Jakobstad Church
Jakobstad Church (Swedish Jakobstads kyrka, Finnish Pietarsaaren kirkko) is a Lutheran church in the city of Jakobstad, Finland. It was constructed in 1731 by Johan Knubb. The church has been built on the same place, where the first church in Jakobstad was located before it was burned down by Russians in 1714.
The altarpiecewaspainted in 1784 målades by from Stockholm.
The church is built of wood in the shape of a like sided cross. It is one of the first churches in Finland built like a cross. The brass chandeliers from the 1660s were saved from the Russians. The exceptional big menorah was donated in 1709 by the . There is also an old Timpani from the 1840 century donated by the . The belltower of Ostrobothnian style was erected by 1742. He was born in in Vörå. There are two church bells from the 1690 century.[1]
Congregations[]
There are two lutheran congregations in the city using the same church. The Swedish speaking (Jakobstad's Swedish congregation) and the Finnish speaking (Jakobstad's Finnish Congregation).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Byggda kulturmiljöer av riksintresse". Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Jakobstads kyrka".
External links[]
Media related to Jakobstad Church at Wikimedia Commons- Entry in the Finnish Historical building register
Coordinates: 63°40′37″N 022°42′13″E / 63.67694°N 22.70361°E
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