Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Świętajno)
| Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Świętajno (Powiat Olecki) (Kościół Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej w Świętajnie) Church of Schwentainen (Oletzko District) |
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 Świętajno Church - in the middle of the village |
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| Construction year: | 1790 tower: 1909 |
| Client: | Evangelical Church Community Schwentainen (Oletzko District) ( Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia / Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 53 ° 59 '58.2 " N , 22 ° 19' 9.7" E |
| Location: |
Świętajno Warmian-Masurian , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic , until 1945: Evangelical Lutheran parish church |
| Parish: | Świętajno 16, 19-411 Świętajno |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Świętajno (Powiat Olecki) ( German Schwentainen ) is a building from the end of the 18th century. Until 1945 it was a Protestant church for the East Prussian parish of Schwentainen in the Oletzko district (1933–1945 Treuburg district ); Today it is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish Świętajno in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship .
Geographical location
Świętajno is located in the eastern center of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , 13 kilometers southwest of the district town of Olecko ( Marggrabowa , 1928–1945 Treuburg ) and can be reached via the voivodship road DW 655 in the Dunajek junction ( Duneyken , 1938–1945 Duneiken ).
The church stands in the southeast of the town center on the eastern side of the thoroughfare.
Church building
A church founded in Schwentainen in 1577 was destroyed by fire in 1787. It was rebuilt by 1790, initially without a tower , which was only built in 1909.
A vaulted wooden ceiling spanned the interior. The side galleries reaching up to the east wall rested on wooden pillars. Altar and pulpit formed a whole.
The peal of the church consisted of two bells dating from 1803 and 1850.
Parish
Evangelical
Church history
In 1577 a Protestant parish was established in Schwentainen , which existed until 1945 and belonged to the Oletzko / Treuburg parish in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . The two parish posts were occupied continuously until 1727 and 1945, respectively. Between 1889 and 1925 additional assistant preachers were used. In 1925, the Schwentainen parish had 4,770 parishioners who lived in 19 villages, localities and residential areas.
Flight and expulsion of the local population made evangelical community life no longer possible after the Second World War . The church was given to the Catholic Church. Protestant church members living here today orientate themselves towards the church in Wydminy (Widminnen) , a branch church of the Giżycko (Lötzen) , or towards the churches in Ełk (Lyck) and Węgorzewo (Angerburg) , all of which belong to the Masurian diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland belong.
Parish places
Until 1945 19 villages, towns and residential places were in the vicarage with the parish the parish Schwentainen:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
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| Chelchen | Goblets | Chełchy | * Polommen | Herzogsmühle | Połom | |
| * Doliwen | Pond forest | Doliwy | Röbel | Kije | ||
| * Duneyken | Duneiken | Dunajek | * Salleschen | Tannau | Zalesie | |
| * Duttken | Sargensee | Dudki | Silt | Połomek | ||
| * Dworatzken |
(from 1934) Herrendorf |
Dworackie | Schwidrowken | Świdrówko | ||
| * Giesen | Giże | Suleyken | Suleiken | Sulejki | ||
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Konradsfelde (until 1911 Rogowszisna ) |
Rogowszczyzna | Bar | Smolnik | |||
| * Krzywen |
(from 1934) Bergenau |
Krzywe | * Wessolowen | Kleinfronicken | Wesołowo | |
| * Orzechowken |
(from 1925) Nussdorf |
Orzechówko | * Wronken | Fronicken | Wronki |
Pastor
Until 1727, two pastors served at the same time in Schwentainen, between 1889 and 1925 auxiliary preachers were also appointed. The clergy officiated at the parish church:
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Church records
The church register documents of the Schwentainen church have been preserved and are being kept at the German Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig :
- Baptisms, weddings and funerals from 1861 to 1874.
The Schwentainer burial church records from 1800 to 1839 are in the State Archives ( Polish Archiwum państwowe ) in Ełk (Lyck) .
Roman Catholic
Parish
Since 1946 there have been Roman Catholic services in Schwentainens once Protestant church . Before that, the Catholics according to Marggrabowa (1928–1945 Treuburg ) were parish in what was then the diocese of Warmia . The church in what is now Świętajno was named "Kościół Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej" ( German Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ).
In 1962 a parish of its own was established here and the church was elevated to the status of a parish church . She belongs to the deanery Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP Olecko in the diocese of Ełk of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . Since 1982 there has also been a branch church in Wronki ( Wronken , 1938–1945 Fronicken ).
Parish places
The Roman Catholic Parafia (parish) Świętajno today includes 14 places:
| Polish name | German name | Polish name | German name | |
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| Chełchy |
Chelchen 1938–45 goblets |
Orzechówko |
Orzechowken 1925–45 Nussdorf |
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| Dunajek |
Duneyken 1938–45 Duneiken |
Połom |
Polommen 1938–45 Herzogsmühle |
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| Giże | Giesen | Rogowszczyzna |
Konradsfelde until 1911 Rogowszisna |
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| Giże (PGR) | Sulejki |
Suleyken 1938–45 Suleiken |
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| Jurkovo | Świętajno | Schwentainen | ||
| Kije | Röbel | Wronki |
Wronken 1938–45 Fronicken |
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| Krzywe |
Krzywen 1938–45 Bergenau |
Zalesie |
Salleschen 1938–45 Tannau |
References
literature
- Carl Walther Rathke: On the history of the Evangelical Church Schwentainen, Treuburg district. In: From Treuburgs Okelkammer 1, 1937, pp. 25-29.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2 Pictures of East Prussian Churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 116, fig. 519.
- ↑ a b c d Parafia Świętajno, Diocese of Ełk ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Szleyken, Schwentainen and Duneyken - with historical photo of the Schwentainen church
- ↑ a b c Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3 documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 484.
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Evangelical Pastors' Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, pp. 137-138.
- ↑ The * indicates a school location
