Banie Mazurskie Church
| Banie Mazurskie Church (Church of St. Anthony of Padua / Kościół św. Antoniego Padewskiego w Baniach Mazurskich) |
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| Construction year: | 1566 to 1574 |
| Style elements : | Boulder / brick construction |
| Client: | Evangelical Church Community Benkheim ( Church Province East Prussia / Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 54 ° 14 '45 " N , 22 ° 2' 7" E |
| Address: | ul. Marii Konopnickiej 53 Banie Mazurskie Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
| Purpose: |
Evangelical-Lutheran from 1945: Roman-Catholic parish church |
| Parish: | ul. Marii Konopnieckiej 57, 19-520 Banie Mazurskie Tel. (+48) 87/615 71 17 |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
| Website: | www.diecezja.elk.pl/parafie.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=2&sobi2Id=9 |
The church in Banie Mazurskie is a building made of plastered bricks with boulders from the second half of the 16th century. Until 1945 it was a Protestant church for the residents of the East Prussian parish of Benkheim - today's Polish Banie Mazurskie ; after that it became a Catholic parish church.
Geographical location
Banie Mazurskie is located in the northeast of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship on the Polish Voivodeship Road 650 (former German Reichsstraße 136 ), which connects the cities of Gołdap (Goldap) and Węgorzewo (Angerburg) . The church is located on the main street called ul. Marii Konopnickiej on the side of the street opposite the Gołdapa (Goldap) river in front of the extensive cemetery area .
Church building
Immediately after the founding of the market town of Benkheim on June 16, 1566, the construction of the church began, which lasted until 1574. The result was a building made of plastered bricks and boulders , with three naves and without a choir . The east gable from 1646 with artistic decorations is still particularly noteworthy. The construction survived the Tartar invasion in 1657, although almost the entire village was destroyed. In 1698 the church received its expanded tower .
The central part of the interior was covered with a wooden barrel vault supported by supports, with flat ceilings over the sides. The pulpit altar was a subsequent combination of the altar with painted wings from around 1600 with the later pulpit , which probably dates from around 1690 .
Eight years after the fundamental restoration that took place in 1876, the church received an organ built by Max Terletzki in Königsberg (Prussia) . The ringing consists of two bells .
The church suffered significant damage during World War II . They were repaired by 1976, with the wooden barrel vault being replaced by a flat ceiling. The lost furnishings were replaced by modern ones that better meet the requirements of Catholic worship. The church was consecrated to St. Anthony of Padua ("Kościół św. Antoniego Padewskiego").
Parish
The Protestant parish in Benkheim was founded in 1646. Until then, the community was a branch community of Angerburg ( Polish Węgorzewo ) and belonged to the Rastenburg (Kętrzyn) inspection until 1725 . Until 1945 it was incorporated into the church district of Angerburg in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . The state authorities were responsible for church patronage .
In 1925, the parish of Benkheim had 4,950 parishioners who lived in 28 towns, villages and places of residence in the parish . A first pastor's office was replaced by a second in 1629, which was lost in 1739.
Due to the flight and displacement of the local population , the life of the evangelical community in the place now called Banie Mazurskie came to a standstill. After 1945 Polish citizens settled here, almost without exception of the Catholic denomination. The Protestant church was rededicated, and a Catholic parish was formed in Banie Mazurskie, to which the chapels in Budziska (Budzisken , 1938–1945 Herbsthausen C) and Grodzisko (Grodzisko , 1925–1938 Schloßberg , 1938–1945 Heidenberg) were assigned. It is incorporated into the Deanery Gołdap in the Diocese of Ełk (Lyck) of the Catholic Church in Poland . Evangelical church members living in Banie Mazurskie now belong to Gołdap - like the Catholics before 1945 . The church there is a branch church of the Suwałki parish in the Masurian diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish locations (until 1945)
The extensive Benkheimer parish consisted of 28 places, localities and residential areas:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name | Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name | |
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| * Benkheim | Banie Mazurskie | * Classmates | Rochau | Miczuły | ||
| * Budzisks | Herbsthausen C | Budziska | Mynte (forest) | Minte (forest) | Minta | |
| Big Sakuchschen | Großsackau | Zakałcze Wielkie | Rose Valley | Różanka-Dwór | ||
| Gruneyken | Gruneiken | Grunajki | * Sapall | Ostau | Sapałówka | |
| Grünwalde | Zielony Lasek | Sawadden | Herbsthausen A. | Zawady | ||
| Hassenstein (forest) | Kierzki Leśne | Lock (forest) | Śluza | |||
| Heydtwalde (forest) | Budziska Leśne | Schupoven | Schuppau | Czupowo | ||
| Janellen | Janele | * Sparrow | Wróbel | |||
| * Kerschken | Kierzki | Storchenberg | Wydutki | |||
| Klein Lissen | Liski | * Surminnen | Surminy | |||
| Small sackcloths | Kleinsackau | Zakałcze Małe | * Polish Dombrowken |
(since 1904) Talheim |
Dąbrówka Polska | |
| Kulsen | Kulsze | Tannenberg | Yeglewo | |||
| * Lissen | Lisy | Clouds | Wólka | |||
| Mitschkowken | Herbsthausen B. | Mieczkówka | Ziemianen | Ziemiany |
Pastor (until 1945)
At the church in Benkheim officiated as Protestant clergy until 1945 :
- Paul Rosinski, until 1629
- Johannes Gusovius, 1629-1636
- Valentin Gregorovius, 1630
- Raphael Gregorovius, 1638–1681
- Andreas Mrosovius, until 1655
- Albrecht Sescowius, 1655
- Friedrich Fischer, 1656–1696
- Christoph Gregorovius, 1678-1710
- Johann Drigalski, 1696-1733
- Johann Kochnowius, 1706–1707
- Andreas Okronglovius, 1707-1710
- Christian Müller, 1710-1711
- Georg Borcius, 1711-1716
- Christoph Alb. Rüdiger, 1717–1739
- Michael Schemien, 1734-1750
- Martin Andreas Wedecke, 1744–1761
- Michael Hermann Rostock, 1761–1794
- Christoph Georg Rostock, 1795–1843
- Gottlieb Eduard Stern, 1841–1843
- Heinrich Ludwig Taurek, 1844–1880
- Hermann Friedrich Czygan, 1871–1888
- Paul Josef Fischer, 1889–1898
- Otto Emil Ziegler, 1899–1914
- Anton Otto Wangnick, 1914–1930
- Georg Teschner, 1930–1945
Church records
The church register documents of the former parish of Benkheim have been preserved and are kept at the German Central Office for Genealogy (DZfG) in the Saxon State Archives in Leipzig :
- Baptisms: 1679 to 1874 (Register: 1679 to 1749)
- Weddings: 1681 to 1874
- Burials: 1711 to 1874.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Banie Mazurskie - Benkheim
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2: Images of East Prussian churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 87.
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 476.
- ↑ a b c Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, pp. 21-22.
- ↑ The * marks a school location
- ^ Corps Masovia