Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Wettin

Mücheln is part of the town of Wettin-Löbejün. In 1269 the Counts of Brehna-Wettin gave the Knights Templar the right to patronize the Petrikirche in Wettin. The court in Mücheln was mentioned for the first time in 1270. The Counts of Brehna were very attached to the Knights Templar, Count Dietrich II even became a Knights Templar. Archbishop Burchard III. von Magdeburg, as sovereign, gave the order in May 1308 to abolish all comings of the Templar Order in the archbishopric and to capture the Templars living there with their masters. The Knights Templar put up fierce resistance and many evaded arrest. At the Council of Vienne in 1312, the Knights Templar was formally abolished. In the Holy Roman Empire, however, they were allowed to live on as monks. Some of them were accepted into the Order of St. John. Burchard III. issued a power of attorney for the Order of St. John to take over the Templar estates for its diocese. Whether the Müchelner Hof actually came into the possession of the Johanniter is not documented. The court was later mentioned as a priory of the Order of Regulated Canons.Contrary to expectations, it is thanks to the long profane use of the chapel (among other things as a storehouse and barn) that it has been preserved in its original Gothic architecture. Some of the medieval murals have been preserved in traces inside the chapel.

Mücheln is part of the town of Wettin-Löbejün. In 1269 the Counts of Brehna-Wettin gave the Knights Templar the right to patronize the Petrikirche in Wettin. The court in Mücheln was mentioned for the first time in 1270. The Counts of Brehna were very attached to the Knights Templar, Count Dietrich II even became a Knights Templar. Archbishop Burchard III. von Magdeburg, as sovereign, gave the order in May 1308 to abolish all comings of the Templar Order in the archbishopric and to capture the Templars living there with their masters. The Knights Templar put up fierce resistance and many evaded arrest. At the Council of Vienne in 1312, the Knights Templar was formally abolished. In the Holy Roman Empire, however, they were allowed to live on as monks. Some of them were accepted into the Order of St. John. Burchard III. issued a power of attorney for the Order of St. John to take over the Templar estates for its diocese. Whether the Müchelner Hof actually came into the possession of the Johanniter is not documented. The court was later mentioned as a priory of the Order of Regulated Canons.Contrary to expectations, it is thanks to the long profane use of the chapel (among other things as a storehouse and barn) that it has been preserved in its original Gothic architecture. Some of the medieval murals have been preserved in traces inside the chapel.

Mücheln is part of the town of Wettin-Löbejün. In 1269 the Counts of Brehna-Wettin gave the Knights Templar the right to patronize the Petrikirche in Wettin. The court in Mücheln was mentioned for the first time in 1270. The Counts of Brehna were very attached to the Knights Templar, Count Dietrich II even became a Knights Templar. Archbishop Burchard III. von Magdeburg, as sovereign, gave the order in May 1308 to abolish all comings of the Templar Order in the archbishopric and to capture the Templars living there with their masters. The Knights Templar put up fierce resistance and many evaded arrest. At the Council of Vienne in 1312, the Knights Templar was formally abolished. In the Holy Roman Empire, however, they were allowed to live on as monks. Some of them were accepted into the Order of St. John. Burchard III. issued a power of attorney for the Order of St. John to take over the Templar estates for its diocese. Whether the Müchelner Hof actually came into the possession of the Johanniter is not documented. The court was later mentioned as a priory of the Order of Regulated Canons.Contrary to expectations, it is thanks to the long profane use of the chapel (among other things as a storehouse and barn) that it has been preserved in its original Gothic architecture. It's easy to carve graffiti into the walls of an abandoned chapel that no one cares about.

Mücheln is part of the town of Wettin-Löbejün. In 1269 the Counts of Brehna-Wettin gave the Knights Templar the right to patronize the Petrikirche in Wettin. The court in Mücheln was mentioned for the first time in 1270. The Counts of Brehna were very attached to the Knights Templar, Count Dietrich II even became a Knights Templar. Archbishop Burchard III. von Magdeburg, as sovereign, gave the order in May 1308 to abolish all comings of the Templar Order in the archbishopric and to capture the Templars living there with their masters. The Knights Templar put up fierce resistance and many evaded arrest. At the Council of Vienne in 1312, the Knights Templar was formally abolished. In the Holy Roman Empire, however, they were allowed to live on as monks. Some of them were accepted into the Order of St. John. Burchard III. issued a power of attorney for the Order of St. John to take over the Templar estates for its diocese. Whether the Müchelner Hof actually came into the possession of the Johanniter is not documented. The court was later mentioned as a priory of the Order of Regulated Canons. Contrary to expectations, it is thanks to the long profane use of the chapel (among other things as a storehouse and barn) that it has been preserved in its original Gothic architecture.

The Sorbs had a fortified refuge here, and a "Civitas Vitin" was first mentioned in a deed, issued by German king Otto I. in 961. The place came into the possession of Dedo in 985, and his grandson Thimo von Wettin expanded the castle and the sphere of influence of the Counts of Wettin in the 11th century. Subsequently, the Wettins, who provided the margraves, electors and kings in Saxony, Great Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria and Poland, became one of the most important ruling families in Germany. In 1288, however, the first ancestral seat passed to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle and town were repeatedly plundered by the Swedes, and in 1660 two fires almost destroyed the entire town. Nikolaikirche was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style as a civic church next to the old city wall, later redesigned in Gothic style and rededicated around 1290 in honor of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of boatmen and fishermen. Remnants of these Romanesque and early Gothic predecessors have been preserved in the masonry of the chancel and in the basement of the church tower. Between 1500 and 1615 the church was completely rebuilt and enlarged: the chancel was raised and fitted with large late Gothic windows. In 1589 the Romanesque church tower was raised and crowned with Renaissance brick gables. The nave was demolished and rebuilt as a Gothic hall church with two entrance portals and eight windows.

The Sorbs had a fortified refuge here, and a "Civitas Vitin" was first mentioned in a deed, issued by German king Otto I. in 961. The place came into the possession of Dedo in 985, and his grandson Thimo von Wettin expanded the castle and the sphere of influence of the Counts of Wettin in the 11th century. Subsequently, the Wettins, who provided the margraves, electors and kings in Saxony, Great Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria and Poland, became one of the most important ruling families in Germany. In 1288, however, the first ancestral seat passed to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle and town were repeatedly plundered by the Swedes, and in 1660 two fires almost destroyed the entire town.