Church Niederoderwitz

The church of Niederoderwitz is one of the two village churches in the community of Oderwitz in Saxony. It serves as the seat of the Evangelical-Lutheran parish of Oderwitz-Mittelherwigsdorf and was built in the Baroque style in the early 18th century, making it one of the largest churches in Lusatia.
By the end of the 17th century, the old church in Niederoderwitz had become too small for the growing parish. For this reason, and due to irreparable damage to the building, the decision was made in 1717 to construct a new church right next to the old one. The patronage for this new building was taken on by Otto Ludwig von Kanitz, Hanns Adolph von Riedinger, and the council of the city of Zittau.

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