Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony

Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony
Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens
TypeLandeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany
ClassificationProtestant
LandesbischofHans-Peter Vollbach
Associations
Region14,900 km2 in Saxony
HeadquartersDresden
Congregations319
Members610,503
17.4% of total population (2020)
Official websitehttps://www.evlks.de/

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens) is one of 20 member Churches of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state of Saxony. Its headquarters are in Dresden, and the seat of the bishop (styled Bishop of Saxony)[1] is at Meissen Cathedral. Prior to the propagation of state atheism in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), it was the largest Evangelical Lutheran church in Germany.[2]

The church has 610,503 parishioners in 319 parishes (as of December 31, 2022).[3]

  1. ^ The Bishop's title on his/her own home page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Sebastian Müller-Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm: Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918–1958: Dokumente und Darstellung (Eine Veröffentlichung des Comenius-Instituts Münster). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-61362-8, S. 29.
  3. ^ "Statistik: Fakten und Zahlen". Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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