Löbnitz Protestant Church
The village church, which is over 700 years old, has an impressive history and houses important sacred relics from different eras. These include a large number of epithaphs, an approximately 400-year-old winged altar and a picture bible ceiling (Biblia pauperum 1691) that is unique in central Germany. The Löbnitz church was first mentioned in 1183 as a Romanesque three-nave Bachstein basilica. The altar was built in 1629 by Georg Eckhard from Freiberg and restored in 1973 - 1980 by W. Pitzschler and P. Dietrich from Crimmitzschau.
The first conversion of the church began in 1688 when it was converted into a hall church. Extensive renovations took place in 1930 and 1972. Since 2012, the culturally and historically valuable picture ceiling has shone in new splendor. It is the largest Renaissance wooden coffered ceiling in Central Germany with depictions of pictures.
The interior of the church is richly furnished: patron's box with column capitals from 1586, altar from 1629, baptismal font from 1603, pulpit from the 18th century, numerous epitaphs, mostly for members of the von Schönfeldt family, who lived in Löbnitz for 567 years. Communion relief (1932) by the Löbnitz-born sculptor Otto Richter.
The Löbnitz church is home to the largest and most extensive picture ceiling in Germany, created in 1691 by the Delitzsch painter Christian Schilling. It is made up of 250 individual coffered panels. 82 panels are decorated with floral motifs and 168 biblical images (36 from the Old Testament and 78 from the New Testament). Individuals such as the 16 prophets, the 12 apostles and 4 evangelists as well as Moses, Jesus, Luther and Melanchthon are also depicted in the panels. The final section is formed by 18 pictures depicting angels.
The Löbnitz church is a stop on the Luther Trail Saxony.
The first conversion of the church began in 1688 when it was converted into a hall church. Extensive renovations took place in 1930 and 1972. Since 2012, the culturally and historically valuable picture ceiling has shone in new splendor. It is the largest Renaissance wooden coffered ceiling in Central Germany with depictions of pictures.
The interior of the church is richly furnished: patron's box with column capitals from 1586, altar from 1629, baptismal font from 1603, pulpit from the 18th century, numerous epitaphs, mostly for members of the von Schönfeldt family, who lived in Löbnitz for 567 years. Communion relief (1932) by the Löbnitz-born sculptor Otto Richter.
The Löbnitz church is home to the largest and most extensive picture ceiling in Germany, created in 1691 by the Delitzsch painter Christian Schilling. It is made up of 250 individual coffered panels. 82 panels are decorated with floral motifs and 168 biblical images (36 from the Old Testament and 78 from the New Testament). Individuals such as the 16 prophets, the 12 apostles and 4 evangelists as well as Moses, Jesus, Luther and Melanchthon are also depicted in the panels. The final section is formed by 18 pictures depicting angels.
The Löbnitz church is a stop on the Luther Trail Saxony.
- WC available for visitors
Good to know
Openings
- Closed from November to April. Opening by telephone arrangement.
Eligibility
for Groups
for individual guests
Suitable for the Elderly
Directions & Parking facilities
- By public transport: Take the S2 to Delitzsch Bahnhof, then take bus 210 to the bus stop: Löbnitz (b. Delitzsch), Gasthof Goldener Stern.
Contact person
Organization
Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
License (master data)
Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
