Church of the Assumption of Mary (Szymonka)
| Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Szymonka (Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Szymonce) Church in Schimonken (Schmidtsdorf) |
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 The Assumption Church in Szymonka / Church in Schimonken (Schmidtsdorf) |
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| Construction year: | 1874-1877 |
| Inauguration: | 1877 |
| Style elements : | Brick building , neo-Gothic |
| Client: | Evangelical parish in Shimonken ( Church Province of East Prussia / Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 53 ° 53 '37.6 " N , 21 ° 39' 37.9" E |
| Address: | ul. Niegocińska Szymonka Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran , now: Roman Catholic parish church |
| Parish: | Szymonka 43 11-520 Ryn |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
| Website: | szymonka.com |
The Assumption Church in Szymonka ( German Schimonken , 1938–1945 Schmidtsdorf ) is a brick building built in the second half of the 19th century in neo-Gothic style. Until 1945 it was the central place of worship for the residents in the Protestant parish of the village called Schimonken or Schmidtsdorf at the time ; today it is the church of the Roman Catholic parish in Szymonka, Poland .
Geographical location
Szymonka is located in the eastern center of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , 18 kilometers southwest of today's district metropolis Giżycko ( German Lötzen ) and 24 kilometers northeast of the former district town of Sensburg ( Polish Mrągowo ). The town of Ryn (Rhine) , of which Szymonka belongs to the urban and rural community, is 10 kilometers away.
The voivodship road DW 643 runs through the village, which connects Wilkasy (Willkassen , 1938–1945 Wolfsee) with Woźnice (Wosnitzen , 1938–1945 Julienhöfen) . The church is located in the center of the village, west of DW 643, which is called ul.
Church building
The first church belonging to the Protestant denomination was given to Shimonken in 1566. This was followed by a church building in the 18th century, and finally in 1874 the foundation stone was laid for a new building, which was completed in 1877. The result was a brick building in the neo-Gothic style with a high, pointed tower and an apse .
The interior of the church was equipped with high galleries . It had a ceiling that rose between flat sides to the central axis. Above the altar was a three-part pictorial essay depicting the risen Christ between the apostles Peter and Paul . The pulpit was located on a gallery support to the left of the altar.
An organ was installed in 1877 . The two bells came from the previous church.
The church survived the Second World War tolerably. The building, which was expropriated in favor of the Catholic Church, has undergone multiple and thorough restorations. The interior was redesigned after the side galleries were removed, as was the chancel, which was adapted to the new liturgical conditions. The high, pointed tower is now replaced by a small bell dome on the west roof of the church, which is now called the Church of the Assumption of Mary .
Church / parish
Evangelical
Church history
As early as 1560 and only a few years after the Lutheran Reformation , Schimonken became a Protestant church village . With the construction and completion of the church in 1566, a separate pastorate was set up, which was occupied continuously until 1945. Originally the parish was assigned to the Rastenburg Inspection ( Kętrzyn in Polish ), but was then part of the Sensburg parish in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union until 1945 . The parish population counted more than 2000 parishioners in 1925. The church patronage was incumbent on the state authorities.
The escape and expulsion of the local population temporarily put an end to Protestant parish life in the place then called Szymonka . Little by little new Protestant settlers settled here. However, they could no longer form their own congregation on site, but found a new spiritual home in the Evangelical Parish in Ryn . It is part of the Masurian diocese in the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish places
Until 1945, the parish of Schimonken and Schmidtsdorf included 16 towns, villages and places of residence in addition to the parish:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name |
Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1945 |
Polish name | |
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| * Alt Rudowken | Hammer break | Stara Rudówka | Klein Rudowken | Small hammer break | Rudówka Mała | |
| Bark | Borki | Little Shimons | Kleinschmidtsdorf | Szymonka Mała | ||
| Dlugigrund | Langengrund | Długi Grąd | Matheussek | Mathiessen | Mateuszek | |
| Georgenthal | Urwitałt | Mniodunks |
(from 1929) Immenhagen |
Mioduńskie | ||
| * Grabowken |
(from 1929) Buchenhagen |
New Rudowken | Neuhammerbruch | Nowa Rudówka | ||
| Grünhof | Leśny Dwór | * Olshevs | Erlenau | Olszewo | ||
| * Cucumber | Górkło | Ossa |
(from 1930) Schwanhof |
Osa | ||
| Klein Grabnick | Grabnik Mały | * Salpia | Prażmowo |
Pastor
Between 1566 and 1945 officiated at the church in Schimonken / Schmidtsdorf as Protestant clergy:
- Leonhard Langhammer, from 1566
- Johann Dunitius, 1603
- Christopher Columbus, until 1624
- Andreas Columbus, from 1625
- Nicolaus Columbus, 1630/1640
- Albert Columbus, until 1648
- Felix Wannowius, 1656–1670
- Adam Adami, 1670-1690
- Andreas Stephani, 1691-1710
- Georg Fleischer, 1710–1745
- Johann Gottlieb Cibrowius, 1746–1748
- Christoph Apfelbaum, 1749–1799
- Johann Bernhard Raabe, 1800–1803
- Christian Foltin, 1803-1831
- August Ferdinand Raphael, 1832–1847
- Leopold Kraska, 1847-1852
- Karl August Wilhelm Gayk, 1852–1874
- Friedrich August Salkowski, 1874–1906
- Robert Assmann, 1906–1925
- Karl Woronowicz, 1927–1931
- Otto Just, 1932-1945
Church records
Of the church book documents the parish Schimonken (Schmidtsdorf) have survived and are in the Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin's Kreuzberg district kept
- Baptisms: 1702-1704, 1707-1710, 1712-1765, 1840-1942
- Weddings: 1765–1944
- Burials: 1742–1897.
Consecration as a Roman Catholic house of worship
Before 1945 the Catholic residents of Shimonken and Schmidtsdorf were oriented towards the parish church of St. Adalbert in Sensburg. It was integrated into the Deanery of Masuria II (seat in Johannisburg ) in the Diocese of Warmia . The influx of many new Polish settlers, most of whom were Catholic, turned the previously Protestant church in Szymonka into a Catholic parish church. The parish belongs to the deanery św. Szczepana Męczennika in Giżycko within the Ełk Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . The parish is assigned to the branch parish in Dąbrówka (Dombrowken , 1929-1945 Eichendorf) .
References
Web links
literature
- F. Bredenberg: The district of Sensburg. Würzburg 1960.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Szymonka - Schimonken / Schmidtsdorf
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2 Pictures of East Prussian Churches. Göttingen 1968, p. 139.
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3 documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 501.
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 131.
- ↑ Diecezja Mazurska
- ↑ The * indicates a school location at that time
- ^ Kraska (* 1809 in Białystok) was a member of the Corps Masovia .
- ↑ Christa Stache: Directory of the church records in the Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin , Part I: The Eastern Church Provinces of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union. 3. Edition. Berlin 1992, p. 104.
- ^ Parafia Szymonka