Museum Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz

Om museet

The Church of the Holy Cross is a burial church in Zittau more than 600 years old, with early baroque furnishings, numerous burial sites and epitaphs, and a museum cemetery. It bears witness to the civic funerary culture of the town.

Since 1999, the Great Zittau Lenten Veil has been permanently on display here. The cloth was made in 1472, is 8.20 m high and 6.80 m wide, and shows biblical history in 90 pictures, from the Creation to the Last Judgment. It belongs to the rare "Feldertyp" (field type), of which only 18 examples survive worldwide, and in Germany only this one. Until 1672, it covered the altar area of St. John's Church every year during Lent.

After its rediscovery in 1840, damage at the end of World War II and a pro bono restoration by the Abegg Foundation in Switzerland, it is now shown in a custom-built showcase, in which it looks as it did before, as an altar covering. The church is part of the Städtische Museen Zittau (Municipal Museums of Zittau); the Small Lenten Veil is on view in the Franciscan monastery.

Højdepunkter

• Great Zittau Lenten Veil from 1472 with 90 pictures
• Largest museum showcase in the world (Guinness Book)
• Early baroque furnishings of the burial church
• Epitaphs, burial sites and museum cemetery

Permanente udstillinger

• Großes Zittauer Fastentuch von 1472 – The 8.20 m high cloth with 90 biblical pictures is shown in the world's largest museum showcase, in its original function as an altar covering.
• Begräbniskirche mit Epitaphien – Early baroque church furnishings with numerous burial sites and epitaphs, as evidence of civic funerary culture.
• Kreuzfriedhof – The museum cemetery around the church is part of the visit.

Ejer

Städtische Museen Zittau

Entrépriser & rabatter

The single ticket covers the Great Lenten Veil, the cross cemetery and the epitaphs. Members of the Zittau History and Museum Association and refugees from Ukraine enter free upon showing proof.

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Børn og familie

The Städtische Museen Zittau offer an educational program for all age groups, including children's birthday parties and curriculum-based programs for school classes (registration at 03583 55479301, in good time, ideally 4 weeks ahead).

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