, all this promises the charming combination of saxophone and organ. Castle church cantor Thomas Herzer and saxophonist Frank Liebscher from Leipzig make the castle church ring with music on New Year's Eve.
The program includes the famous and virtuoso D minor Toccata by J.S. Bach, the sonorous Suite Gothique by Leon Boellmann, the tender Romance in G major by Johan Severin Svendson, the Hungarian dance Czardas by Vittorio Monti and the timeless music "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt. All these works can be heard in arrangements for organ and saxophone.
Admission is €15 and €10 reduced. Children up to and including 12 years get free admission.
Due to the high demand, we strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance
: www.schlosskirche-wittenberg.de, www.reservix.de, Tourist Information Wittenberg and all reservix ticket agencies
On Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Protestant Lenten campaign "7 Weeks Without" begins. Until April 6, under the motto "Feeling! Seven Weeks Without Harshness," it invites participants to consciously experience Lent. The focus is on compassionate interaction: perceiving the pain of others, offering support, and discovering new ways of being together. Harshness can manifest itself in many ways in everyday life: in harsh words, in situations that hurt us or leave us speechless. Often, we put on our own armor to protect ourselves—and yet realize how much this distances us from one another. The "7 Weeks Without" Lenten campaign invites us to take a different path in 2026. Further information is available at https://7wochenohne.evangelisch.de/ [Photo: Jodie Griggs / Getty Images]
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.
My volunteer service in Japan
Dear members of the Schlosskirche congregation, I have been in Japan since September, where I am doing voluntary service with the Berlin Mission Society.
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.