St. Joseph (Węgielsztyn)
| Church of Węgielsztyn (Church of St. Joseph / Kościół św. Józefa w Węgielsztynie) Church of Engelstein |
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 The Church of St. Joseph in Węgielsztyn (Engelstein) |
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| Construction year: | 15th century (1478) |
| Style elements : | Field stone church |
| Location: | 54 ° 14 '5.3 " N , 21 ° 38' 12.7" E |
| Location: |
Węgielsztyn Warmian-Masurian , Poland |
| Purpose: |
Evangelical Lutheran since 1945: Roman Catholic parish church |
| Parish: | Parafia pw. Sw. Józefa Węgielsztyn 38, 11-600 Węgorzewo |
| Diocese : | Ełk |
| Website: | www.diecezjaelk.pl/wegielsztyn-parafia-pw-sw-jozefa/ |
The church in Węgielsztyn ( Polish Kościół św. Józefa w Węgielsztynie ) is a building from the 15th century and until 1945 was a Protestant place of worship for the people living in the East Prussian parish Engelstein , now the Polish Węgielsztyn . Today it is a Roman Catholic parish church .
Geographical location
Węgielsztyn is located in the northeast of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , seven kilometers northwest of the district town of Węgorzewo ( German Angerburg ). The church is located in the center of the village east of the thoroughfare from Przystań (Pristanien , 1938–1945 Passdorf) to Dąbrówka Mała (Klein Dombrowken , 1938–1945 Dammfelde) .
Church building
The church in the former Engelstein is a plastered field stone building from the end of the 15th century, probably from the year 1478. The choir has moved in, the east gable is decorated. In 1562 the church underwent a major restoration.
The west tower in front of it was completed at the beginning of the 18th century, the weather vane with the time indication "1714" seems to indicate the year of completion. Another major renovation was due in 1771, and the church was painted in 1930.
A sacristy is added to the east and a vestibule to the south.
The interior of the church is vaulted with a wooden roof. The top of the altar was acquired by the Angerburg parish in 1651. In the middle of the altar there used to be the crucifix that later adorned the sound cover of the pulpit . This - created around 1600 - was combined with the altar in the 18th century. A figure of Mary from a crucifixion group came from the 16th century. The baptismal angel was created around 1700 .
In 1852 the church received an organ . The ring consisted of three bells .
It is thanks to the parish nurse Thea Seitz that items such as a crucifix, communion wine jug, three communion goblets, a three-armed candlestick, a paten and a host box were saved together with the seal of the Engelstein Church: when she escaped in 1945, she took the items with her to Bruchhausen-Vilsen in Lower Saxony . After her death in 1987 the altarpieces were handed over to the Michaelkirche in Rotenburg (Wümme) , the twin town of Angerburg ( Węgorzewo in Polish ), the former superintendent of Engelstein.
A bell also survived at the bell cemetery in Hamburg and escaped being melted down for ammunition purposes. Today, it ushers in the Cathedral to Verden (Aller) .
The Engelsteiner Church survived the Second World War reasonably safe. It was completely renovated, with the long on the cemetery deposited granite - baptismal font from the 16th century again found its place in God's house.
The church was consecrated in the name of St. Joseph and is now used again - but now as a Roman Catholic church.
Parish
Church history
The Engelsteiner Church is one of the oldest church foundations in northern Masuria and was built in the pre-Reformation period. Lutheran clergy have been recorded here since 1537 . Until a church was built in Buddern ( Polish: Budry ) in 1739, two clergymen were active in Engelstein at the same time. Additional auxiliary preachers were appointed in the 1930s.
The parish Engelstein belonged to the parish of Angerburg in the church province of East Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union until 1945 . In 1925 there were 3,250 parishioners who lived in 25 villages, towns and places of residence.
The flight and expulsion of the local population made evangelical-church life in the village and surroundings now called Węgielsztyn no longer possible after 1945 . Over the years, new Polish citizens settled here, almost without exception of the Catholic denomination. The previously Evangelical Church was expropriated in favor of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland . A separate parish "Parafia pw. Św. Józefa ", which later became the branch church " For God's mercy "(Kościół Miłosierdzia Bożego) in Perły (Peterswalde) and the hospital church in Rudziszki (Raudischken , 1938-1945 Raudingen) were assigned.
If before 1945 the Catholic church members were parish in Angerburg (Węgorzewo) in the Church of the Good Shepherd , such a regulation now applies to the few Protestant residents of Węgielszytn: They belong to the parish of Węgorzewo, a branch of the parish in Giżycko (Lötzen) in the diocese Masuria of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
Parish locations (until 1945)
In addition to the parish of Węgielsztyn, his parish also included 24 villages and places to live :
| German name | Polish name | German name | Polish name | |
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| Old Perlswalde | Perły | Mauerwald | Mamerki | |
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Biedaschken 1938–1945 Wieskoppen |
Biedaszki | New Guja | Nowa Guja | |
| Birkental | Parova | * New Perlswalde | Perły | |
| * Brosowen 1938–1945 Hartenstein (Ostpr.) |
Brzozowo | Paschäken | Pasieki | |
| Engelsteinshöh | Kraski | * Pristanien 1938–1945 Passdorf |
Przystań | |
| Ernsthofchen | * Rehsau | Rydzówka | ||
| * Great Guja | Guja | Rosenstein | Różewiec | |
| * Groß Wessolowen 1938–1945 Raudensee |
Wesołowo | Sandhof | Rydzówka Mała | |
| Karlswalde | Karłowo |
Stawken 1938-1945 Staken |
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Klein Dombrowken 1938–1945 Dammfelde |
Dąbrówka Mała | stone | Kamień | |
| Little Guja | Upalten | Upałty | ||
| Leopoldshof | Wesołówko | Wilhelmsberg | Klikucie |
Pastor (until 1945)
Until 1945 officiated as Protestant clergy at the church in Engelstein:
- J. Tortilowitz von Batocki, 1537-1570
- Dominicus Seel d. Ä., 1570-1609
- Dominicus Seel d. J., 1592-1602
- Johannes Seel, 1602–1642
- Stephan Gorlovius, 1615
- Johann Abrahamowitz, 1616–1623
- Christian Reimer, 1642–1689
- Matthäus Montanus, 1649–1655
- Seraphim Aegidii d. Ä., 1655-1701
- Johann Madeicka, 1689–1696
- Heinrich Büttner, 1697–1716
- Seraphim Aegidii d. J., 1701-1739
- Georg Borcius, 1716–1742
- Andreas Podzadlo, 1740–1787
- Johann Friedrich Krakau, 1787–1791
- Karl Friedrich Groß, 1790–1805
- Friedrich Fabian Salomon Kiehl, 1805–1831
- Johann Friedrich Penski, 1831–1854
- Gustav Eduard Salkowski, 1854–1858
- Julius Karl Heinrich Stechern, 1859–1879
- (Carl) Bernhard Schellong, 1880–1906
- Karl Hugo U. Brzezinski, 1906–1927
- Franz Klinschewski, 1927–1933
- Emil Stascheit, 1935–1936
- Fritz Wolff, 1937–1945
Church records
The Engelsteiner church book documents have been preserved and are being kept at the German Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig :
- Baptisms: 1695-1874
- Weddings 1693 to 1874
- Burials from 1693 to 1874.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2: Images of East Prussian churches. Göttingen 1968, pp. 87–88, figs. 350–352.
- ↑ Węgielsztyn - Engelstein
- ↑ Panoramic view of the Węgielsztyn Church
- ^ A b Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents. Göttingen 1968, p. 476.
- ↑ a b Friedwald Moeller: Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945. Hamburg 1968, p. 36.
- ↑ The Parafia Węgielsztyn at the Diocese of Ełk ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A * indicates a school location.
- ↑ a b c member of the Corps Masovia
