Dorfkirche Reichenberg, Protestant church in Reichenberg, Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany
Dorfkirche Reichenberg is a rendered rubble-stone hall church with a long nave and a recessed choir closed on five sides, its four sandstone buttresses set at the choir. The choir and sacristy were rebuilt in 1513/14, a narrow low annex stands on the north side, and a slender roof turret with an eight-sided hood rises above the west gable.
The core of the church is Romanesque; the choir and sacristy were rebuilt in 1513/14, as dated by the choir windows. A northern aisle was added in the 19th century. The roof turret with its octagonal hood dates from around 1670.
The parish belongs to the Kirchspiel in der Lößnitz within the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. Inside, two-storey wooden galleries from the early 17th century carry floral painting of around 1730, restored in 1979/80; the choir stalls below the northern gallery keep Renaissance painting from the late 16th century.
The church stands in Reichenberg, part of Moritzburg in the Meißen district of Saxony. The south side preserves the remains of a Romanesque portal, while the south entrance and the sacristy portal carry late Gothic doors. The interior is entered through these side doors; the former west entrance is walled up.
An organ built by Jacob Oertel in 1760 found its current home here in 1987 after many years elsewhere. This instrument connects the musical past of the place with its present role in community worship and events.
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