Address:
Schinkelkirche
Kirchstraße
15913 Straupitz

Telephone: +49 35475 496
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The Schinkelkirche in Straupitz rises on a lengthways rectangular ground plan. The closed main body is covered with a saddle roof. Two multi-storeyed towers rise at its façade directed to the southwest. Multistage open stairs reaching to the complete breadth of the building lead to three big round arch portals.Two fighter cornice at the portals and windows of the two side axes as well as a coronal cornice surround the complete main body.

They represent an effective horizontal counterbalance to the vertical parts of the building, the high towers of the façade and the long windows on the sides of the building. A broad document panel is let in over the middle portal on height of the first floor with the inscription: Praise the Lord in his shrine; Praise him in the Veste of his power! Breathe everything what has, praises the lord, hallelujah psalm 150 th V. 1. and 6., ".

The towers start over the corona lcornice and end with a straight completion, carry flat pyramid roofs and are crowned with iron crosses. The high balance of the façade will keep also on the sides of the building.

Into this carefully thought out and clear calculated system of horizontals the different wall openings, window and doors, get introduced, so that an aesthetically attractive, tightly jointed division of the wall tile appears.

The church can be visited always after the church services. Church services are every Sunday at 10.00 clock. Church service for children is at 10.00 clock in the municipality room.

The church is opened from Tuesday until Friday at 11.00 clock and at 15.00 clock for one hour each. Also after the Sunday church service which starts at 10.00 clock the church can be visited.