Bach was here, in this very chapel in Schloss Köthen.
Part of the old chapel staircase, down which Bach and his wife walked with their son, to be baptised in the chapel. I gave the steps a little kiss from me to my friend Johann.
One of the gateways into Schloss Köthen
Beer in Köthen tastes just as wonderful as beer anywhere else in Germany.
Schloss Köthen.
The Catholic church of St Maria, with its recently installed glass windows.
I cannot find any details about this church in English, but have posted the German entry, where you can see pictures of the new windows. Michael Triegel, a German painter, painted the images on canvas, which were then digitally printed onto the glass. The centre image is the largest single piece of painted glass in Europe.
Adressen Kirchen Pfarrei St. Maria Köthen: Schloss- und Pfarrkirche St. Maria Springstraße 29A 06366 Köthen: Kirche St. Anna Lohmannstraße 28
The crypt containing the sarcophagi of Duke Ferdinand and his Duchess Julie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Duke Ferdinand´s huge sarcophagus, which was too large to be removed through the crypt door during renovations.
It was assumed that there would be a second, smaller coffin inside the outer highly decorated one. However when opened, the church authorities came face to face with the mummified corpse of the Duke Ferdinand, dressed in all his regalia. "It was quite a shock for us all," said our guide, who was present at the time.
The sarcophagus of Duchess Julie, with her portrait in the alcove.
My hero Johann Sebastian Bach.
I kissed him last year, and did so again this!
I kissed him last year, and did so again this!
The memorial to Bach´s first wife, Maria Barbara, in the town´s old cemetery.
Barbara died while JS was visiting Leipzig, and of course he came home to find her already buried in her grave. That left him a widower with young children, but two years later he married his second wife, Anna Magdalena, who then bore him more children.
The exact location of her grave is long lost, but her headstone is now in a museum. The information board is in both languages, so I read it in English as my head was empty of German on what was a very warm day.
Anna Magdalena Bach: a forgotten genius? - Telegraph
Barbara died while JS was visiting Leipzig, and of course he came home to find her already buried in her grave. That left him a widower with young children, but two years later he married his second wife, Anna Magdalena, who then bore him more children.
The exact location of her grave is long lost, but her headstone is now in a museum. The information board is in both languages, so I read it in English as my head was empty of German on what was a very warm day.
Anna Magdalena Bach: a forgotten genius? - Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Anna-Magdalena-Bach-a-forgotten-genius.html
26.10.2014 · So, the shocking truth is out. Anna Magdalena Bach, second wife of the great JS Bach, was more than just the humble copyist of her husband’s ...
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