St. Wolfgang's Church () in
Schneeberg is one of the largest
hall church
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es of the
Late Gothic in Saxon region of Germany. It was built in the early 16th century on parts of a small, earlier building and is an early example of a
Reformation
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church building
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''Church'' is also ...
. Due to its dominant position on the summit of the Schneeberg hill, which in previous centuries had been riddled (''durchörtet'') with mining pits and galleries, it became known as the "Miners' Cathedral" (''Bergmannsdom'').
[Flyer by the St. Wolfgang's Church Building Association (''Kirchenbauvereins St. Wolfgang Schneeberg e.V.'') ''Blick über Schneeberg vom Turm des Bergmannsdoms''; as at April 2011] The parish of St. Wolfgang in Schneeberg owns this summer church as well as the hospital church, the Church of the Trinity, Schneeberg on the ''Fürstenplatz'' as their
winter church. In addition the parish of St. George & St. Martin,
Griesbach, also belongs to the Lutheran-Evangelical parish of Schneeberg.
See also
*
Schneeberg Altarpiece
References
Literature
* Jenny Lagaude: ''Der Cranach-Altar zu St. Wolfgang in Schneeberg. Ein Bildprogramm zwischen Spätmittelalter und Reformation.'' Leipzig; Berlin, 2010.
* Enrico Langer (Ed). ''Das Schneeberger Orgel– und Clavierbuch um 1705''. (Altenberg: Hans Jürgen Kamprad, 2020) ISBN 979-0-50258-262-3
* Uwe Gerig (ed.): ''Schneeberg'', Ruth Gerig Verlag, 1994, ; ''Die Kirche "St. Wolfgang"'', pages 26–31
External links
Internet article for the parish of St. Wolfgang*
ttps://andrewpink.org/schneeberger/ Blog post: Music from the Schneeberger Orgel- und Clavierbuch
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