Protestant Church of Anhalt
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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.
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Protestant Church of Anhalt | |
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Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts | |
Type | 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/ |
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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]