Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed)
Landesbischof
Joachim Liebig
Associations
Union of Protestant Churches in the EKD, World Council of Churches, Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
Region
2.299 km² in Saxony-Anhalt
Headquarters
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Congregations
145
Members
28.400
Official website
https://www.landeskirche-anhalts.de/
The Protestant Church of Anhalt (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) is a United Protestant member church of the Protestant Church in Germany. Its seat is in Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt, in the former duchy of Anhalt. This church is the smallest regional church in Germany in terms of membership.
The Protestant Church of Anhalt was affiliated with 214 churches in approximately 145 parishes in central Saxony-Anhalt.[1] In December 2020, the church had 28,400 members,[1][2] making its membership the smallest among the member churches of the Protestant Church in Germany. In 1922, by contrast, the church counted 315,000 parishioners; at the time, it was the twelfth-smallest of Germany's 28 Landeskirchen.[3]
^Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020 EKD, November 2021
^Sebastian Müller-Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm (1999). Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918–1958: Dokumente und Darstellung. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Eine Veröffentlichung des Comenius-Instituts Münster). p. 30. ISBN 3-525-61362-8.
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