The best city hikes and walks around Landsberg

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Very nice old church

Furnishing Interior view to the east, 2020 The uniform baroque interior with the wooden barrel vault and the horseshoe galleries dates from the renovation in the 1770s. The high-quality wooden pulpit altar from 1778 with the risen Christ in the top and putti on the side is framed by Corinthian columns. Remains of the organ front in late rococo form are still there. In 1917 the choir received colored stained glass windows in the historicist style, which also fell victim to vandalism. The new stained glass windows created by Markus Lüpertz and inaugurated in 2013 are of international standing. The seven choir windows show, among other things: Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon and the Apostle Paul. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anna_und_St._Katharina_(G%C3%BCtz)

History and architecture The Protestant village church was probably built on the site of a Slavic moated castle. Both the nave and the tower shaft are of Romanesque origin. A late Gothic recessed choir with a three-sided end is attached to the nave, a single-aisle plastered quarry stone building with an also unplastered west transverse tower. Comprehensive changes to the church took place between 1777 and 1779, when the nave was raised and given a barrel vault. A vestibule was added on the south side. In 1854 the tower was expanded; In 1886 it was increased to 38 meters and provided with a neo-Romanesque bell storey containing a bronze bell from 1488. The church, which was damaged by a storm in 1972 and abandoned in 1976, fell into disrepair due to vandalism, theft and structural neglect. In 1992 the tower was extensively repaired and renovated.[2] There are high-quality baroque grave steles and tombstones from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries in the churchyard. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anna_und_St._Katharina_(G%C3%BCtz)

St. Anna and St. Katharina (Gütz) View from the northeast, 2013 The village church of St. Anna and St. Katharina in Gütz, a district of the town of Landsberg in the Saale district in Saxony-Anhalt, is a essentially Romanesque building from the 12th century. It belongs to the Landsberg parish in the Halle-Saalkreis church district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. It is listed as a monument in the local register of monuments under registration number 094 55196.[1] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anna_und_St._Katharina_(G%C3%BCtz)

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This highlight is the Gütz manor house. Manor houses often stand out from the villagescape, which is why they are often called castles. The village of Gütz near Landsberg also has such a building, although it has been in disrepair for years. The brick building dates from the early 20th century and has an attractive exterior design with its numerous elements. In particular, the roof landscape with the different types of dormers and chimneys makes this building special. But it also has various bay windows and porches, including a tower-like one on the southeast corner and varying window shapes, some of which suggest the transition to Art Nouveau. The memorial plaque for the Battle of the Nations located on the archway could not be found in February 2019. Source:https://saalekreis.im-bild.org/fotos/residenzen-burgen/gutshaus-guetz

Like most sacred buildings in the Saale district, the village church of Gütz does not have a uniform architectural style, but has grown over centuries. Today it combines components from four different eras. While the base of the tower is probably still Romanesque, its upper part with the arched windows and the striking roof turret can be assigned to the year 1866 according to the Dehio (Saxony-Anhalt II) and is therefore part of the so-called round arch style. The choir and were extensively modified in Baroque style in the 18th century, with the choir being late Gothic and the western part of the nave showing Romanesque remains. The tympanum (door arch panel) above the south portal looks unusual. Source:https://saalekreis.im-bild.org/fotos/gotteshaeuser/dorfkirche-guetz