The Evangelical Lutheran Land Church of Saxony is one of the 20 land churches in Germany, a member of the Evangelical Church of Germany . The center of the church is in Dresden .
As of December 2012, 754,451 people are members of the church, united in 765 parishes. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony is one of the Lutheran churches in the ECD. The Church of Saxony is also a member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD).
The cathedral is the Meissen Cathedral . For educational purposes, the church maintains a Protestant academy in Meissen.
Content
History
Structure
- Chemnitz Regional Church Office
- Annaberg Church District
- Aue Church District
- Auerbach Church District
- Chemnitz Church District
- Church District Marienberg
- Church District Plauen
- Church District Zwickau
- Regional Church Office Dresden
- Church District Bautzen-Kamenz
- Church District Dresden Center
- Church District Dresden North
- Freiberg Church District
- Church District Lobau-Zittau
- Meissen-Grossenhain Church District
- Church District Pirn
- Regional Church Office Leipzig
- Church District Land of Leipzig
- Church District Leipzig
- Church district of Leisnig-Oscatz
- Church District Glauchau-Rochlitz
Bishops
- 1922-1933: Ludwig Heinrich Imels
- 1933-1945: Friedrich Otto Koch
- 1945-1947: Franz Lau ( Superintendent )
- 1947-1953: Hugo Khan
- 1953-1971: Gottfried Noth
- 1971-1994: Johannes Hempel
- 1994-2004: Volker Kress
- 2004 — present: Jochen Pain