Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland (Miłki)
| Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in Miłki (Kościół Matki Bożej Królowej Polski w Miłkach) Church Milken |
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.jpg) As it was in 1914 with damage from the war |
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| Construction year: | approx. 1481 / 1656-1669 |
| Client: | Evangelical parish in Milken ( Church Province of East Prussia / Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 53 ° 56 '28.5 " N , 21 ° 52' 24.8" E |
| Address: | ul. Giżycka Miłki Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman-Catholic , until 1945 Evangelical-Lutheran parish church |
| Parish: | ul.Giżycka 47 11-513 Miłki |
| Website: | parafia-milki.pl |
The Church of the Mother of God, Queen of Poland in Miłki ( German Milken ) is one of the oldest churches in Masuria . It was built around 1481. Until 1945 it served as a Protestant church for the East Prussian parish of Milken. Today it is the Roman Catholic parish church in the rural region around Miłki in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship .
Geographical location
Miłki is located southeast of the district town Giżycko (Lötzen) in the Masurian Lake District . The Polish state road DK 63 , the former German Reichsstraße 131, runs through the village . The church stands on the west side of this street, called ulica Giżycka, in the direction of Lake Wobel ( Jezioro Miłkowskie in Polish ).
Church building
The structural beginnings of the church in Milken go back to the end of the 15th century - around 1481. After a fire in 1656, the church was renovated until 1669 and is now a building with plastered mixed masonry with a retracted choir . The tower is in front.
The interior, which is now flat, had a wooden barrel vault in the middle . Flat ceilings were only attached to the sides. Altar and pulpit , created around 1600, were combined in 1770 and given a superstructure. The date inscription with the coat of arms of those of Kittlitz referred to a renovation in 1688.
A crucifix and several candlesticks were preserved from the 17th century . An organ must have existed as early as the 18th century; because Adam Gottlob Casparini repaired it in 1746/1747. In 1868 the church received a new organ. The ringing consisted of two bells , one of which was from 1658.
The church survived the two world wars , sometimes with considerable damage.
Due to the rededication of the building from a Protestant to a Catholic church, renovation work was carried out to adapt it to the changed liturgical use. The church was also named the Polish Mother of God Church .
Parish
Evangelical
The Milken parish already existed in the pre-Reformation period. With the introduction of Lutheran teaching, the church became a Protestant place of worship for more than 400 years . From 1533 preachers of the new teaching officiated here. Milken was once part of the Angerburg ( Polish : Węgorzewo ) inspection , after which it was incorporated into the parish of Lötzen in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union until 1945 .
In 1925 the extensive parish had 6,058 parish members. They were looked after by two clergymen together almost at all times. The church patronage was incumbent on the state authorities.
Flight and expulsion of the local population put an end to Protestant community life in Milken. Protestant church members living in Miłki today now belong to the Protestant parish church in Giżycko (Lötzen) in the Masuria diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish places
In addition to the parish itself, the parish Milken included 28 other towns, villages and places to live:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name | |
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| Bilsken | Billsee | Bielskie | Mniechen |
(from 1928) Münchenfelde |
Miechy | |
| * Czyprken |
(from 1928) Freiort |
Czyprki | Ogrodtken | Reiken | Ogródek | |
| * Dannowen | Then | Danowo | * Okra balls | Schwansee | Okrągłe | |
| * Large Konopken | Hemp | Konopki Wielkie | Ottilienhof | Drochowo | ||
| Anything | Stenzeln | Jedamki | Przykopp | Hessenhöh | Przykop | |
| * Small Konopken |
(from 1929) Waldfließ |
Konopki Małe | Calm | Ironworks | Ruda | |
| Little Skomatzko | Skomand | Skomack Mały | * Schedlisks | Dankfelde | Siedliska | |
| Little Wolla | Wólka | Sczepanks | Lows | Szczepanki | ||
| * Pitcher liners | Crawl | Kruklin | Seehof | |||
| Lindenhof | Lipowy Dwór | * Staßwinnen | Eisermühl | Staświny | ||
| * Lipiensques |
(from 1928) Lindenwiese |
Lipińskie | * Talks | Talki | ||
| Mallinken (West) |
(from 1930) Birkfelde |
Malinka | Truchsen | Kurówko | ||
| * Marczinawolla |
(from 1929) Martinshagen |
Marcinowa Wola | Willudtken | Heydeck | Wyłudki | |
| Maxhof | Grodkowo | * Wissowatten | Wyszowate |
Pastor
Between 1533 and 1945, Milken served as Protestant clergy at the Church:
- Bernhard N., from 1533
- Albert Aretius, 1534–1592
- Jacob Prostka, 1592-1625
- Johann Prostka, 1619–1673
- Johann Hoynowius, 1649–1672
- Sebastian Andreas Loranowitz, 1673–1675
- Georg Moyzewius, from 1673
- Friedrich Mortzfeld, 1675–1676
- Simon Muscalius, 1676-1689
- Cölestin Martin Wedecke, 1678–1704
- Fabian Hamm, 1689-1720
- Matthias Gregorowius, 1704-1717
- Zacharias Scubowius, 1717-1730
- Moses Kulischewius, 1720–1754
- Theodor Salomon, 1731-1741
- Michael Nizki, 1742-1775
- Bernhard Guziewski, 1754–1776
- Andreas Schubert, 1775-1811
- Jacob Sakowski, 1777-1810
- Ferdinand Gottlieb Schrage, 1810–1866
- Friedrich August Salkowski, 1864–1866
- (Samuel) Rudolf Ebel, 1866–1882
- August Rudolf Kosta, 1883–1904
- Emil Richard Jencio, 1896–1901
- Max Adolf Richard Günther, 1902–1904
- Theodor Heinrich Hermann Kaminski, 1904–1920
- Richard Hermann Abramowski, 1904–1929
- Paul Guddas, 1926-1928
- Adalbert Schwede, 1929–1931
- Erich Schwarz, 1930–1945
- Fritz Klimmek, 1939–1941
Church records
From the parish register documents of the parish Milken have been preserved and are kept at the German Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig :
- Baptisms: 1834-1856
- Funerals: 1848 to 1874.
Roman Catholic
Before 1945, there were only a few Catholics in the Milken region. They were parish in the parish church of St. Bruno in Lötzen in the Diocese of Warmia . After 1945, many new Polish citizens settled in Miłki, most of whom were Roman Catholic. They took over the previously evangelical church as their parish church , which is now the deanery św. Krzystofa in Giżycko in the Diocese of Ełk (Lyck) belongs to the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . Two branch churches are assigned : the chapel in Ruda (Ruhden , 1938–1945 Eisenwerk) and the one in Marcinowa Wola (Marczinawolla , 1929–1945 Martinshagen) .
Pastor
Since the Parish Miłki was founded, the following have officiated as Catholic clergy today:
- Piotr Koszykowski, 1948-1952
- Jan Bogdanowidz, 1952–1976
- Bogusław Kossakowski, 1976–1989
- Kazimierz Suchecki, 1989-2000
- Wiesław Śliwczyński, 2000–2014
- Marceli Ogar, since 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2: Pictures of East Prussian churches. Göttingen 1968, pp. 121–122, fig. 562.
- ↑ a b c Miłki - Milken at ostpreussen.net - with pictures of the current church
- ↑ Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia. Volume II, 1: Mosengel, Caspari, Casparini . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2008, p. 327.
- ^ Image of the war-damaged church in Milken in 1945
- ↑ a b c Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church of East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 492.
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, pp. 95–96.
- ↑ The * indicates a school location.
- ↑ Ebel (1812–1890) was a member of the Corps Masovia .
- ↑ Website of the Parish Miłki (with a current picture of the church)
