Lobstädt Church

The hall church with the west tower dates from the late Romanesque period. The choir was completed around 1500. There is still a sacrament niche on the north side of the choir. An altar wing with carved figures documents the furnishings around 1510. In 1610 the church was badly damaged after a fire. Renovations and repairs are documented in 1698, 1839 and 1887. In 1887 the second gallery on the north side was demolished and the tower was given a window on the south side.
The pulpit, built around 1650, with its octagonal basket and the relief figures in the round-arch niches, comes from the excavated church in Zehmen. The carved crucifix in front of the middle choir window comes from the church in Görnitz, which was also excavated.
The Richard Kreutzbach organ from 1887 is located on the west gallery. II/12
Text: Klaus Gernhardt


further reading: 
- Acta Organologica, Volume 34, Verlag Merseburge 2015
  Klaus Walter/ Gert Rothe/ Wolfram Hackel/ Jiri Kocourek
  Richard Kreutzbach (1839 - 1903), Life and Work