Kirche Göbschelwitz
Kirche Göbschelwitz stands in Leipzig’s Göbschelwitz district, at the centre of a village cemetery. Its chancel-tower design combines a medieval tower with a nineteenth-century Neo-Gothic nave.
A small Romanesque window in the rubble-stone tower points towards the church’s High Medieval origins. Fire destroyed the building and much of Göbschelwitz in 1765, leaving the tower to survive later rebuilding. The nave was reconstructed in 1857, with pointed-arch windows, a tiled gable roof, and galleries on three sides. Exterior restoration took place between 1990 and 1992, while interior work finished in 1998.
Inside, Max Alfred Brumme’s altar painting shows Jesus at the Last Supper with twelve apostles. Their faces portray the former pastor, former congregation members, and Albert Schweitzer. Six stained-glass windows continue the theme, including scenes of the Nativity and Resurrection. The cemetery also holds a memorial to fourteen Göbschelwitz residents who died in the First World War.
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