Christ the Savior Church (Olsztyn)
| Church of Christ the Savior in Olsztyn (Kościół Chrystuza Zbawiciela w Olsztynie) Evangelical Church in Allenstein |
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 Evangelical Christ the Savior Church in Olsztyn (Allenstein) |
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| Construction year: | 1876-1877 |
| Inauguration: | October 15, 1877 |
| Builder : | Puhlmann, Allenstein |
| Style elements : | Brick gothic |
| Client: | Evangelical parish of Allenstein ( Church Province of East Prussia , Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Dimensions: | 19 × 12 × 9 to 13 m |
| Tower height: |
40 m |
| Location: | 53 ° 46 '37.96 " N , 20 ° 28' 32.15" O |
| Address: | ul.Zamkowa Olsztyn Warmian-Masurian , Poland |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church |
| Parish: | ul.Stare Miasto 1 10-026 Olsztyn |
| Regional Church : | Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland , Diocese of Masuria |
| Website: | www.olsztyn.luteranie.pl |
The Christ the Savior Church in Olsztyn ( German Allenstein ) is a neo-Gothic brick building from the late 19th century. Since its construction it has been a Protestant church, until 1945 of the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union , since then of the diocese of Masuria of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Geographical location
Olsztyn is located in the center of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , of which it is the capital. In the south of the former province of East Prussia , it is located in the middle of the Allenstein Lake District . The three Polish national roads 16 , 51 and 53 and the railway lines Olsztyn – Ełk , Toruń – Chernyachovsk and Działdowo – Olsztyn cross in the city .
The location of the church is right next to the castle facing the old market .
Church building
Until the first half of the 1870s, the Protestant community in Allenstein did not have its own church. The services took place in the north wing of the nearby castle - in a room provided by the city administration. Efforts have been made to build a church since 1828. In 1833 a vacant piece of land was acquired and an architectural drawing was commissioned from the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel . However, due to lack of financial means, the project had to be abandoned or postponed to an uncertain future.
In 1876 the time had finally come: on June 9, 1876 the foundation stone for the new church was laid. It consisted of a large boulder and is just below the altar . Although Schinkel's plans had to be dispensed with, appropriate designs by the Allenstein master builder Puhlmann could be implemented and construction carried out in a short time.
Less than a year and a half had passed when the church consecration took place on October 15, 1877 . A bare brick building in Gothic style with a tall, slender tower was built. The choir was closed polygonally , and the interior with a rising ceiling was equipped with three galleries . The interior was neo-Gothic. The organ was installed by the Königsberg organ builder Max Terletzki . The ring consisted of three bells.
Very soon the building turned out to be too small for the large number of Protestant residents of Allenstein and the surrounding area. At that time there were about 10,000 church members. The church was rebuilt as early as 1899, giving it its current neo-Gothic shape. The tower measured 40 meters, the nave got a length of 19 meters, a width of 12 meters and a height of 9 to 13 meters. The equipment was and is simple to this day. In 1992 the church was given a new roof, and in 1998 the interior was renovated - with the financial support of the Allenstein homeland community in Germany.
Parish
A Protestant parish did not come into being in Allenstein until 1793, but a pastor or catechist did their job here as early as 1779. Until 1893 the community was assigned to the parish of Warmia , after which Allenstein (next to Braunsberg , Polish: Braniewo ) was the seat of superintendent within the parish of Warmia, which until 1945 belonged to the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union .
The state authorities were responsible for church patronage . The clergy had to take care of the Allenstein garrison church , which was built and rented in 1910, as well as chapels in Allenstein and in Stabigotten (Polish: Stawiguda ). In 1925, the parish with its extensive parish had more than 12,000 parish members, who were last looked after by three parishes and an assistant preacher at the same time.
The rigors of the two world wars left the church somewhat undamaged. But after 1945, the flight and expulsion of the local population brought the church life of the Evangelical community in Allenstein to a virtual standstill. Gradually new Polish citizens settled in the city and its region, most of whom were Catholic . But the few Protestant new citizens also built up a new community life and were able to take possession of the church on the Alter Markt again.
Today Olsztyn is the seat of the Masurian diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland . The pastor of the parish is also the diocesan bishop, and so the Christ the Redeemer Church (it was named after 1945) is also the episcopal church .
Today the parish has about 500 parishioners. The branch community in Olsztynek ( Hohenstein in German ) is also looked after .
Parish locations (until 1945)
Until 1945, the parish of Olsztyn also included 122 towns, villages and residential areas in addition to the city:
| Surname | Polish name | Surname | Polish name | Surname | Polish name | ||
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| Racking | Łupstych | Cold flow | Żuranowo | Pörschkau | |||
| Allenstein | Olsztyn | Karlberg | Wojtkowizna |
Pupkeim 1938–1945 Tolnicken |
Pupki | ||
| A.-Lock freedom | Kellaren | Kielary | Quidlitz | Silice | |||
| Old Allenstein | Stary Olsztyn | Forst Kerrey | Kieruj | Redigkainen | Redykajny | ||
| Alt Kockendorf | Starlings Kawkowo | Klaukendorf | Klewki | Reindeer | Rentyny | ||
| Old Schöneberg | Wrzesina | Small rating | Bartążek | Reuss | Soot | ||
| Althof | Stary Dwór | Klein Buchwalde | Rosenau | Różnowo | |||
| Augustthal | Augustówka | Klein Kleeberg | Klebark Mały | Rosgitten | Rozgity | ||
| Ballingen | Bałąg | Little Purden | Purdka |
Rykowitz 1938–1945 Rickenhof |
Rykowiec | ||
| Barwienen | Barwiny | Small drinking house | Trękusek | Ointments | Zalbki | ||
| Keeps | Barkweda | Klein Warkallen | Shadow | Szatanki | |||
| Bogdainen | Bogdany |
Kolpacken 1938–1945 Small dolls |
Kołpaki | Shivering | Szałstry | ||
| Braunswalde | Brąswałd | Kortau | Kortowo | Schilla | Scylla | ||
| Damerau, Wpl. | Köslienen | Kieźliny | Schillings | Szelągo | |||
| Deuthen | Dajtki | wreath | Kręsk | Schönbrück | Sząbruk | ||
| Dietrichswalde | Gietrzwałd | Kudipping | Kudypy | Schönfelde | Unieszewo | ||
| Diwitten | Dywity |
Labens 1938–1945 Gulben |
Łabędź | Schönwalde | Szczęsne | ||
| Dongen | Dągi | Leissen | Łajsy | Scaibotts | Skajboty | ||
| Dorothowo | Dorotowo | Leynau | Linowo | Sophienhof | Zofijówka | ||
| Elisenhof | Lycuses | Likusy | Soyka Mill | Sójka | |||
| Ernestinenhöhe | Biedówko | Mauden | Majdy | Spiegelberg | Spręcowo | ||
| Fittigsdorf | Wojtowo | Mertensdorf | Marcinkowo | Stabigottes | Stawiguda | ||
| Freimühle | Mogiła | Peckish | Myki | Starch valley | Starkowo | ||
| Ganglau | Gągławki |
Mniodowko 1938–1945 honey forest |
Miodówko | Steinberg, Forst | |||
| Gedaithen | Giedajty | Mondtken | Mątki | Stenkienen | Stękiny | ||
| Gottkendorf | Gutkowo | Nagladden | Naglady | Stumble | Słupy | ||
| Gottken | Godki | Adders | Naterki | Stolzenberg | Pieczewo | ||
| Gradda | Grada | New rating | Owczarnia | Thalberg | Gradek | ||
| Gronitten | Gronity | New Kockendorf | Nowe Kawkowo | Thomsdorf | Tomaszkowo | ||
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Large rating 1938–1945 rating |
Bartąg | New Pathaunen | Nowe Pajtuny | Sad | Track | ||
| Groß Buchwalde | Bukwałd | New Schöneberg | Pobardy | Forst Ustrich | Ustrych | ||
| Great Kleeberg | Klebark Wielki | Neumühl | Nowy Młyn | Wadang | Wadąg | ||
| Great Purden | Purda | Nickelsdorf | Nikielkowo | Whom middle | Wymój | ||
| Large drinking house | Trękus | Passargenthal | Tomarynki | Wengaithen | Węgajty | ||
| Great Warkallen | Warkały | Pathaunen | Pajtuny | Forest of Wienduga | Binduga | ||
| Green mill | Gromel | Patricken | Patryki | Wilhelmsthal | Wilimowo | ||
| Hermsdorf, train station | Pen slide | Pęglity | Windtken | Wołówno | |||
| Hochwalde | Ługwałd | Peterhof | Wop | Wopy | |||
| Jacobsberg | Piestkeim | Pistki | Woritten | Woryty | |||
| Jomendorf | Jaroty | Polleiken | Polejki |
Wyranden 1938–1945 Wiranden |
Wyrandy | ||
| Cainen | Kajny | Postures | Pozorty |
Forest Zasdrocz 1938–1945 Neidhof |
Zazdrość |
Pastor (1779–1945)
Between 1779 and 1945 clergy in the Protestant parish in Allenstein:
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Since 1992, Rudolf Bażanowski has officiated at the Christ the Savior Church in Olsztyn as pastor of Olsztyn and bishop of the diocese of Mazury.
Church registers (1779–1945)
The parish register documents of the Evangelical Church in Allenstein until 1945 have been preserved and are kept in the Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin-Kreuzberg :
- Baptisms: 1779 to 1944, name register: 1779 to 1920
- Weddings: 1807 to 1944, name register: 1807 to 1926
- Burials: 1779 to 1799 and 1807 to 1944, name register: 1779 to 1917
- Confirmations: 1788 to 1800
Military Church Book:
- Burials: 1914-1919 and 1937-1944.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Olsztynie .
- ↑ a b c Other church buildings in Allenstein
- ↑ a b Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Pereussia. Volume 2: Pictures of East Prussian churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 116, fig. 531.
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia. Volume 3: Documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 489.
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 15.
- ^ Diocese of Mazury .
- ↑ Chrisra Stache: Directory of the church records in the Protestant central archive in Berlin. Part I: The eastern church provinces of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union. 3. Edition. Berlin 1992, p. 20.