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Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 9:00 PM | Castle Church
New Year's Eve Concert by the Dresden Bach Soloists
With Christmas organ music and reflections on the turn of the year
December 31, 2025, 9:00 p.m.
Castle Church, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
The Dresden Bach Soloists present their program
"In the Italian Style – Works by J. S. Bach and his contemporaries".
The "Dresden Bach Soloists" were founded in 2014 by Joachim K. Schäfer. The ensemble, consisting of leading instrumentalists, is dedicated to preserving the works of the golden age of European musical culture of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The program for the New Year's Eve concert includes:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto in F major after BWV 1046
Aria/Duet BWV 78,2 “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten” (We hasten with weak, yet diligent steps)
Concerto in F major BWV 971 “In the Italian Style”
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G minor RV 107
Christmas organ music will also be performed on the historic Ladegast organ by Castle Church organist KMD Ulrich Hirtzbruch. Pastor Birgit Neumann-Becker, director of the Evangelical Preachers' Seminary in Wittenberg, will offer spiritual reflections on the turn of the year.
Tickets available at: Tourist Information, Schlossplatz 2, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Mon-Sun 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Online: → Link zu reservix
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.