Reformed Church (Riga)
The Reformed Church ( Latvian Rīgas Reformātu baznīca ) is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Latvian capital Riga . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia .
location
It is located in Riga's old town on the southeast side of Marstallstrasse ( Mārstaļu iela ) at Marstallstrasse 10.
Equipment and history
The church was built from 1727 to 1733 as a reformed church in the style of the German late renaissance . The Reformed congregation had received permission to build a church in 1721. On the west side of the church there is a magnificently designed portal and a small tower on a square floor plan. It is covered by a hood, which is crowned by an octagonal lantern .
In 1940 the church building came to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, as its youth center it has been used since 2010. Since October 29, 1998 it has been registered in the Latvian Register of Monuments under the number 6588 .
literature
- Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar , Riga , Verlag von Joneck & Poliewsky, Riga 1918, page 25.
- Guide to Latvia, WF Häcker printing house, Riga 1929, page 42.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 56 '47.2 " N , 24 ° 6' 37.2" E