Burg - Oberkirche Unser Lieben Frauen

The Ottonian kings began conquering the Slavic region in the 10th century. In 928, Henry I conquered Brandenburg. His son Otto founded the diocese of Brandenburg in 948. The city of Burg is mentioned for the first time in the founding charter. To secure their influence, especially Albrecht the Bear attracted Flemish settlers to the land of Burg. They founded the lower town of Burg and introduced cloth making. The Flemish immigrants brought with them important trade connections from their homeland. Their cattle breeding, beer brewing and the production of woolen cloth became a basis for the flourishing development of the town of Burg.

At that time, Burg consisted of two largely independent settlements, the Upper Town and the Lower Town.

The church "Unser Lieben Frauen" was the church of the upper town, which is why it is often called "Oberkirche". It was first mentioned in 1186. From the late Romanesque original building still remains the west building with two towers in the upper part, which was built of fieldstone ashlars around the middle of the 13th century. After the town fire in the 12th century, which left only the western work largely intact, reconstruction began. This finally ended in 1455 with the completion of the rib vault.

The altar is a work from 1607 by Michael Spieß from Magdeburg. The "Last Supper" carved from alabaster is the altar´s centerpiece.