List of Evangelical Augsburg congregations in Congress Poland

The list of Evangelical-Augsburg congregations in Congress Poland includes the Lutheran superintendencies and parishes in the Kingdom of Poland as of 1865. The spelling of the place names is the historical, customary at that time.

With the law of 8./20. In February 1849, all Evangelical Lutheran congregations in Congress Poland were subordinated to the Warsaw Consistory. This consistory consisted of a secular president and a clerical vice-president (= general superintendent ) as well as two clerical and two secular assessors. Prospective pastors of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland had to have studied in Dorpat or Helsinki , after which they passed the faculty and consistorial exams.

Superintendent of Warsaw

The Warsaw Superintendent was founded in 1828 by an imperial ukase. Superintendents were:

Karl Lauber 1828–1835
Ludwig Teichmann 1835–1838
Adolph Julius Theodor von Ludwig since 1838, also general superintendent


Parish	Parishioners (1865)	Church building	founding	description
Warsaw , St. Trinity	11,2300	Trinity Church , consecrated December 30, 1781.	1775	Warsaw was initially a subsidiary of Wengrow in the 18th century, and has been independent since 1775. Lutheran worship took place in the Prussian legation chapel from 1713, and in a wooden prayer house at the Danish legation from 1767.
Wengrow - Sadoles	3,900	Trinity Church in Wengrow, built in 1841. In place of the church that burned down in 1769, a new wooden church was built in the same year, which later served as a cemetery chapel (photo).	17th century	In 1650 a wooden simultaneous church (templum simultaneum) for Reformed and Lutherans was completed, which was destroyed by fire in 1769. In 1831, German colonists founded the Sadoles branch on the property of Count Zamoisky.
Lublin - Konskawola	4,594	Consecration on October 5, 1788.	2nd half of the 18th century	The Konskawola branch (today Końskowola) was established in 1841.
Kielce - Dombrowa - Przedborz	1,608	Church in Kielce, built in 1837.	1837	The municipality of Kielce was spun off from Radom in 1837 . The largest parish German colony was Antonielów . Miners from Saxony and the Harz Mountains founded the parish of Bendzin and Dombrowa in 1825 , which included Protestants in the Dombrowa coal basin (232 people in 1840, mainly in Bendzin, Dombrowa - 111 in 1841 - and in the Reden colony ). Until 1840 it was cared for by clergymen from Tarnowskie Góry . In Przedborz the workers of the local cloth factory formed a Lutheran congregation in 1825, which was supplied by pastors from Tomaszow, Petrikau and Kielce. Initially, like the community in ähnlicharki, it was considered illegal. Przedborz officially became a branch parish of Kielce in 1857. In the 1860s the branch parish lost members in favor of Wielkowola bei Paradyz .
Radome	3,105	The parish church, built in 1250, was originally a branch church of the Benedictine Abbey Sieciechow and was purchased in 1826 for the evangelical congregation that was being constituted.	1826	In 1826 Radom became the first evangelical parish between the Pilica rivers in the west and the Vistula in the east, encompassing the entire Sandomir Voivodeship. Initially there were a total of 761 Protestants in the city and the surrounding area, in the voivodeship 1442. In 1830 Juliusz Krause became the first pastor to preach in Polish and German. From 1838 to 1839 part of the territory of the municipality of Radom was spun off to the new municipality in Kielce. In the 1840s the branches in Kozienice and Jawor were opened .
Pilica	3,511	The chapel, initially built for the Catholic residents in 1828, was donated to the Protestant community by Prince Adam of Württemberg , owner of the Pilica estate.	1837
Stara-Iwiczna	2,646		1857	In 1846 a branch parish of Pilica was founded in Stara-Iwiczna, which continued to be supplied by the local clergy even after the establishment of its own parish.
Nowydwor (Neuhof)	1,896	In 1806 the congregation received the upper floor of a former wool storage room as a church service room, and in 1826 the entire building.	1782	Nowydwor was founded in 1782 as a settlement for cloth manufacturers and dyers who were granted religious freedom.
Radzymin	1,838		1844	Founded for colonists on the estate of Count Zamoisky (Reign of Renczaje), supplied by the pastor in Nowydwor.
Wiskitki	2,776	Neo-Gothic Trinity Church in Wiskitki, built between 1855 and 1857.	1805	The Wiskitki parish near Żyrardów was established in the second half of the 18th century and was first visited by clergy from Ilow. In 1805 the Prussian government founded the parish Wiskitki. The industrial town of Żyrardów developed strongly after 1833 and was planned as the new seat of the parish in 1844, but the church was still being built in Wiskitki.
Lowicz - Kutno	3,590	Church in Lowicz, built in 1838.	1836	First a Wiskitki branch.
Ilow	3,120	Consecration on the 1st Sunday in Advent 1861.	1775	A wooden church was demolished in 1860 because it was in disrepair.
Rawa - Blendow	3,464	Church in Rawa, built in 1829.	1829	The subsidiary community of Blendow was founded in 1839.
Brzeziny	4.114	Wooden church from 1826, restored in 1862.	1826	The parish was founded by Countess Isabella Oginska, owner of the town of Brzeziny.

Superintendent of Kalisch

The Superintendentur Kalisch was founded in 1828 by an imperial ukase. Superintendents were:

Ernst Johann August Modl 1828–1860
Franz Johann Ladislaus Stockmann since 1861


Parish	Parishioners (1865)	Church building	founding	description
Kalisch	2,029	Former Jesuit church (built 1583), donated to the Lutheran community by the Prussian government in 1797.	1795
Sobiesenki	1,490	Half-timbered church.	1808	In 1808 the parish Iwanowice was founded, the parish seat was moved to Sobiesenki in 1818.
Wielun - Panki	2,704	The church of the former St. Bernard convent, built in 1620, was donated by the government to the Protestant community in 1820 (the monastery building used a factory) and, after renovation, was used for Protestant worship from 1821.	around 1800around	In Wielun there was a Protestant congregation until 1656, which was reconstituted during the Prussian period. The subsidiary municipality of Panki was founded in 1854.
Belchatow - Pozdzienice	3,570	Belchatow Church was built between 1828 and 1832.	1836	The community was established in 1805 by immigrant cloth makers (in Belchatow) and craftsmen (in Grocholice), and (after 1821) by the inhabitants of the large colonies of Kalduny and Myszaki. She was initially taken care of by the pastor in Petrikau. The subsidiary municipality of Pozdzienice, founded in 1857, consists of villages that previously belonged to the reformed parish of Zelow .
Prazuchy	1,945	The church, built in 1833, replaced a wooden structure from 1808.	1808	An influx of Protestant Hauländer began in the second half of the 18th century.
Stawiszyn - Jozefowo	3,185	Wooden Trinity Church, built in 1788.	18th century	A Hussite community of Bohemian emigrants, which existed as early as the 15th century, has been absorbed into the Lutheran community. The subsidiary municipality of Jozefowo was established in 1843.
Grodziec	4,836	The half-timbered St. Petri and Pauli Church was built in 1797 and at an unknown time replaced by a neo-Gothic church.	1797
Zagorow - Lissewo - Peisern	2,420		1859	From 1833 to 1858 the Grodziec branch, then taken care of by the pastor in Stawiszyn.
Konin - Maslaki	4,889	In 1824 the congregation acquired a dilapidated wooden Catholic church in Konin, which was replaced by a new stone building in 1856.	1826	Since there was the reformed parish Zychlin in the neighborhood of Konin , the uniate consistory did not approve the establishment of a Lutheran parish Konin at first. The subsidiary community of Maslaki was founded in 1842.
Wladyslawow	2,150	The wooden church was built from 1811 to 1812.	around 1770around
Dombie	3,853	The stone church was built in 1806.	1800
Turek - Kolo	3,420	Church in Turek, built in 1851.	1845	Founded in 1827 as a subsidiary of Wladyslawow. The Kolo branch community was founded in 1843.
Alexandrov - Huta-Bardzinska	4,915	The Alexandrov Church was built between 1826 and 1828.	1800	In 1800 the landlord Raphael von Bratoszewski founded the evangelical community of the same name on his land in Groß Bruzyca. The parish seat was moved to the neighboring new textile town of Alexandrow in 1818. The Huta-Bardzinska subsidiary was founded in 1845.
Konstantynow - Poddembice	5,866	Consecration on December 14, 1834.	1829	Konstantynow is also a textile city that was newly laid out during the Polish Congress. The subsidiary municipality of Poddembice dates back to 1838.
Pabianice	3,099	Church in Pabianice, built in 1827.	1827
Zdunskawola - Lask	5,576	Half-timbered church in Zdunskawola from 1831; Wooden church in Lask (photo), built in 1809.	1831	The Lask branch was founded in 1809 and was independent until 1831.
Tomaszow - Wielka-Wola	3,890	Church in Tomaszow, built in 1833.	1830	The branch community Wielka-Wola bei Paradyz was founded in 1853 and in the 1860s some of the members of the branch community in Przedborz took over.
Piotrkow - Pilica	3,703	The former monastery church of the Piarists was assigned to the Protestant community by the South Prussian government , which, after being profaned in the meantime, has been used again for worship since 1817.	(around 1800?) 1827 The congregation officially existed from 1857 when there were 26 Protestant families (157 people). In 1876 Pilica became a branch municipality of Kielce.
Kleszczow - Dziepulc - Czenstochau	5,041	Church in Kleszczow, built in 1843.	1847	In 1837 Kleszczow became a subsidiary of Belchatow. A branch community existed in Felixow in 1841 and in Radomsko in 1842, and in Dziepulc since 1851. Communities founded in the South Prussian period in the area of Czenstochau were supplied from Silesia after the Prussian troops had withdrawn. In 1846 a branch was established in Czornilas , which was moved to Czenstochau in 1854.

Superintendent Plock

The superintendent of Plock was founded in 1828 by an imperial ukase. Superintendents were:

Johann Karl Hevelke 1828–1836
Ignatius Karl Wilhelm von Börner since 1836


Parish	Parishioners (1865)	Church building	founding	description
Plock - Dobrzyn on the Vistula	3,615	Former Dominican church built in the 17th century.	1804	The Dobrzyn branch municipality was founded in 1838.
Ossovka	4,736		1838	Lipno branch.
Lipno	5,353	1800 construction of a church with the use of two private houses; New neo-Gothic church from 1865	1799	The parish seat of the parish, which existed before 1782, was moved from the village of Bialowiscyn to Lipno in 1799.
Sierpc	3,001		1837
Wyszogrod - Plonsk - Secymin	4.043	Former Franciscan church, handed over to the parish in 1805.	1805	Plonsk branch 1840, Secymin branch 1846.
Michalki	4,584	Wooden church, year of construction unknown.	1784
Przasnysz - Mlawa	3,942	Church in Przasnysz, built in 1824. The church in Mlawa was not completed in 1867.	1835	Branch Mlawa 1835.
Pultusk - Nasielsk	4,039	In 1847 the ruins of the former Catholic St. Mary's Church were purchased and restored until 1864.	1848	In 1842 Pultusk became a subsidiary of Wyszogrod. In 1840 the subsidiary municipality Nasielsk was founded.
Gombin	3,092	Stone church built in 1829.	1825
Gostynin	4,628	Construction of the church 1824–1825.	1825
Chodecz	3,098	Stone church built in 1813.	1801
Sompolno	4,954	Construction of the church 1828–1848.	1840
Babiak	2,558	Stone church built in 1823 after a fire in the previous wooden building.	1796
Przedecz	2,087	The church was built in the years 1824-1827 through the reconstruction of an old Starosten castle.	1827
Ozorkow - Lenczyca	3,750	Trinity Church in Ozorkow, built 1840–1842 in place of a wooden church. Wooden church in Lenczyca since 1853.	1826	Lenczyca branch 1838.
Zgierz	4,538	The church was built in 1824.	1824
Lodz	13,4120	The church was built in 1826-1828.	1826
Novosolna	3.110	Wooden church, built in 1846.	1838	Branch of Lodz until 1838.
Wloclawek	1,522	The former Catholic St. Adalbert Church, a wooden church built in 1639, was ceded to the Protestant community in 1821.	1829
Nieszawa	2.136		1838
Nowawies	1,804		1842

Superintendent Augustowo

The Superintendentur Augustowo was founded in 1849; the parishes had until then belonged to the superintendent of Plock. Superintendent was:

David Bergmann since 1851.


Parish	Parishioners (1865)	Church building	founding	description
Szaki - Sudargi (Jansborg)	5,626	Former home of the landlord zu Szaki from 1809, converted into a church in 1842 (photo). The wooden church in Sudargi was built in 1842.	1842
Godlewo - Preny	3,335	Wooden church built 1814–1816.	1818
Wierzbolow (Werballen) - Wladyslawow	3,985	Church built in 1861 in the Wladyslawow branch parish.	1844	Most of the parishioners were descendants of Protestant Salzburg residents who had moved from East Prussia to Poland.
Maryampol - Kalwarya - Wilkowyszki - Sereje	6,473	A magazine built in 1806 was set up as a Protestant church in 1821; In 1841 a new church was inaugurated. A magazine was also used as a church in Kalwarya; New building from 1858. Half-timbered church in Wilkowyszki from 1836.	1827	Kalwarya branch 1832; Wilkowyszki branch 1833; Branch Sereje 1851.
Wizajny - Wisztyniek	4,762	Wooden church from 1814 in the village of Klajpede, new stone building after fire in 1844; abandoned as a ruin after just four years. In the village of Wisztyniec there was a stone church built in 1851 (photo), in Wizajny there was no church.	1842	Wisztyniec branch 1842.
Suwalki - Sejny - Augustowo	4,756	Church in Suwalki, built in 1841.	1838	1802 Foundation of the Parish Chmielowka, in 1838 the parish seat was moved to Suwalki. Sejny branch 1844, Augustowo branch 1842.
Lomza - Szcuczyn	1,870	In 1853 the parish was given the former Jesuit church (an 18th century building) in Lomza, which was consecrated in 1855 after renovation.	1843	The community in Lomza was founded in 1838 as a subsidiary of Groß-Paproc. Branch Szuczyn 1840.
Great Paproc ( Paproc Duza )	1,908	Stone church building from 1841.	1837

literature

Eduard Heinrich Busch: Contributions to the history and statistics of the church and school system of the Ev.-Augsb. Municipalities in the Kingdom of Poland . St. Petersburg 1867 ( online ).

Individual evidence

↑ Izabela Bożyk: Osadnictwo niemieckie na terenach wiejskich między Pilicą a Wisłą w latach 1815-1865 . Wydawnictwo MARRON, Kielce – Łódź 2015, ISBN 978-83-64637-80-3 , Życie religijne osadników niemieckich, p. 205 (Polish).
↑ I. Bożyk, 2015, pp. 205, 207.
↑ I. Bożyk, 2015, 181–183.
↑ I. Bożyk, 2015, p. 206

[1] Izabela Bożyk: Osadnictwo niemieckie na terenach wiejskich między Pilicą a Wisłą w latach 1815-1865 . Wydawnictwo MARRON, Kielce – Łódź 2015, ISBN 978-83-64637-80-3 , Życie religijne osadników niemieckich, p. 205 (Polish).

[2] I. Bożyk, 2015, pp. 205, 207.

[3] I. Bożyk, 2015, 181–183.

[4] I. Bożyk, 2015, p. 206