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The Protestant Church of Anhalt ( Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) is a United Protestant member church of the Protestant Church in Germany. Its seat is in Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt, in the former duchy of Anhalt. This church is the smallest regional church in Germany in terms of membership.
The Evangelical Church of Anhalt today has congregations in 154 villages and towns. The entire region belongs to the German federal state Saxony-Anhalt. Because of its proximity to Wittenberg, the reformers Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon had considerable influence on the region of Anhalt.
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany (German: Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland; EKM) is a United church body covering most of the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and some adjacent areas in Brandenburg and Saxony.
From this time on, one can speak of an independent Evangelical Church of Anhalt. Both Lutheran and Reformed faiths coexisted in Anhalt, they were united (Church Union) in 1821. Enlightenment left a permanent impression on the region under Prince Leopold Friedrich Franz (1740-1817) who not only founded the first regional teaching college in Germany at Woerlitz, but also organized the Garden ...
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- Rulers of Anhalt, Middle Ages
- Dukes of Anhalt, 1863–1918
- Heads of The House of Anhalt Since 1918
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In the west, the land is undulating and in the extreme southwest, where it forms part of the Harz range, mountainous, the Ramberg peak being the tallest at 1900 ft (579 m). From the Harz, the country gently slopes down to the Saale; between this river and the Elbe is fertile country. East of the Elbe, the land is mostly a flat sandy plain, with ext...
Eduard 1918[citation needed]Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Anhalt" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 47
Today it is the principal church of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. The south steeple is 99.25 m (325 ft 7 in) tall, the north tower 100.98 m (331 ft 4 in), making it one of the tallest cathedrals in eastern Germany.
It was disestablished in 1802/3. The church, known as Stiftskirche St Servatius, is now used by the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Germany. The castle, abbey, church, and surrounding buildings are exceptionally well preserved and are masterpieces of Romanesque architecture.
