Christuskirche

Christuskirche stands in Leipzig’s Eutritzsch district as the oldest surviving structure in the area. Its square tower rises above a late Gothic hall church with a three-sided choir, pointed windows, tracery, buttresses, and a steep hipped roof. Romanesque stonework survives in the tower base, probably from before 1381. The building is wheelchair accessible.

Between 1489 and 1503, Benedikt Eisenberg rebuilt the nave in the late Gothic style. His mason’s mark remains on the keystone in the entrance hall, while another keystone on the east side bears the year 1503 in medieval lettering. Inside, the Marienaltar from around 1480 came from Machern and has stood here since 1960. A baptismal font from 1505 now occupies the altar area, after surviving hidden in the sacristy.

The present Eule organ from Bautzen was inaugurated in 1991 as the fifth instrument since the Baroque era. Historic bronze bells include one cast around 1480, weighing about 584 kilograms and sounding the note A. Outside, the 1920 Trostkreuz commemorates local people killed in the First World War. Old gravestones remain in the former churchyard, including Pastor George Jenichen’s grave slab.