Posterstein Castle Church

Castle and church

The Posterstein Castle Church is a Protestant church built in the second half of the 16th century in Posterstein in the Altenburger Land in East Thuringia . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Nöbdenitz.

history

The nobles of Posterstein Castle came from nearby Nöbdenitz and therefore also visited the church there. In the second half of the 16th century, however, the Posterstein Castle Church was built as a branch church of the Nöbdenitz family in the late Gothic style. In 1689 the church received a baroque interior made of wooden carvings. In 1901 the castle church was heavily rebuilt, the bell tower was rebuilt and a sacristy was added. In addition, a gallery was built inside the church, on which the organ from this period is also located. In 2008, several graves were discovered during archaeological digs.

Church from the northwest

Carving

Nothing is known about the exact circumstances of the origin of the richly decorated baroque carving. The only clue is the carved name Johannis Hopf with the year 1689. The altar, the pulpit and the patron's box belong to the linden wood work . Typical baroque elements such as angels and the coats of arms of the lord of the castle Georg Dietrich von Pflugk and his wife are depicted . Legend has it that Johannis Hopf was a miller who was sentenced to death for a crime and locked in the castle dungeon. There he is said to have made the carvings. In gratitude, his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

Varia

On August 5, 2018, the radio station MDR Kultur broadcast the service from the church as a direct broadcast and thus drew national attention to the sacred building and the parish.