The double tower in the west dates from the 12th century and the adjacent three-aisled late Gothic hall church was built around 1500. The wooden flat ceiling was installed in 1896. An early Baroque altar, the pulpit from around 1600 and an octagonal baptismal font made of porphyry from the end of the 15th century determine the furnishings of the choir. The famous Gottfried Silbermann organ from 1721 is located on the west gallery.
Gottfried Silbermann (1683 - 1753) learned organ building from his brother Andreas (1678 - 1734) in Strasbourg before running his own company in Freiberg in 1711. In December 1718, the church patron Baron von Friesen signed a contract with Gottfried Silbermann and Zacharias Hildebrandt to build a new organ. II/23. On November 8, 1721, the organ was inspected by Thomaskantor Johann Kuhnau from Leipzig and court organist Gottfried Ernst Bestel from Altenburg. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy praised the two Silbermann organs after his visit to Rötha in 1840. In 1796, the university organ builder Stephani installed a switchable pedal coupler. The last major restoration was carried out in 1979 - 80 by the Eule company.
Text: Klaus Gernhardt
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