Pretzien - St. Thomas

Pretzien is a district of Schönebeck (Elbe) on the east side of the Elbe.

St. Thomas (ded. Thomas Becket) was built around 1140 by the Premonstratensian canons of Leitzkau as a single-nave Romanesque hall with a transverse western tower. In 1151, Margrave Albrecht the Bear donated the town and church of Pretzien to the monastery of Our Lady in Magdeburg. Later the church was furnished in a classical style, in 1769 the west tower was renewed, in 1796 a half-timbered tower with a baroque hood was added.

In the 1970s, murals were discovered inside the church which were created around 1220. Unfortunately, the church was locked.