St. Stephen's Church (Rożyńsk Wielki)
| St. Stephen's Church Rożyńsk Wielki (Groß Rosinsko / Großrosen) (Kościół św. Szczepana w Rożyńsku Wielkim) |
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 St. Stephen's Church in Rożyńsk Wielki during construction in 2007 |
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| Construction year: | 1889-1892 |
| Inauguration: | December 23, 1892 |
| Style elements : | Brick gothic |
| Client: | Evangelical parish Rosinsko in Groß Rosinsko, district of Johannisburg ( church province of East Prussia , Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 53 ° 40 ′ 34.7 " N , 22 ° 14 ′ 16" E |
| Location: |
Rożyńsk Wielki Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
| Purpose: |
Evangelical-Lutheran , from 1945: Roman-Catholic parish church |
| Parish: | Rożyńsk Wielki ( Deanery Biała Piska ) |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
The St. Stephen's Church in Różyńsk Wielki is a monument of the waning 19th century. Until 1945 it was the Protestant church for the residents in the parish of the village then called Groß Rosinsko (1938–1945 Großrosen) and is now the Roman Catholic parish church of the Rożyńsk Wielki parish .
Geographical location
Rożyńsk Wielki is located in the southeast of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , 17 kilometers southwest of the district town of Ełk (Lyck) . A side road runs through the place, which connects Rakowo Małe (Köllmisch Rakowen , 1938–1945 ~ Rakau) on the voivodship road 667 with Skarżyn (Skarzinnen , 1938–1945 Richtenberg) . The train station is Bajtkowo (Baitkowen , 1938–1945 Baitenberg) on the Olsztyn – Ełk railway line (Allenstein – Lyck) .
The church stands in the center of the village on a hill near the stream that runs through the village.
Church building
As early as the 16th century, a wooden church was built in Groß Rosinsko , which was covered with a thatched roof. It survived the Tatar invasion of 1656, but had to be demolished in 1893/94.
A new church was built between 1889 and 1892 and was inaugurated on December 23, 1892. It is a neo-Gothic brick building with a tower in front and a polygonal choir closure . The tower carried a gold-plated ball with a cross.
The interior is vaulted and has galleries on the sides . Until 1945, the facility was kept simple and Protestant. The pulpit was to the left of the altar . It was carved in an octagonal shape and had the pictures of the four evangelists in its fields - painted in water color.
The altar of the old wooden church had a baroque top with an oil painting between the Corinthian columns , which depicted the crucifixion of Christ with Mary , John and Mary Magdalene . To the right and left of the columns, the four evangelists were also depicted in carved, wing-like frames. In an essay about it was a picture with the ascension of Christ .
In front of the altar there was a wooden deer head antler that served as a chandelier .
The altar was given to the Skansen open-air museum in Olsztynek (Hohenstein) and can be seen there in the central village church.
Parish
Church history
Rożyńsk Wielki is an old church village. The founding of the church was already connected with the founding of the village in 1471. As early as the 1530s, the church adopted the Lutheran creed and remained a Protestant parish with a predominantly Protestant population until 1945 . That changed in the aftermath of the war in 1945. Since then, the village has been inhabited by Catholics almost without exception .
Evangelical (until 1945)
Parish
Initially the parish Rosinsko was a branch of the church in Drygallen (1938-1945 Drigelsdorf, Polish: Drygały) and only then became independent. Until 1945 it was incorporated into the church district Johannisburg (Polish: Pisz), which belonged to the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . In 1926 the parish of Rosinsko had 2,953 parishioners who lived in 18 villages, towns and places.
Due to the flight and displacement of the local population, the building was no longer needed as a Protestant church. It was given to the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant church members living in Rożyńsk Wielki today belong to the parish in Biała Piska (Bialla , 1938–1945 Gehlenburg) , a subsidiary of the church in Pisz (Johannisburg) in the Masurian diocese of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish places
The parish of Rosinsko consisted of 18 places before 1945:
| Place name | Change name 1938–1945 |
Polish name |
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| Lashing | Whirring | Bzury |
| Czernien |
from 1930 Dornberg |
Ciernie |
| Czyprken |
from 1930 Kolbitz |
Czyprki |
| Dybowen | Diebau | Dybowo |
| Great Rosinsko | Big roses | Rożyńsk Wielki |
| Gutten R Ksp. Rosinsko |
Reitzenstein | Guty Rożyńskie |
| Jebrams | Bach place | Ebramki |
| Cybissus | Kibissen | Kibisy |
| Little Rogallen | Rogale Małe | |
| Little Rosinsko | Small roses | Rożyńsk Mały |
| Krzywinsken | Heldenhöh | Krzywińskie |
| Short Itks | Zealand | Kurczątki |
| Marchewken |
from 1928 Bergfelde |
Marchewki |
| Nowaken | Brothersfelde | Nowaki |
| Olshevs | Kronfelde | Olszewo |
| Skrodzken | Jagdhof | Skrodzkie |
| Tatzken | Taczki | |
| Woytellen | Woiten | Wojtele |
Pastor
Until 1945 officiated at the Rosinsko Church as Protestant clergy:
- Stanislaus Zabielski, until 1564
- Paul Rosnitzki, 1590
- Andreas Stanckowius, 1646–1656
- Thomas Johann Molitor, 1656–1682
- Simon Meinecke, 1682-1718
- Matthias Drigalski, 1718-1740
- Johann Horn, 1741-1760
- Melchior Jacob Kempen, 1758–1773
- Johann Christ. Surminski, 1774-1788
- Friedrich Krüger, 1788–1801
- Bernhard Gottlieb Surminski, 1802–1814
- Johann Samuel Fischer, 1814–1825
- Karl Theodor Groß, 1826–1852
- Hermann Friedrich Czygan, 1852–1871
- Wilhelm Fr. Adolf von Popowski, 1871–1880
- Adolf Benjamin K. Dziembowski, 1881–1882
- Sylvester Suszczynski, 1883–1885
- Emil Benjamin Ammon, 1886-1893
- Adolf Louis HCF Korella, 1894–1908
- Otto Mattern, 1908–1919
- Ernst Willamowski, 1920–1922
- Erich Wisotzki, 1923–1929
- Werner Buske, 1932
- Viktor Kühn, 1936–1945
Catholic (since 1945)
Parish
Since 1945 the previously evangelical church in Rożyńsk Wielki has been consecrated to the Roman Catholic church and St. Stephen . On August 15, 1982, a separate parish was established here. She belongs to the deanery Biała Piska in the diocese of Ełk of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . The two subsidiary churches in Dybówko (Dybowen (Gut), 1938–1945 Diebau (Gut)) and Kurzątki (Kurziontken , 1938–1945 Zealand) are assigned to it.
Parish places
The parish includes 18 villages. Two of them are located in the rural commune of Biała Piska , the others in the rural commune of Prostki :
| Place name | German name (change name) | Place name | German name (change name) | |
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| Bzury | Purring (whirring) | Krzywińskie | Krzywinsken (Heldenhöh) | |
| Ciernie | Czernien (Dornberg) | Kurzątki | Kurziontken (Zealand) | |
| Czyprki | Czyprken (Kolbitz) | Marchewki | Marchewken (Bergfelde) | |
| Dmusy | Dmussen (Dimussen) | Nowaki | Nowaken (Brothersfelde) | |
| Dybówko | Dybowen (Diebau) (Good) | Olszewo | Olschewen (Kronfelde) | |
| Dybowo | Dybowen (Diebau) (Municipality) | Rożyńsk Wielki | Groß Rosinsko (large roses) | |
| Guty Rożyńskie | Gutten R, Ksp. Rosinsko (Reitzenstein (Eastern Pr.)) |
Sokoły Jeziorne | Sokollen R (Rosensee) | |
| Ebramki | Jebrammen (Bach place) | Taczki | Tatzken | |
| Kibisy | Kybissen (Kibissen) | Wojtele | Woytellen (Woiten) |
Remarks
- ↑ The community kept the name used when it was founded - without the addition - until 1938, when it was forced to take over the name "Großrosen".
- ↑ a b c d e f school location
- ↑ Pastor Molitor witnessed the atrocities of the Tatar invasion in 1656. He was able to save himself by fleeing to the Worguller swamps , where he lived on roots and tree bark and thus survived. He recorded the experiences of the population in a song in the Masurian language, which was later taken over into the Masurian hymnbook and translated into German by Rector Pisanski from Angerburg (Polish: Węgorzewo). On May 3, 1662, the song was sung in full at the Prussian Peace Thanksgiving Festival in the border districts with Poland, where it was still heard in the 19th century. Pastor Molitor was buried under the large linden tree in the church square.
- ↑ v. Popowski (1825-1880) was a member of the Corps Masovia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rożyńsk Wielki - Groß Rosinsko / Großrosen .
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia . Volume 2: Pictures of East Prussian churches . Göttingen 1968, pp. 119–120, figs. 549–551.
- ↑ a b Viktor Kühn: Church Chronicle Groß Rosinsko .
- ↑ Dietrich Lange: Geographical Register of Places East Prussia (Großrosen) .
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945 . Hamburg 1968, pp. 122-123.
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch: History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia . Volume 3: Documents . Göttingen 1968, p. 491.
- ↑ Including a copy of the Tatar song Molitors in a greatly abbreviated version in German .