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Founded: 1496Category: Religious sites in Germany
Historical period: Habsburg Dynasty (Germany)
Rating
4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Paul (6 months ago)
Attended the Silvester Motette on New Year's Eve. A beautiful church setting and magnificent choral and organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach and others. A magnificent experience. To hear such music with such performances and acoustic in the place he composed and first performed it was quite incredible.
Attended the Silvester Motette on New Year's Eve. A beautiful church setting and magnificent choral and organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach and others. A magnificent experience. To hear such music with such performances and acoustic in the place he composed and first performed it was quite incredible.
Steven Cheng (7 months ago)
We were here by a part of our European beer tour. We never knew Leipzig has been such big part of Classical Music! There was some Symphony in practice going while we were there. The acoustic.Sounds was fantastic!
We were here by a part of our European beer tour. We never knew Leipzig has been such big part of Classical Music! There was some Symphony in practice going while we were there. The acoustic.Sounds was fantastic!
Zehra Nalci (8 months ago)
It is not a big church but the interior is nice. It is across the street of Bach Museum and there is a Bach statue in front of it.
It is not a big church but the interior is nice. It is across the street of Bach Museum and there is a Bach statue in front of it.
Dallin Romney (9 months ago)
Stunning church with the grave of the great classical musician Bach (he worked here). Nice side room that has a museum style display about bach, with artifacts
Stunning church with the grave of the great classical musician Bach (he worked here). Nice side room that has a museum style display about bach, with artifacts
Damian Tapley (12 months ago)
This is the church where JS Bach was the cantor for many years. A highlight of Leipzig. Entry is free or donation. There is a small museum room which is easily overlooked - it’s on your right as you walk in or on your left as you walk out. This room and the other bits of information near the entrance (in German and English) gives more context. The sound of the organ is impressive. On weekends they do a service seemingly at 9:30am and 6pm (Sat & Sun) which has the organ playing and some hymns sung by the church-goers. In my opinion as it is a notable historic site, there should be a lot less talky-talky from the priest, and more music. The entrance is near the statue - something also worth seeing. There is also a stained-glass window depiction of Bach himself and it’s worth looking out for that when inside the church.
This is the church where JS Bach was the cantor for many years. A highlight of Leipzig. Entry is free or donation. There is a small museum room which is easily overlooked - it’s on your right as you walk in or on your left as you walk out. This room and the other bits of information near the entrance (in German and English) gives more context. The sound of the organ is impressive. On weekends they do a service seemingly at 9:30am and 6pm (Sat & Sun) which has the organ playing and some hymns sung by the church-goers. In my opinion as it is a notable historic site, there should be a lot less talky-talky from the priest, and more music. The entrance is near the statue - something also worth seeing. There is also a stained-glass window depiction of Bach himself and it’s worth looking out for that when inside the church.
