Düßnitz village church

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Düßnitz village church

The listed Protestant village church Düßnitz is located in Düßnitz , a district of Jessen (Elster) in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt .

description

The choir-less hall church probably dates from around 1300. Around 1500, the east gable was renewed with three lanceolate blind niches . In the late 18th century, the church windows were enlarged. The classical west tower was built in 1856. In the baroque interior there is a three-sided gallery and a simple pulpit altar from the late 18th century. With pinnacles and crockets built sacrament niche is dated to the early 16th century. The late Gothic baptism of the church has a chalice shape. Dating back to 1876 Geissler - organ with two manuals and ten registers has been restored, 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments, Saxony Anhalt II, administrative districts of Dessau and Halle. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 , p. 27.
  2. ^ Report of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung on the restoration of the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 49 ″  N , 12 ° 52 ′ 39 ″  E