City Church of St. Wenceslai Wurzen

The first documentary reference dates back to 961. It was consecrated as Wenceslai Church in the middle of the 13th century. The current late Gothic hall church dates from the 16th century. The mighty, square west tower still had a gabled roof in 1628. The church was almost completely destroyed in the week of the cross and martyrdom in 1637. It was rebuilt from 1663 to 1673. The church tower was then given its baroque dome in 1689. The coffered ceiling of the church, which was installed in 1673 and restored in 1926, is worth seeing. However, due to rot and sponge infestation, this coffered ceiling partially collapsed in 1975. By separating the chancel from the nave at the end of the 1980s, a winter church could be created, which also corresponded more to the current size of the congregation.

Wurzen is a stop on the Saxon Luther Trail and has been home to a Jehmlich organ and a new Eule organ from the Hermann Eule organ workshop since 1999.