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The Lutheran parish of Michałki-Rypin |
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Name: |
Michałki |
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Location: |
8 km North-East of Rypin |
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Established: |
1784 |
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The old wooden Church at Michałki - Photo taken from the 150 years anniversary booklet |
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Pastors: |
Albert (Albrecht) Bocianowski (1785-1792), Theophil Bernhard Powalski (1794-1797), Theodor Nathanael Gutt (1797-1798), Christian Mielke (1798-1805), Gotthilf Bernhard Moeller (1806-1812), Lorenz Goburek (1815-1816), Johann Ferdinand Biehahn (1816-1821), Friedrich Haberfeld (1836-1838), Karl Friedrich August Schroeder (1838-1839), Ernst Wilhelm Kattein (1839-1886), Władisław Wilhelm Wernitz (1.: 1887-1890), Ernst Julius Filtzer (1891-1895), Philipp Schmidt (1895-1899), Robert Gregor Gundlach (1900-1916), Władisław Wilhelm Wernitz (2.: 1919-1920), Dr. Lucjan Lewandowski (1921-1925), Adolf Kratsch (1926-1931), Ernst Waldemar Krusche (1931-1938), Otto Hübscher (since 1938). |
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| Chronicle: | There is a Chronicle of Michałki and Rypin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History: |
Ethnic German settlers have been living in the area around Michałki and Rypin since 1710. The visitation reports of the responsible Pastors mention German schools (Kantoratsschulen) for many of the villages. The year a school for a village is mentioned for the first time can be assumed as founding year of the village. Schools are mentioned for:
Michałki became the center of Lutheran religious live. In 1779 a prayer house was built. In 1784 Count Michael Hieronymus von Podoski, Erbherr of Kupnowo founded the parish of Michałki. After the church at Rypin has been finished in 1888 the parish moved to Rypin. In 1936 Michałki got it's own church. In 1938 the parish of Michałki-Rypin was devided and Michałki got it's own administration. |
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Impressions:
Lutheran Church at Michałki built in 1936 - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2006 |
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In 2006 the outside of the church seemed very much to be in need of repairs.
Lutheran Church at Michałki - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2006 |
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In 2008 repairs had been started at the outside of the church. I took the chance to have a stroll through the inside of the church building. What I found was a bright and very carefully renovated Interior.
Repairs at the church - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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View of the interior - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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View of the interior - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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View of the organ's gallery - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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An old bench at the side of the church room - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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Old picture at the wall of the gallery - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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View from the gallery - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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Stained glass above the entrance - Photo by: Jutta Dennerlein, 2008 |
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Sources: |
Eduard Kneifel: Die evangelisch-augsburgischen Gemeinden in Polen 1555-1939 |
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