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 building's long axis and was taken from its Romanesque predecessor. The St. Laurentius Church was used as a stable or hospital during wartime. 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 decorates the interior. Also inside the church you will find the baroque lectern with baptismal font. This was made around 1745 by Caspar Friedrich Löbelt. Between 1998 and 2008, both the church and the organ were completely renovated.

Richard Kreutzbach (1839 - 1903, son and employee of the company founder Urban Kreutzbach (1796 - 1868) built the organ with pneumatic action in 1886. With two manuals and pedal, the organ originally had 23 registers. Playing aids: pedal coupler from the I. manual, manual coupler II - I, swell, collective stops: piano, mezzoforte and fortissimo registers. The conversions and disposition changes made in 1925 and 1958 - 1963 were reversed in 2006 by the company Mitteldeutscher Orgelbau A.Voigt GmbH Bad Liebenwerda. In this context, the disposition of the main organ was expanded to include a trumpet 8'. II/24.

Text: Klaus Gernhardt