Back Evangelická luterská zemská církev Saska Czech Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens German Saksi Evangeelne Luterlik Maakirik Estonian Saksin evankelisluterilainen maakirkko Finnish Église régionale protestante luthérienne de Saxe French ザクセン福音ルター派州教会 Japanese Евангелическо-лютеранская церковь Саксонии Russian
| Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony | |
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| Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens | |
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| Type | Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Landesbischof | Hans-Peter Vollbach |
| Associations | |
| Region | 14,900 km2 in Saxony |
| Headquarters | Dresden |
| Congregations | 319 |
| Members | 610,503 17.4% of total population (2020) |
| Official website | https://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]
- ^ The Bishop's title on his/her own home page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Statistik: Fakten und Zahlen". Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-11-15.