St. Anne's Church Seelitz

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The church has a long tradition in Seelitz. With its 23 other villages, Seelitz is the largest parish in Saxony. It is said to have been a place of pilgrimage as early as the 8th century. Until the Reformation, Seelitz, with a large catchment area on the right bank of the Mulde, belonged to the diocese of Meissen.

St. Anne's Church was already mentioned as a landmark of Seelitz around 1200. After the building was destroyed by the Hussites, the current church was built in the Gothic style between 1500 and 1560.

The baroque style of the interior was introduced in the 18th century with the galleries, the ceiling, the pews, the baptismal font, the altar and the pulpit. The historic church complex was enriched by the rectory, which was built in 1793, the substitute house and the former church school. In 1907, the church received a new organ from the Rochlitz organ builder Alfred Schmeißer. The tower and ceiling were restored between 1957 and 1961, and extensive external plastering work followed in 1975/76. The third bell was purchased in 1981.

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Nadin Poster

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Rochlitzer Muldental / Zwickau Tourism Region - The Time Leap Land

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St. Anne's Church Seelitz
Kolkauer Straße 10
09306 Seelitz