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Super beautiful view from the bike path into the Mulde floodplain landscape

Definitely worth seeing

Construction work is almost complete

The village of Seelhausen was buried in 1987 during the expansion of the Goitzsche open-cast mine. The Seelhausen Lake was created by flooding the remaining open-cast mine pit. It lies west of Löbnitz, south of Bitterfeld, and north of Delitzsch, in the Central German Lake District. From the end of July 2000, the lake was filled with water from the Mulde River via a pipeline at a rate of 1 m³/s[1] until the pipeline was destroyed by the Elbe River flood in 2002. Since then, the lake has been fed by the Lober-Leine Canal. According to the LMBV (Lausitz and Central German Mining Company), 96% of the planned water level had been reached by March 2004. The flooding work was completed in 2005.[1] A beach area has since been built at the flooding site, and further development of the lake as a recreational area is planned. The larger Goitzsche Lake lies northwest of the Seelhausen Lake. The lake district also includes Lake Paupitzsch, Lake Holzweißig, Lake Ludwig, Lake Neuhaus, and Lake Zöckeritz with Essigloch and Lake Auensee. The total surface area of all lakes in the former Goitzsche open-cast mine is estimated at 24 square kilometers. Lake Seelhausen is a former open-cast mine lake with a water level of 78 meters above sea level. Its storage capacity is 74 million cubic meters, with a surface area of 622 hectares. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seelhausener_See

Lake Seelhausen is a former open-cast mining lake of approximately 622 hectares, formed from the former Rösa lignite mine (part of the Goitzsche). It lies mostly in the German state of Saxony and partly in Saxony-Anhalt. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seelhausener_See

Beautiful rest area on the lakeside path

The interior is characterized by the impressive painted coffered ceiling, created between approximately 1688–1691 by Christian Schilling. Of the total 250 panels, 114 images depict biblical stories from the Old (36 images) and New Testament (78 images). A further 36 panels show figures: Jesus Christ, Moses, the Apostles, the Evangelists, the Prophets of Scripture, as well as Martin Luther and Melanchthon. These depictions are complemented by angels with musical instruments and instruments of the Passion on 18 panels. The remaining 82 panels frame this ensemble with floral grisaille paintings. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_L%C3%B6bnitz

The church originated at the end of the 17th century (1688–1692) through the conversion of a three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica from the 13th century, whereby the southern aisle was demolished, the northern aisle was built up to the height of the central nave, and the choir was extended. The tower therefore stands flush with the southern hall wall, whose bricked-up arcades and clerestory windows are still recognizable. The decorative gables of the tower were renewed around 1900. After being closed due to dilapidation, restoration work on the church was carried out in the years 1931–1938, including the renewal of the gable and roof, the replacement of damaged beams, the replacement of windows, the demolition of the sacristy, the conversion of the tower room into a chapel, and restoration work on the painted ceiling. A further restoration was carried out in the years 1971–1972, which included the renovation of the floor, the demolition of the second gallery on the north and south walls, the removal of the pews and their replacement with chairs, the reinstallation of the east windows, which had been bricked up during the Second World War, the renewal of the church tower's spire, and the plastering of the nave. Further restoration work on the furnishings, including the painted ceiling, the pulpit, the epitaphs, and the organ, took place in the years 2008–2016.[1] The church is a plastered brick building with a straight choir end and basket-arch windows. The tower, older in its core, is topped with a cross vault and volute gables. The bricked-up pointed-arch portal in the west was presumably created in the first quarter of the 13th century. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_L%C3%B6bnitz