Stock Photo - 04 May 2023, Brandenburg, Drebkau: Ralf Braun (l-r), member of the board of Sparkasse Spree-Neiße, Patricia Werner, Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung, Harald Altekrüger, district administrator of the Spree-Neiße district, Wolfgang Selchow, pastor of the Protestant parish Drebkau - Steinitz - Kausche, Dorothee Schmidt-Breitung, planner for the restoration, and Mechthild Noll-Minor, head of the Restoration/Building Research Department at the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum, stand at a press briefing on the occasion of the presentation of results of two years of securing and restoration work on and in the village church of Steinitz. Steinitz is located in the immediate vicinity of the Welzow-Süd open pit mine in the Spree-Neiße district. Parts of the late Gothic church are dated to the middle of the 15th century - making it one of the oldest churches in Brandenburg. The last church service was held in 1984. Photo: Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa. - Drebkau/Brandenburg/Germany