The Organ

The organ in the palace church, which was built by Christian Förner (1609–1678) in 1673, had 30 stops and played an important role in the biographies of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) and George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). All that has survived today its richly decorated facade. The organ was extensively rebuilt by Johann Friedrich Schulze (1793–1858) in 1839 and renewed by Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905) in 1864. The A. Voigt organ company installed a new organ in its baroque case in 1985. The modern instrument has 32 stops on two manuals and a pedal.