On Open Monument Day this Sunday (September 8), the doors of around 800 cultural monuments will be opened. These include castles, factory buildings, churches and residential buildings, but also parks, cemeteries and archaeological sites as well as objects that are not usually accessible - such as the Elbe barge "Waltraut". There are programs for guests of all ages, including special guided tours.
In keeping with the motto "Wahr-Zeichen. Witnesses to History", the state-wide opening will take place in one of these: the 500-year-old pilgrimage church of St. Mary in Rötha in the district of Leipzig. It has an instrument by master organ builder Gottfried Silbermann (1683-1753) from 1724.
With its furnishings, the church is of great architectural and church-historical importance from the point of view of monument preservation - and the 300th anniversary of the organ predestines St. Mary's Church for the opening, as Regional Development Minister Thomas Schmidt said.
