Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland (Olsztyn)

Garrison church in Allenstein

Allenstein Garrison Church (left) Allenstein Castle (right)

Today's Roman Catholic garrison church in Olsztyn (Allenstein) was built from 1910 to 1915 as a Protestant garrison church. Located opposite Allenstein Castle on the other side of the Alletal , the neo-Gothic church has been a listed building since July 1, 1988.

history

The church, whose foundation stone was laid on May 4, 1910, was built according to a design by the Berlin architect Ludwig Dihm . After the outbreak of the First World War and the fighting in East Prussia delayed completion, it was put into use in 1915. In 1923 a memorial stone was erected for the 1st Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 146 and the 1st Masurian Field Artillery Regiment No. 73 .

The church was damaged by a shell during World War II .

Today it is used as a Polish military church.

architecture

The church is a neo-Gothic brick church with stepped gables , which is based on the brick Gothic architecture of the Teutonic Order . In 1987 the building was renovated, the original interior of which has largely been preserved.

organ

The organ was built in 1914 by the Wittek organ building company in Elbing. The instrument has 43 stops on three manual works and a pedal . The actions are pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g ³
1.	Dumped	8th'
2.	Gamba	8th'
3.	Hollow flute	8th'
4th	Principal	8th'
5.	Principal	16 ′
6th	Pipe flute	4 ′
7th	Octave	4 ′
8th.	Intoxicating fifth	2 ′
9.	Mixture IV
10.	Cornet III-IV
11.	Trumpets	8th'

II. Manuals C – g ³
12.	Pipe flute	8th'
13.	Gemshorn	8th'
14th	Quintaton	8th'
15th	Violin principal	8th'
16.	Burdon	16 ′
17th	Pointed flute	4 ′
18th	Principal	4 ′
19th	Mixture II-III
20th	oboe	8th'

III. Manuals C – g ³
21st	Aeoline	8th'
22nd	Lovelydacked	8th'
23.	Concert flood	8th'
24.	shawm	8th'
25th	Principal	8th'
26th	Dumped	16 ′
27.	Transverse tide	4 ′
28.	viola	4 ′
29	octave	4 ′
30th	Gemshorn fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
31.	Forest flute	2 ′
32.	clarinet	8th'

Pedals C – f ¹
33.	Dumped	16 ′
34.	Bass flute	8th'
35.	Subbas	16 ′
36.	cello	8th'
37.	Violon	16 ′
38.	Principal	16 ′
39.	Octawbass	8th'
40.	Quintbas	10 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
41.	Octaw	4 ′
42.	clarinet	8th'
43.	trombone	16 ′

literature

Stanisław Piechocki : Magical Allenstein. Olsztyn 2008, ISBN 83-87031-18-6 .

Web links

Commons : Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland (Olsztyn) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Ludwig Dihm, Evangelical Garrison Church and War Memorial Hall, Allenstein. In: Architekturmuseum TU Berlin. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .

Individual evidence

↑ Information about the organ (Polish)

53.777938 20.470795Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ′ 40.6 ″ N , 20 ° 28 ′ 14.9 ″ E

[1] Information about the organ (Polish)