Churches in the Leipzig Region

Auen Church in Markkleeberg

The Auen Church was built during the first settlement in the area of present-day Markkleeberg in the 11th/12th century.

Zitzschen Village Church

The village church was built between 1792 and 1796.

Störmthal Town Church

The striking west tower of the church in Störmthal is visible from afar.

Beucha Fortified Church Brandis

The Beucha Fortified Church is a mountain church, whose oldest components are the tower and sacristy (around 1284).

Battaune Church

The church is home to a late-Gothic carved alter and a very valuable mural.

St. Laurentius Church in Markranstädt

The St. Laurentius Church was already being used during war times as a horse stable and also a military hospital.

St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen

In 1114, the cathedral was sanctified in honour of the Virgin Mary and now allows visitors to marvel at its Jemlich Organ.

Trebsen Town Church

The town church of Trebsen is a large Romanesque hall church from the 12th century with a late Gothic choir with a three-eighth of a chancel (1518).

St. Laurentius City Church in Pegau

A city fire destroyed large parts of the church in 1382. Reconstruction as a late Gothic three-aisled hall church was completed in 1463.

St. Nicholas Church in Eilenburg

The three-nave late Gothic church, with gorgeous red brick masonry, dates back in its original form to 1444.

Court Chapel Hubertusburg Castle in Wermsdorf

The Catholic parish church of St. Hubertus (former court chapel) is the only room of the castle with its original furnishings.

Feudal Church of Kleinliebenau

The first depiction of the church was as early as 1309. A preserved sacrament niche, with a depiction of the holy Nicholas and the holy Katharina with sword and wheel dates back to the late 15th century.

St. Johannis City Church in Mügeln

The Church is the burial site of the Bishop of Meißen Johann IX and includes a baroque epitaph

St. Marien in Schildau

The church, built in late Romanesque style, houses features such as its winged altar from the 15th century, a Vogler organ and the oldest mulberry tree in Germany.

George-Bähr Church in Schmannewitz

The design of the Schmannewitz church originated from George Bähr, who was the architect of the Dresden Church of our Lady (Frauenkirche)

Löbnitz Evangelical Church

The 700-year-old village church has an impressive history and houses important sacral relics from different eras.

St. Marien Church in Dommitzsch

St. Marien Church was built between 1443 and 1493, after its predecessor, St. Martin's Church was plundered and destroyed in the Hussite War in 1493/1493.

St. Marien Sitzenroda

The simple, elongated village church of St. Marien sits on a hill. It was inaugurated in 1198 and bears witness to the eventful history of the area.

St. Nicoläi Town Church in Waldheim

The history of the city church can be traced back to the year 1336. The old church stood on the market place until 1832; today, all that is left there is a star in the pavement.

St. Wenceslai Town Church in Wurzen

The first written mention dates from the year 961. In the middle of the 13th century it was consecrated as the "Wenceslaikirche".

St. Aegidien Church Oschatz

After the city fire of 1842, with the inclusion of its Gothic predecessor, a three-nave late Gothic church was constructed. With its 75 m tall tower, the church is visible from far out of the city.

Frauenkirche Groitzsch

Today's Groitzsch Frauenkirche is a three-aisled relay hall. The rectangular west tower of the church is still from the previous building.

St. Johannis Church Belgershain

Baroque church with epitaphs of the Von Ponickau Family

Monastery church of St. Augustin in Grimma

Augustinian monks began to build a monastery on the banks of the Mulde in 1287; today, nothing is preserved except for the church.

Chapel at Colditz Castle

Colditz Castle - in the heart of Saxony

St. Marien Mountain Church in Eilenburg

Discover the church where Martin Luther gave several sermons!

Martin-Luther Church in Markkleeberg

The church was built in 1717 by David Schatz in high baroque style.

Evangelical Lutheran City Church of Brandis

The Brandis City Church, first recorded in 1121, is known for its Donat organ from 1705.

St. Kilian Church Bad Lausick

The St. Kilian church is a three-nave Romanesque pillar basilica. It was built in 1105 by Wiprecht von Groitzsch.

Castle Church Torgau

The castle church is the first Protestant church building in which the spirituality of the Reformation was demonstrated in architecture and art.

St. Moritz Church in Taucha

The western tower of the Baroque church is an important symbol of the Taucha townscape.

Town Church in Naunhof

The town church of Naunhof is a Protestant church building in the district of Leipzig.

St. Nicolas Church in Döbeln

The church was first documented in 1293 and, after a devastating fire in 1333, was resurrected as an early-Gothic basilica, whose original western entrance from 1370 is still preserved.

Hohnstädt Church

The church of Hohnstädt is a Romanesque chancel church from the 13th century.

St. Petri Church in Rochlitz

The Church of St. Peter was the seat of the archpriest who was responsible for the area around Rochlitz.

Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady) in Grimma

The Frauenkirche Grimma is an early-Gothic three-nave, pillared basilica.

St. George's Church in Rötha

The twin towers in the west date from the 12th century and the connecting three-aisled Late Gothic hall church was built around 1500.

St. Egidien Colditz town church

Right next to Colditz castle is the St. Egidien church. It is the city of Colditz's largest church. It was first documented in 1286.

St. Marien City Church Torgau

Martin Luther preached in the Marien church. His wife Katharina Luther, born von Bora, found her final resting place here.

St. Nicholas Church in Bad Düben

From afar, you can see the 63-meter high church tower of St. Nikolai. The church was built towards the end of the 12th century as the seat of an archpriest of the Diocese of Meißen.

St. Matthäi City Church in Leisnig

The origins of the St. Matthäi City Church in Leisnig go back to the 12th century, when it was acquired by the Leisnig burgrave.

St. Nicolai Church in Kitzen Hohenlohe

The church in Hohenlohe was built around 1150. The church parish of Hohenlohe, includes not only Kitzen, but almost all of the present districts of the former community and a number of villages that no longer exist.

Kieritzsch Church

Neukieritzsch is a station on the Luther Trail.