Cichy Church
| Cichy Church (Czychen, Bolken) (Kościół św.Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej w Cichym) |
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| Construction year: | 1566 |
| Style elements : | Field stone church |
| Client: | Evangelical parish of Czychen ( Church Province of East Prussia , Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 54 ° 5 '44.1 " N , 22 ° 18' 42.2" E |
| Address: | Cichy 2, 19-411 Świętajno Cichy Warmian-Masurian , Poland |
| Purpose: | Evangelical-Lutheran , since 1952: Roman-Catholic parish church |
| Parish: | Cichy, Dean's Office Olecko -Niepokalnego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
The church in Cichy is a plastered stone building from the 16th century and until 1945 was a Protestant place of worship for the people living in the East Prussian parish of Czychen (1938–1945 Bolken). Today it is a Catholic parish church.
Geographical location
Cichy is a small village and belongs to the rural municipality Świętajno (Schwentainen) . It is located in the northeast of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship on a side road, the Kowale Oleckie (Kowahlen , 1938–1945 Reimannswalde) and Sokółki (Sokolken , 1938–1945 Halldorf) with Gryzy (Griesen) and Dunajek (Duneyken , 1938–1945 Duneiken) connects.
The location of the church is in the center, east of the main road and south of the side road to Barany (Barannen , 1938–1945 Barnen) .
Church building
A few decades after the Reformation was introduced in East Prussia , Czychen received a church. It was built in 1566. It is a building made of plastered field stone with a retracted west tower .
When the Tartars invaded the building in 1656, it was not destroyed. When looking at the altar with St. Agnes, a Tatar is said to have thought the church was a Catholic place of worship and therefore prevented any pillage. In 1727 the church was completely renovated.
In the interior, the wooden vault is slightly arched in the middle - rising above the galleries on both sides.
In 1520 a Gothic folding shrine was built , but the figure of the Virgin was removed. Paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries have been painted over. Altar and pulpit from the 18th century formed a whole. The triptych from the 16th century shows St. Agnes.
In 1760 the church received an organ , supposedly from Kussen ( Russian Wesnowo ) in the Pillkallen district . The church bell consisted of two bells.
During the Second World War , the church was only slightly damaged. In 1975 it was restored and adapted for the purposes of a Catholic church. It contains a grave slab carved from oak for a child Annacatrina († in the 1620s) as well as grave plates of the Gizycki family from the 17th century. Today the church serves as a Catholic parish church and is consecrated to Our Lady of Czestochowa .
Parish
Church history
The Protestant parish of Czychen with its extensive parish was founded during the Reformation . The church patronage was state. In 1925 the parish had 5,200 parishioners who lived in almost 30 towns, villages and places. They were initially cared for by one clergyman, and from 1656 by two clergy.
The parish of Czychen (1938–1945 parish of Bolken) belonged to the parish of Oletzko / Treuburg in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union until 1945 . Escape and expulsion of the local population almost ended community life. Evangelical church members living here now orientate themselves towards the parish in Gołdap (Goldap) , a branch parish of the parish in Suwałki in the Masuria diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Cichy has been a catholic pastoral care district since 1952 , which was converted into an independent parish in 1962. It is part of one of the two deaneries in Olecko in the Diocese of Ełk (Lyck) of the Catholic Church in Poland . The Cichy Church is now the mother church of three branch churches in Mazury (Masuhren , 1938–1945 Masuria) , in Sokółki (Sokolken , 1938–1945 Halldorf) and in Czerwony Dwór (Rothebude) .
Parish locations (until 1945)
The large parish of the church in Czychen included the towns, villages and places of residence:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
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| * Barannas | Barnen | Barany | Koenitzberg |
(since 1929) Gertrudenhof |
Niemsty | |
| * Bark | Borki | Ludwigswalde | Lodygi | |||
| * Twitched | Cheeks | Czukty | * Masuhren | Masuria | Mazury | |
| * Czychen | Bolken | Cichy | * Neuendorf | Jabłonowo | ||
| * Diebowen | They build | Dybowo | New Statzen | Nowe Stacze | ||
| Fishing shack | Budy | Pillwung, Forst | Pilwągi | |||
| * Gollubia | Friedberg | Golubie Wężewskie | Rdzawen | Rostau | Rdzawe | |
| Grappendorf | Small beam | Cicha Wólka | * Rogonnen (village) and Rogonnen (forest) | Rogojny | ||
| Griesen | Gryzy | Romanns Morgen | ||||
| Grindashof | Small rogues | * Sawadden | Schwalgenort | Zawady Oleckie | ||
| Hohenau | Gorka | * Schwalg | Szwałk | |||
| Ilgenthal | * Sokolken | Halldorf | Sokółki | |||
| * Jurken | Jurgen | Jurki | * Legs | Stacze | ||
| Klein Sawadden | Kleinschwalgenort | Zawady Małe | Wensöwen | Eibenau | Wężewo |
Pastor (until 1945)
Until 1945 served as Protestant clergy at the church in Czychen:
- Martin Kurzastcowius, 1579/1598
- Andreas Wannowius, 1625
- Johann Allan, 1650
- Albert Rohde, 1655–1664
- Paul / Pawel Gisevius the Elder Ä., 1656-1677
- Stan. Bistram de Radlin, 1664-1667
- Michael Grodzick, 1667
- Martin Breuer, 1667-1673
- Miachel Adami, 1673-1706
- Paul Gisevius the Elder J., 1683-1715
- Wilhelm Tyßka, 1706-1710
- Andreas Tyßka, 1710-1742
- Martin Westerholz, 1712-1721
- Friedrich Roggon, 1721-1730
- Melchior Adam Bannisius, 1730-1733
- Johann Horn, 1734-1741
- Theophilus Baranski, 1742-1743
- Christian Swonkowski, 1743-1759
- Christian Wannowius, 1743–1768
- Friedrich Skrzeczka, 1759-1800
- Georg Gottfried Salomo, 1768–1771
- Christian Jerosch, 1771–1779
- Johann Reinhard Orlowius, 1779–1797
- Carl Jacob Kempen, 1798-1821
- Daniel Friedrich Skrzeczka, 1801-1811
- Johann Salkowski, 1811–1823
- Carl Adam Rohmann, 1822-1838
- Friedrich Johswich, 1825–1837
- Friedrich August Ballnus , 1837–1871
- Wilhelm Ernst Gregorovius, from 1839
- Gottlieb Treskatis, 1847–1858
- Heinrich Theodor Buzello, 1858–1859
- Friedrich Heym. Cludius, 1859-1869
- Franz August Unterberger, 1869–1874
- Ludwig Eugen Posseldt, 1872–1908
- Carl Heinrich Neumann, 1875–1883
- D. Gotthold J. Hassenstein, 1888-1891
- Julius Adolf G. von Popwski, 1892–1907
- Ernst Max Franz Thews, 1907–1919
- Bruno Albert Rathke, 1909–1912
- Oswald Lux, 1918-1935
- Eugen Bauer, 1923–1925
- Johannes Brandtner, 1926–1930
- Hermann Ederberg, 1935–1945
- Horst Oberländer, 1938–1939
- Willy Reske, 1943-1945
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia . Volume 2: Pictures of East Prussian churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 115, fig. 518.
- ↑ a b The church in Czychen
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 484.
- ↑ a b Parish of Czychen
- ^ A b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Evangelical Pastors' Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 29.
- ↑ A * indicates a school location