St. Wolfgang's Church, Schneeberg

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St. Wolfgang's Church (German : St.-Wolfgangs-Kirche) in Schneeberg is one of the largest hall churches 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 church building. 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). [1] 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.

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  1. 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

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