Marienkirche (Vigala)

Vigala Maarja kirik
Data
place	Estonia , Vigala
Construction year	14th Century
Coordinates	58 ° 42 '38.2 "  N , 24 ° 22' 4.6"  E Coordinates: 58 ° 42 '38.2 "  N , 24 ° 22' 4.6"  E

The Marienkirche is the only place of worship in the area of ​​the rural community Vigala . It belongs to the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church .

The baroque altar and the pulpit of the Marienkirche are by Christian Ackermann . The main organ was built in 1886 by Friedrich Wilhelm Müllverstedt. It is one of the 10 organs by this builder that have survived to this day and are found in the Estonian parishes of Vara, Rõngu, Puhja, Põlva, Kursi, Häädemeeste, Vigala, Vändra and Nõo as well as in St. Peter's Church in Tartu .

War memorial

Tower and main entrance with name boards and the sculptures "Warrior" and "Farmer"

The church tower, completed in 1933, is a memorial to the men from Vigala who died in the unrest of 1905, World War I and the War of Independence .

The building is an example of the work of the architects Alar Kotli and Karl Lüüs and the sculptor Richard Hammer-Vasard .

The memorial was ceremonially opened on June 30, 1933.

In 1944, on the initiative of Pastor Ferdinand Jürgenson, the name boards of the fallen were whitewashed with lime and the freedom cross was hidden with sheet metal to protect them from being destroyed by the authorities. In the fall of 1950, the two sculptures "Warrior" and "Farmer" were removed and hidden on the initiative of Pastor Agu Põld .

In 1988 the monument was the first to be restored in Estonia.

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Web links

• Directory of Estonian Churches

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jaak Uibu . 225 aastat Vigala õigust ja 675 aastat Vigala kogudust. Kogumikus "Perekonnast, kodust, põhiseadusest ja riigist", 2016. a., Lk 144-145.
2. ^ Mati Strauss , Vabadussõja mälestusmärgid I , 2002