Church of Exaltation of the Cross (Ostrykół)
| Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Ostrykół (Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Ostrykole) Ostrokollen Church / Scharfenrade Church |
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,_ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_drewniany.JPG) The former Protestant parish and now a Catholic branch church in Ostrykół (Ostrokollen / Scharfenrade) |
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| Construction year: | 1667 |
| Style elements : | Wooden church |
| Client: | Evangelical Church Community Ostrokollen ( Church Province of East Prussia / Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 53 ° 43 '5.3 " N , 22 ° 25' 32.4" E |
| Location: |
Ostrykół Warmian-Masurian , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic , until 1945 Evangelical Lutheran branch church |
| Parish: |
Św. Antoniego Padewskiego , ul. 1 Maja 52A, 19-335 Prostki |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
| Website: | prostki.diecezja.elk.pl |
The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Ostrykół is a building from the middle of the 17th century and one of the few remaining Masurian wooden churches . Until 1945 it was the central church for the Protestant parish in Ostrokollen (1938–1945: Scharfenrade) in East Prussia and is now a branch church of the Roman Catholic parish in Prostki ( German Prostken ).
Geographical location
Ostrykół on the river Ełk ( German Lyck ) is located in the south-east of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northwest of Prostki (Prostken) and can be reached via road 65 . The nearest train station is Prostki on the Korsze – Ełk – Białystok line .
The location of the church is in the southeast center of the village.
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Church building
As early as January 2, 1538, an order was given to “found” a church in Ostrokollen. A church was built here very soon after the town was founded in 1538. It was a wooden church , which, however, went up in flames together with other buildings in the village during the onslaught of the Tartars in 1656 after the “Battle of Prostken”.
A new wooden church was built in 1667, similar to a basilica with three naves with a choir and - somewhat younger - west tower. Arch-like upper storeys connect organically to the choir in the interior.
In the middle of the church a crucifix , which had been made around 1700, was placed on a crossbeam . The Altar tower with twisted columns and pinna forms shows in its main crucified Christ , upstairs a picture of the Assumption . The work was created around 1680. The pulpit dates from 1690 .
The interior includes a baptismal angel with a bowl and several deer chandeliers from around 1700, as well as a three seat from the first half of the 17th century. The organ was built in 1799. The church bell consisted of two bells .
The church building was extensively renovated in 1933/35. It survived the Second World War relatively unscathed. In 1990 an interior renovation took place.
The church was in the service of the Protestant Church for almost 300 years and is today a place of worship of the Roman Catholic Church, which adapted the building inside to the changed liturgical purposes. On April 14, 1999, the church was consecrated again and was named "Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego" ( German Church of Exaltation of the Cross ). Today it is next to a chapel in Sokółki (Sokolken , 1938–1945 Stahnken) a branch church of the parish in Prostki .
Parish
Evangelical
Church history
The Lutheran Reformation gained a foothold in Ostrokollen at an early stage with the erection of a church building and an accompanying large parish . The first clergyman of the Reformation doctrine was Nikolaus Papa , followed in 1560 by Leonhard Choinowski . After that, two pastors served here at the same time.
Until 1945, the parish of Ostrokollen, whose parish and parish was relocated to Prostken ( Polish Prostki ) in 1910 , belonged to the church district of Lyck in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . In the 1925 census, the parish registered 5,900 parishioners. The church patronage was responsible state authorities.
Because of the flight and displacement of the local population , the life of the Protestant parish collapsed after 1945. Today the few Protestant church members living here stay in the parish in the district town of Ełk (Lyck) , a branch parish of the parish in Pisz (Johannisburg) in the Masuria diocese of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish places
Until 1945 the parish Ostrokollen belonged to the parish (until 1910 Ostrokollen, from 1910 Prostken) numerous villages, places 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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| * Bobern | Bobry | Lipinsken |
(from 1935) Lindenfließ |
Lipińskie Małe | ||
| * Bark | Borki | Miechowen | Niederhorst | Miechowo | ||
| * Dlugossen | Langheide | Długosze | * Mylussen | Milussen | Miłusze | |
| * Dombrowsken |
(from 1927) Eichensee |
Dąbrowskie | Niedzwetzken |
(from 1936) Wiesengrund |
Niedźwiedzkie | |
| Oak (forest) | Dąb | * Popowen | Wittingen | Popowo | ||
| Blink | Glinki | Prussian height | ||||
| Gorczitzen |
(from 1928) Deumenrode |
Gorczyce | * Cheers | Prostki | ||
| * Hellmahnen | Helmany | Schikorren | Pine heather | Sikory Ostrokolskie | ||
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Kobylinnen , Kobylinnen village , good |
Kobilinnen, village Kobilinnen, good |
Kobylinek Kobylin |
Sunk | Ulrichsfelde | Zdunki | |
| Krupinnen | Kleinwittingen | Krupine | Sokolken | Stahnken | Sokółki | |
| * Langsee until 1897 Dlugochorellen |
Długochorzele | Soltmahnen | Sołtmany | |||
| Linden tree (forest) | Lipinka | Target masks | Schelascans | Żelazki |
Pastor
At the church Ostrokollen resp. Scharfenrade officiated as Protestant clergy until 1945:
- Nicolaus Papa, before 1560
- Leonhard Choinowski, 1560
- Albert Kozik a Kozikowski, 1619–1626
- Johannes Boretius, from 1621
- Georg Hoffmann, 1626–1664
- Johann Gera, 1664-1680
- Sebastian Foedorowitz, until 1679
- Augustin Foedorowitz, 1679-1711
- Johann Georg Trentowius, 1682–1684
- Paul Olschewius, 1685-1710
- Michael Grodzki, 1711-1747
- Georg Coglenius, 1713-1729
- Johann Chr. Gregorowius, 1729–1742
- Martin Jagodzinski, 1742-1743
- Gottfried Ludwig Hoffmann, 1743–1759
- Georg M. Cuchlowius, 1747–1798
- Thimotheus Gisewius, 1759–1762
- Georg Joseph Rosocha, 1762–1772
- Christian. Fr. Krupinski, 1773-1780
- Georg Fr. Cuchlowius, 1780–1790
- Andreas Frenzel, 1790–1799
- Johann Friedrich Hecht, 1791–1809
- Johann Jacob Paulini, from 1799
- Johann Jacob Stern, 1808–1812
- Carl Cölestin Schrage, 1809-1829
- Sigismund Fr. Pianka, 1812-1821
- Hermann Skrodzki, 1823-1825
- Jacob Schiweck, 1827–1841
- Johann Ferd. Aug. Szambor Ski, 1829-1832
- Gustav Eduard Salkowski, 1835–1841
- Johann Friedrich Rhein, 1841–1845
- August Ferdinand Kob, 1845-1856
- Christoph Skupch, 1846–1856
- Friedrich Leopold Montzka, 1856–1867
- Johann Zbrzezny, 1857–1861
- Carl Reuter, 1861–1873
- Hermann Friedrich Schrage, 1867–1887
- Franz Borchert, 1873–1876
- Heinrich Rutkowski, 1876–1879
- Theodor Albert Czymmeck, 1880–1882
- Johann Michael Ebel , 1884-1894
- Daniel Joh. Herm. Rutkowski, 1888-1914
- Alfred Gottlieb Petersdorff, 1894–1906
- Otto Ernst Fr. Walther, 1915–1919
- Eduard Bachor, 1919–1945
- Eberhard Romahn, 1940–1941
Church records
The church records of the parish of Ostrokollen from the time before 1945 have been preserved and are kept at the German Central Office for Genealogy (DZfG) in Leipzig :
- Baptisms: 1832-1874
- Weddings: 1832 to 1874
- Burials: 1832 to 1874
Roman Catholic
Before 1945 there were only a few Catholic church members in the area of the parish of Ostrokollen. They were parish in the parish church of St. Adalbert in Lyck ( Polish Ełk ) in the diocese of Warmia .
Due to the resettlement of Polish citizens who were almost exclusively Catholic after 1945, new church life began to stir in Ostrykół. A Catholic parish was officially established in Prostki in 1962, and Ostrykół was assigned as a branch church (next to the chapel in Sokółki ). It is part of the Deanery Ełk - Matki Bożej Fatimskiej in the Diocese of Ełk of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 106.
- ↑ a b Ostrykół - Ostrokollen / Sharpwheel
- ^ Parafia Prostki: Ostrykół Church
- ↑ The Battle of Prostken and the Tartar invasion of East Prussia in 1656
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2 Pictures of East Prussian Churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 125, fig. 576.
- ↑ a b Parafia Prostki / Diocese of Ełk
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3 documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 494.
- ↑ The * indicates a school location
- ↑ a b c member of the Corps Masovia
- ↑ Rutkowski, Masure and son of the Aweyden pastor Heinrich Rutkowski, spoke in 1895 at the Corps ceremony for the 65th Foundation Festival in the auditorium of Albertus University.
- ↑ Ostrokollen