St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Pozezdrze)
| St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Pozezdrze (Kościół Święta Stanisława Kostki w Pozezdrzu) Church in Possessern (Large Garden) |
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 The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Pozezdrze (Possessern / Großgarten) |
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| Construction year: | 1891-1892 |
| Inauguration: | 1892 |
| Style elements : | Brick building |
| Client: | Evangelical parish in Possessern ( Church Province of East Prussia , Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 54 ° 8 '28.9 " N , 21 ° 51' 6.3" E |
| Address: | ul. 1 Maja / ul. Polna Pozezdrze Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman-Catholic , until 1945 Evangelical-Lutheran parish church |
| Parish: | ul. 1 Maja 21 11-610 Pozezdrze |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
| Website: | www.diecezjaelk.pl/parafie.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=2&sobi2Id=100 |
The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is a brick church from the end of the 19th century, which until 1945 was a Protestant church for the parish of the East Prussian village called Possessern (1938–1945 Großgarten) and is now a Catholic parish church in Protestant services also take place.
Geographical location
Today's Pozezdrze is located in the northeast of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship on the national road DK 63 , the former German Reichsstrasse 136 , twelve kilometers southeast of the city of Węgorzewo ( German Angerburg ). The church is located in the west of the village on the left of the road (ul. 1 Maja) to Sztynort (Steinort) in the junction of the road (ul. Polna) to Pieczarki (Pietzarken , 1938–1945 Bergensee) .
Church building
With the construction of a brick church, the then Possessern received the status of a church village in 1892 . The interior of the church was covered with a barrel vault .
As early as 1840, people had started to raise money for the construction of a church, but this could only be realized 50 years later. On the occasion of the inauguration in 1892, Countess Lehndorff-Steinort donated an artistic edition of the Holy Scriptures .
During the First World War , the church was badly affected by fighting. In September 1914, Russians set up a telegraph station and an observation post on the church tower , which was then shot down by the German gunners . The church roof collapsed and the adjacent rectory was a heap of rubble. Further destruction was inflicted on the church in February 1915.
The church could be rebuilt by 1923. It survived the Second World War without any major damage. Since 1946 it has belonged to the Roman Catholic Church in Poland , which gives the Church the patronage of St. Stanislaus Kostka awarded. The church is also available to the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland for its services by ecumenical agreement .
Parish
History
A parish was founded in Possessern in 1887 - for the predominantly Protestant population at the time . That was the first step on Possessern's way to a church village. The second followed was the establishment of a pastorate, which was continuously occupied from 1891 until 1945.
With the construction of the church, the long way to the church services in the Kruglanken Church ( Kruklanki in Polish ) ended for the parishioners in the Possesserns region . The new parish Possessern (1938–1945 Großgarten) was created by re- parishes from the parishes of Angerburg and Kruglanken, which in 1925 had more than 2900 parishioners. It had no patronage and until 1945 belonged to the Angerburg parish in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union .
Due to the flight and displacement of the local population , church life in the village, now called Pozezdrze , and its surroundings came to a standstill. The resettlement of Polish resettlers, most of whom were Catholic, gave rise to new church life. Before 1945 the (few) Catholic church members still had to travel a long way to the parish church in Angerburg , but now they have been able to take over the local church in greater numbers. Before 1945 they belonged to the Deanery Masuria II (seat: Johannisburg , Polish : Pisz) in the Diocese of Warmia , they are now incorporated into the Deanery Węgorzewo in the Diocese of Ełk of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . The church, consecrated to Stanislaus Kostka , is open for worship to the few Protestant church members who are cared for by the parish of Giżycko (Lötzen) in the Masuria diocese of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish (until 1945)
To the parish Possessern resp. Großgarten belonged to the following localities until 1945:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
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| * Hair scents | Tiny hairs | Harsz | * Possessers | Large garden | Pozedzre | |
| Kehlerwiese | Kalskie Łąki | rye | Róg | |||
| New hairscapes | New hairs | Nowy Harsz | Seehof (near Steinort) | |||
| Numeiten | Okowizna | Sdorkowen | Dorkau | Zdorkowo | ||
| * Pietzarken |
(from 1931) Bergensee |
Pieczarki | Sklodowen | Kloden | Skłodowo |
Pastor (until 1945)
As Protestant clergy at the church Possessern (Großgarten) were active from 1891 to 1945:
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References
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2 Pictures of East Prussian Churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 88.
- ↑ a b Pozezdrze - possessers / large garden
- ↑ a b large garden (possessers)
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3 documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 477.
- ↑ The * indicates a school location.
- ↑ Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 113.