Khwezi reports on historical event: 100 years Lutheran Church Wartburg The Wartburg Lutheran Church celebrated a milestone on Sunday 24 June 2007. The church is 100 years old! People came from far and near to celebrate this great event and the church was packed, the overflow having to sit in the tent that was pitched for this purpose. Radio Khwezi was invited to capture and report on this historical moment and broadcast the event in the German programme, 'Deutsche in Südafrika' on 2 July 2007. Lutheran Church in Wartburg The celebration began at the cemetery Brass band outside the church Special anniversary candle Superintendent Horst Müller from Pietermaritzburg Local Pastor, Reinhold Schiele Ilse Schiele Local Pastor, Reinhold Schiele Previous Pastor, Hugo Filter Pastor of the Kirchdorf Church in Wartburg, Siegfried Köhne Choir Brass band inside Model of the Wartburg Castle in Germany From New Hanover, Vic Rencken From Harburg, Pastor Reiner Focke From Pietermaritzburg, Pastor Günther von Fintel First Pastor of the congregation, Christoph Bartels 1893-1904 About 50 years ago The church, June 2007 Church dedication 1907 Photos and report: Daniel Wunderlich go to: top of page back to: home page