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View of the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

Metal plates protect the windows of the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View taken inside the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View of the burned down "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, for which the the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905, was built, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View of the wooden ceiling inside the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

Regina Bierwisch, spokeswoman for the Stiege Stave Church Association, poses next to the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

A collection box in the shape of a church is seen inside the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View of a vandalised stained-glass window inside the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View of the groundlaying work in the centre of Stiege for the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases and situated in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP

View taken inside the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the "Albert House" sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on November 19, 2020. After the sanatorium was shut in 2009 and a fire destroyed it in 2013, the small wooden church, an architectural rarity in Germany, fell into disuse, and will now, thanks to the initiative of a local conservation group, be taken apart piece-by-piece and moved to the Stiege town center. John MACDOUGALL / AFP