The Kreuzkirche Zittau is a former church in

Zittau Zittau (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, Upper Lusatian dialect: ''Sitte''; ) is the southeasternmost city in the Germany, German state of Saxony, and belongs to the Görlitz (district), district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost Districts of Germ ...

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, Germany. The Gothic hall church, which has an unusual architecture, was used for funerals. It is now a museum, dedicated primarily to the presentation of a medieval textile, the ''Großes Zittauer Fastentuch''.

History

The church was built at end of the 14th century as a Gothic hall , following the model of the

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in Prague. It was probably dedicated in 1410. It was used for funerals. It was damaged by fire in 1643 and restored from 1651 to 1654, with a simpler exterior. The church was secularised in 1972 and subsequently neglected. It was restored again from 1986. The church is used as a museum, presenting the medieval , a textile artwork from 1472. It belonged to the in Zittau and is among the most notable extant medieval textiles. It has been exhibited since 1999 in the largest vitrine of any museum.

Literature

* Barbara Bechter, Wiebke Fastenrath et al. (eds.): '' Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Sachsen I, Regierungsbezirk Dresden.''

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, Munich / Berlin 1996, , pp. 874–876. * Friedrich and Helga Möbius: ''Sakrale Baukunst.'' Union Verlag, Berlin 1958, p. 229.

References

External links

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Stadtmuseum Zittau
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zittau, Kreuzkirche Hall churches Former churches in Germany Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century