Evangelical-Augsburg Chapel, Poznań
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Evangelical-Augsburg Chapel in Poznań is a former neo-Gothic cemetery chapel from the end of 19th century. After the World War II many years serving as a temple of the Evangelical -Augsburg in Poznan. It is located at 48 Grunwald street in Grunwald district, the Park of Manitius. It was built in 1896 as a Lutheran parish cemetery chapel of St. Paul. After the closure of the cemetery in 1946, the municipal authorities have granted the chapel deprived of their place of assembly of the Evangelical -Augsburg as a temporary place of worship until the recovery of one of post evangelical sacred objects. Since 1948, several years it was used as well by the parish chapel Polish National Church. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The lack of progress on this issue, and then bans the communist authorities to build a new temple or expansion of existing meant that the problem was solved only by building near the new church of God's Grace Street. The last Sunday service in the chapel took place in 2003.
The chapel is a building of brick, one-nave, with a shallow chancel. From the street, the nave is preceded by a vestibule. The choir is covered with a cross vault in the nave is open timbered roof trusses. The interior of the nave illuminate the arched window. The nave and chancel elevated profiled combines arcade. Originally the chapel housed the morgue, a large arcade available in the rear of the present sacristy. Modest interior has been collected after the war with inactive evangelical churches in the province. In 1953 build the plaque commemorating minister Gustav Manitius. In 1965 the interior was modernized, made new decor chancel, and windows placed Powalisz glazing company. In the 90s Twentieth century room in the basement temporarily adapted to the Salk parish choir was built and put in new benches. After the consecration of the temple of God's grace, moved there as well plaque, while the equipment was transferred to the new evangelical chapel in Pila.
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- Jerzy Domasłowski, Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Poznaniu i w Zachodniej Wielkopolsce w latach 1919-2005, Poznań, Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska, 2005, ISBN 83-922889-0-4