Stadtkirche Neustrelitz, Lutheran church at Market Square, Neustrelitz, Germany.
Stadtkirche Neustrelitz is a rectangular brick building with a 52-meter tower that rises above the market square and offers views across town. Inside, a three-manual organ with 45 registers fills the space with music during services and special events.
The parish was established in 1756, and the foundation stone was laid on 29 July 1768 to plans by court physician Johann Christian Wilhelm Verpoorten. The first service was held on 4 November 1778. Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel added the massive tower and exterior plaster between 1828 and 1831, giving the church its present appearance.
The pulpit was removed from the altar in the mid-19th century and replaced beside it; the centre panel then received a copy of Raphael's 'Carrying of the Cross', painted and donated by Grand Duchess Marie in 1856. The silver altar candlesticks used on special occasions are loans from the Neustrelitz Schlosskirche, given by King George V and Queen Marie of Hanover in 1860.
The church is located at Markt 12 and opens during warmer months, with guided tours available to visitors. Those who climb 203 steps can reach the observation platform at the top of the tower for a broad view of the town.
The middle of the three tower bells is bronze, cast in 1521 and originally from the castle at Stargard. The two larger bells are cast-iron replacements from 1955, donated by the Neustrelitz couple Wagner in memory of their two sons killed in the Second World War.
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