Biederitz church, Evangelical church building in Biederitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
The Dorfkirche Biederitz is the Protestant church of Biederitz in Saxony-Anhalt. Its west tower rises on the surviving Romanesque rubble-stone foundation of the 13th-century predecessor, topped by a half-timbered bell storey under a hipped roof; the nave is a single-hall building of 1730 with pale walls and a red-tiled pitched roof. Inside, the baroque furnishings of 1730 survive, and a Ladegast organ stands on the west gallery since 1997.
The first church here was a late Romanesque building from the 13th century, destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. The successor was built in 1730 as a single-nave hall church, reusing the surviving Romanesque rubble-stone foundation for its west tower, whose bell storey was raised in half-timbering under a hipped roof. A thorough renovation in 1989 gave the church its present appearance, and the tower was restored in 2008.
Locals usually call it the Evangelische Kirche Biederitz rather than Dorfkirche. The building is one of the venues of the Biederitzer Musiksommer, a music festival held in the village each summer. Its organ, built by Friedrich Ladegast in 1866, stands on the west gallery and is heard in services and concerts.
The church stands in the village of Biederitz near the Elbe, with the tower on the west side and the nave extending east. It is an active parish church of the Elbe-Fläming district, so visits are easiest around services and during the Biederitzer Musiksommer, when it serves as a concert venue. The nave is entered at ground level, but the Ladegast organ stands on the west gallery and is reached by stairs.
The organ on the west gallery is a Ladegast instrument built in 1866 for the church at Plennschütz near Weißenfels; it was moved to Biederitz in 1997. The baroque fittings of 1730 also survive inside the hall church.
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