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The Pötnitz Church is a Protestant church in the Mildensee district in the east of the city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt. Along with the brick church of Axien, it is one of the southernmost examples of Romanesque brick architecture in Saxony-Anhalt.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6tnitzer_Kirche
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6tnitzer_Kirche
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At the southwestern edge of the former village of Pötnitz stands the present-day church of Dessau-Mildensee. The large brick building was erected around 1180 as a three-aisled basilica. The Romanesque architectural style is still recognizable today, although alterations have been made to the church over the centuries. With the founding of a Benedictine monastery in Mildensee, the church was elevated to parish church status by the Imperial Abbey of Nienburg in 1198.[1]
At the beginning of the 19th century, Prince Franz of Anhalt commissioned his architect, Carlo Ignazio Pozzi, to redesign the church into its present form.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Prince Franz of Anhalt commissioned his architect, Carlo Ignazio Pozzi, to redesign the church into its present form.
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