St. Laurentius Church Markranstädt

The late Gothic hall church was built on the walls of a previous building between 1518 and 1525. The church tower is located outside the longitudinal axis of the building and was taken over from its Romanesque predecessor. St. Laurentius Church was used as a stable or military hospital during times of war. The entire church was given neo-Gothic features in 1871 by the master builder Altendorff. In 1900, the church was given a new look. An altar table made of Weißenfels sandstone from the time of the Reformation adorns the interior. The baroque lectern with baptismal font can also be found inside the church. This was made around 1745 by Caspar Friedrich Löbelt. Both the church and the organ were completely renovated between 1998 and 2008.

Richard Kreutzbach (1839 - 1903, son and employee of company founder Urban Kreutzbach (1796 - 1868) built the organ with pneumatic action in 1886. With two manuals and pedal, the organ originally had 23 stops. Playing aids: Pedal coupler from the first manual, manual coupler II - I, swell, collective stops: Piano, Mezzoforte and Fortissimo stops. The modifications and changes to the specification made in 1925 and 1958 - 1963 were carried out in 2006 by the company Mitteldeutscher Orgelbau A. Voigt GmbH Bad Liebenwerda. In this context, a Trompete 8' was added to the specification of the Hauptwerk. II/24.

Text: Klaus Gernhardt