Evangelical Lutheran St. Christopher's Church

Church
The hall church, which has been rebuilt several times, dates back to the 13th century. The church's furnishings include an altar from around 1680. The pulpit with its columns depicting Christ and the evangelists was built around 1650, and the ornamentally decorated baptismal font in the shape of a chalice made of porphyry was built around 1613. The late Gothic, carved figures of saints from the 16th century, which stand in a shrine on the south side of the choir, come from the altar of the church in Zeschwitz, which was excavated in 1942. On the west gallery is the organ by the Donati brothers from 1794.
Text: Klaus Gernhardt

further reading: 
- Ulrich Dähnert, Historical Organs in Saxony, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik
  Leipzig, 1980
- Lexicon of North German Organ Builders, Volume 2, Saxony and Surrounding Areas,
  Pape Verlag Berlin, 2012
- Fritz Oehme, Handbook on the Organ Works in the District Administration
  Leipzig, Pape Verlag Berlin, 1994
- Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony II,
  Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1998          

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By car: Follow B2 to Böhlen. Follow S72, take Leipziger Str. to Karl-Marx-Straße.

By public transport: Take the S5, S5x or S6 to Böhlen.

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