The Lutheran Filial of Orłowo

Name:

Orłowo

Location:

12 km South-East of Lipno

Established:

1936

History:

Orłowo belonged to the parish of Lipno. They had a German school and a prayer house. Both buildings were destroyed in 1926 by an arsonist.

In 1933 a new prayer house with an integrated room for school was built.

In 1936 Orłowo became a branch (Filial) of the new parish of Łąkie. The branch Orłowo consisted of the villages Orłowo, Będzeń, Piaseczno, Karolewo and Rumunki-Tupadły.

Followers of the free-church movements of the Fretler and Pfingstler from Orłowo, Teodorowo and Sadki-Jasień also had their prayer room in Orłowo.

Sources:

Eduard Kneifel: Die evangelisch-augsburgischen Gemeinden in Polen 1555-1939