Village church Löbnitz

The Protestant village church of Löbnitz is a hall church with rich Baroque furnishings in Löbnitz in the district of Nordsachsen. It belongs to the parish of Löbnitz in the Torgau-Delitzsch church district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.

The church was built in the second half of the 16th century by rebuilding a three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica from the 13th century, whereby the south aisle was demolished, the north aisle was built up to the height of the nave and the choir was extended. The tower is therefore flush with the southern wall of the hall, whose blocked arcades and clerestory windows are still recognizable. The ornamental gables of the tower were renewed around 1900. After being closed due to dilapidation, restoration work was carried out on the church in the years 1931–1938, including a renewal of the gable and roof, the replacement of damaged beams, the renewal of windows, the demolition of the sacristy, the conversion of the tower room into a chapel and restoration work on the picture ceiling. A new restoration was carried out in the years 1971–1972, during which a renovation of the floor, the demolition of the second gallery on the north and south walls, the removal of the pews and the equipment with chairs, the reinstallation of the east windows bricked up in the 2nd World War, the renewal of the church spire and a plastering of the nave were carried out. Further restoration work on the furnishings, including the picture ceiling, the pulpit, the epitaphs and the organ, was carried out in 2008–2016.

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