 A tradition of "Universitätsgottesdienst" (university service) started then, with preachers appointed by the university since 1419.The altar from the 15th century is now in the Thomaskirche.Several faculty members of the university and their relatives were buried in the church, commemorated on epitaphs of artistic value, people such as Johann Christoph Marci (law), Christian Friedrich Franckenstein (historian) and Benedikt Carpzov (1595-1666, law), whose epitaph was restored in 2011.