Through My Lens: Schlosskirche

For the Third Sunday of Lent, I’m posting a photo from inside the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg. I’ve written about this church before, in connection with that revolutionary–reformer, Martin Luther.

A chapel has stood on this site since 1340. Between 1490 and 1511, a church in the Late Gothic style was built, attached to the castle just beside it. (Hence, the name.) That castle was the home of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony at the time. Both Frederick (also known as Frederick the Wise) and Martin Luther are buried in the church.

The Schlosskirche was destroyed during the Seven Years’ War in 1760, but later rebuilt. The doors that memorialize Martin Luther’s 95 theses were dedicated in 1858 and the church has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996.