Stadtkirche Zum Heiligen Namen Gottes Radeberg, Lutheran church in Radeberg, Germany
The Stadtkirche Zum Heiligen Namen Gottes is an Evangelical-Lutheran church on a rise near Radeberg's town centre. Its stone building was begun in 1486 and completed in 1498; after the 1714 town fire, the interior was rebuilt and the church was consecrated on 10 December 1730. The tower, finished in 1770, is lower than the original spire, which was removed in 1611 and replaced by a shallow slate-covered cap.
A stone church was begun in 1486 and completed in 1498; its tall spire was removed in 1611 and replaced by a flatter slate-covered cap. The town fire of 13 July 1714 burned out the interior, and rebuilding stalled for lack of money. The finished church was consecrated on 10 December 1730 by Valentin Ernst Löscher, superintendent of the Dresden Frauenkirche. Fire damaged it again in 1741, and the somewhat lower tower was completed in 1770.
The church's full name, Zum Heiligen Namen Gottes ("To the Holy Name of God"), was conferred at its consecration on 10 December 1730 by Valentin Ernst Löscher, superintendent of the Dresden Frauenkirche. The parish belongs to the Radeberger Land church district within the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony, together with Liegau-Augustusbad, Großerkmannsdorf, Kleinwolmsdorf, Seifersdorf, Wachau and Schönborn.
Visitors can find the church at An der Kirche 5 and may attend regular services or view the interior during open hours. It helps to check opening times in advance, as the building is not always freely accessible.
The baptismal font was carved by Dresden sculptor Johann Christian Feige, who also made the pulpit; Johann George Tretzsch helped finance it. The basin itself was cast in English tin, paid for by the widow of General-Accise-Inspektor Kauderbach. The organ, consecrated in 1726, was donated by the same Tretzsch.
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