Gethsemanekirche

This 1893 neo-Gothic church was a hotbed of dissent in the final days of the GDR and thus a thorn in the side of the Stasi, which, as late as October 1989, brutally quashed a peaceful gathering outside its portals. Artworks include a copy of Ernst Barlach's 1928 Geistkämpfer (Ghost Fighter) sculpture outside the church, which also hosts concerts and other cultural events in addition to Sunday service at 11am.

A short prayer meeting in support of unjustly imprisoned people worldwide takes place daily at 6pm.

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