{"id":1412,"date":"2007-08-14T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2007-08-14T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T18:05:00","slug":"torgau-in-the-city-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"Torgau &#8211; in the city church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/torgaukirche450.JPG' alt='torgaukirche450.JPG' \/><\/p>\n<p>The city church of Torgau, built in 1119 is a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hall_church\">Hall church<\/a> (since it is built in late gothic style it may have taken a long time to built it).  I am making this post not because of eventually ongoing rumors that Catherine Zeta-Jones thinks about entering a convent (which I definitely won&#8217;t believe unless there is more evidence..:)) but rather in order to have an opportunity to mention that  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koeln-magazin.info\/index.php?id=2923&#038;backPID=2923&#038;tt_news=2473\">Gerhard Richter&#8217;s new windows in the dome of cologne<\/a> are now on display. But of course the church&#8217;s architecture is noteworthy in itself:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/br> <\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/torgaukirchealtar450.jpg' alt='torgaukirchealtar450.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/kirchentuer450.jpg' alt='kirchentuer450.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/kirchewurzeln.JPG' alt='kirchewurzeln.JPG' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/praepsalmen.JPG' alt='praepsalmen.JPG' \/><\/p>\n<p>There is currently an exhibition in the church about the life of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Praetorius\">Michael Praetorius<\/a> &#8211; a wellknown composer (especially known for his clerical songs). He is also known for introducing the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venetian_polychoral_style\">Venetian polychoral style<\/a>  in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/organistgross450.jpg' alt='organistgross450.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2007\/08\/frauenkopf.JPG' alt='frauenkopf.JPG' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city church of Torgau, built in 1119 is a Hall church (since it is built in late gothic style it may have taken a long time to built it). I am making this post not because of eventually ongoing rumors that Catherine Zeta-Jones thinks about entering a convent (which I definitely won&#8217;t believe unless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,18,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}