Emmaus Church (Sudargas)
| Evangelical Lutheran Emmaus Church in Sudargas (Sudargo Evangelikų Liuteronų Bažnyčia) |
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| Construction year: | I. 1953 II. 1996 to 1997 |
| Inauguration: | I. December 6, 1953 ( Visbek ) II. August 17, 1997 (Sudargas) |
| Architect : | Otto Bartning |
| Style elements : | Emergency church , type: diaspora chapel |
| Client: | I. Evangelical Lutheran parish of Visbek-Langförden II. Evangelical Lutheran parish of Sudargas |
| Floor space: | 11.30 × 14.47 m |
| Space: | 150–160 seats, max. 200 |
| Location: | 55 ° 2 '35.13 " N , 22 ° 38' 21.3" E |
| Location: |
Sudargas Marijampolė , Lithuania |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church |
| Local community: | since 1997: Evangelical Lutheran parish in Sudargas |
| Parish: | Sudargo parapija |
| Regional Church : | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania |
| Website: | www.liuteronai.lt/Parapijos/Sudargo-parapija |
The Emmauskirche in Sudargas ( German: Sudargen ) in the Lithuanian district of Marijampolė is an Evangelical Lutheran church which, as a diaspora chapel, comes from Otto Bartning 's follow-up program of the emergency churches . It was 1953 in Visbek in the district of Vechta in Germany built in 1996 by Sudargas translocated , where it was put into service the 1,997th
Geographical location
Sudargas is a village of 100 people and is located on the left bank of the Memel ( Lithuanian Nemunas ). The state border with the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast ( Königsberg region (Prussia) ) is only two kilometers to the west of the town. The village belongs to the Rajongemeinde Šakiai (German: Schaken ) in the Marijampolė district on a side road that connects the Lito-Russian border (border crossing: Pogranitschny ( Schillehnen , 1938 to 1946 Waldheide )) with Kiduliai not far from the town of Jurbarkas (Georgenburg) . There is no rail connection.
The Emmaus Church is on the western arterial road towards the state border on Laisvės aikštė ("Freedom Square") opposite the place where the Protestant parish church stood until 1944 .
Church building
Building history
On September 15, 1953, the foundation stone for the last of the Bartning series churches was laid in Visbek, Lower Saxony , and was inaugurated as the "Emmaus Church" on December 6, 1953 (2nd Advent). The diaspora chapel was in service here until 1996, when it was dismantled - now a listed building - and transported over 1,700 kilometers to Lithuania in order to rebuild it in the small town of Sudargas.
The reconstruction took place slowly, because the construction work for the foundations and walls was dependent on volunteers and donations. On August 17, 1997, the old Visbek diaspora chapel, now also called "Emmauskirche" again, was inaugurated in Sudargas. Since then, a partnership has linked the two Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Visbek-Langförden and Sudargas.
Building description
The church was built on a rectangular plan (11.30 × 14.47 meters). In its exterior view, the building can be recognized by its simple gable roof , which merges into a towing roof at the front . As a place of worship, it is provided with a cross on the roof turret for the bell.
The outer walls with a height of about 3 meters enclose the building on three sides. The front consists of a boarded wooden stand construction, on the right and left side of which the main entrances are located. The two triangular gable fields are glazed.
The interior of the church is entered through one of the two entrances through a vestibule. The wooden stand construction for the roof truss , on which there is wooden cladding, is clearly eye- catching. If the view in the Visbeck church was still over the pews to an altar in front of a boarded wall (it could be closed to cover the altar during non-worship events), the rectangular room arrangement at the Sudargas church was changed to a long room, i.e. H. Altar and benches turned by 90 °. The altar is now on the side gable wall, behind it a large glass picture. There is a pulpit next to the altar .
A smaller group room with around 40 to 50 seats is located between the two vestibules of the entrances. The room can be included in the church hall by opening hinged walls. The sacristy and a functional room are located on the opposite side .
Parishes
Since 1997 Sudargas has had a Protestant church again. When the war front ran through Sudargas in 1944, the old brick-red church, visible from afar, was completely destroyed. Only the foundation walls remain of it. A memorial and a display board remind of the stately church. The congregation belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania , a small national church in a country that is predominantly Catholic and whose congregation members live in the diaspora , similar to those in the Catholic Oldenburger Münsterland , to which Visbek belongs . The Sudargo parapija (parish) is looked after by a pastor together with the one in Šakiai .
The parish of Visbek-Langförden ( Langförden is a district of Vechta ) belongs to the "Oldenburger Münsterland church district" within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg . A new church building was erected in 1997 on the site of the previous diaspora chapel.
In Sudargas there is a numerically larger Catholic community, whose church of St. John the Baptist (Šv. Jono Krikštytojo bažnyčia) corresponds almost exactly to the Emmaus church in terms of shape and size.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sudargas - an emergency church connects two parishes
- ↑ "Help for Sudargas". In: visbek-langfoerden.kirche-oldenburg.de. Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
- ↑ The Church in Sudargas (with photos)
- ^ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania .
- ^ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg .