St. Martin Audigast

  • Church
Historic church with baroque flair
First mentioned in 1350 as a Romanesque choir tower church. The current hall church and the octagonal tower construction from around 1680/85 are particularly impressive due to the pulpit altar and the organ opposite it on the west gallery. On the sides of the altar are larger-than-life figures of Moses and John the Baptist. The carved baptismal font was created at the same time. A two-storey extension in half-timbered construction on the north side of the chancel. The Carl-Gottlob-Häcker organ from 1826 on the west gallery. I/11 After a thorough renovation of the church between 2010 and 2013, it is considered a special attraction in the region.
Text: Klaus Gernhardt

Further reading:  
- Ulrich Dähnert, Historische Orgeln in Sachsen, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik
  Leipzig, 1980
- Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Band 2, Sachsen und Umgebung,
  Pape Verlag Berlin, 2014
- Fritz Oehme, Handbuch über die Orgelwerke in der Kreishauptmannschaft
  Leipzig, Pape Verlag Berlin, 1994


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Directions & Parking facilities

By car: Follow the B2 to Audigast in Groitzsch.

By public transport: Take the S6 to Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz and continue on bus line 100 to the Audigast stop.

Contact person

Pfarrerin Friederike Kaltofen
Wiesengasse 3
04539 Groitzsch

Author

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
Grimmaischen Steinweg 8
04103 Leipzig

Organization

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH

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