Stadtkirche St. Laurentius Pegau

The first mention of the original building dates back to the middle of the 12th century. A city fire destroyed large parts of the church in 1382. The reconstruction as a late Gothic three-aisled hall church was completed in 1463. In 1616 the church received a new pulpit and in 1621 a new altar. Epitaphs and panel paintings from various eras also document the splendid furnishings of the church dedicated to St. Lawrence. In the vault of the tower there is a gravestone from around 1235/40 for Wiprecht von Groitzsch, the founder of the Pegau monastery. The Urban-Kreutzbach organ from 1855 stands on the two-story west gallery.

Urban Kreutzbach (1796 - 1868), a student of Carl Gottlob Häcker, founded his own workshop in Borna in 1828. His sons and grandson continued the company until 1903. During this period, over 200 organs were built. The organ for the town church of St. Laurentius in Pegau, built by Urban Kreutzbach in 1851, is his largest work with 35 registers. During the church renovation in 1934, the organ was given a free-pipe facade, which no longer shows any visual reference to Kreutzbach's organ facades. The mechanical system of the action was retained in this redesign. In 2000, the organ was repaired by the Bochmann company from Kohren-Sahlis.

Text: Klaus Gernhardt