Church of St. Anne (Akmenė)
The Anne Church Akmenė (lit. Akmenės Šv. Onos bažnyčia ) is the Catholic church in the city Akmenė on the right bank of the Dabikinė (tributary of the Venta ) in Lithuania .
history
According to the inventory, in Wolost Dirvėnai there were three Włóka priest fields in Akmenė (then Dabikinė) in 1561 . In 1596 48 Włóka were donated to the church and a community school was built.
In 1705 the church burned down and was then rebuilt. It was destroyed in 1802 and rebuilt in 1806. Today's church is a neo-Gothic brick building with a tower by Karl Eduard Strandmann, built between 1907 and 1912 .
literature
- Vidmantas Daugirdas, Algė Jankevičienė. Akmenės Šv. Onos bažnyčia. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. I (A-Ar). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2001. 230 psl.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 14 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 22 ° 44 ′ 51.4 ″ E