{"id":43646,"date":"2022-05-26T06:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T04:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/leisure\/places-to-visit\/rusne-evangelical-lutheran-church\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:07:33","slug":"rusne-evangelical-lutheran-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/leisure\/places-to-visit\/rusne-evangelical-lutheran-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusn\u0117 Evangelical Lutheran Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The first written record of this church dates back to 1544 in a letter by Duke Albert of Prussia, mentioning services held in both Lithuanian and German. After the Treaty of Melno, the Rusn\u0117 area belonged to the Teutonic Order. A weather vane on the church tower indicates the year 1419 as the start of construction. Until 1541, the church was Catholic; only later, with the spread of the Reformation, did all inhabitants adopt Lutheran teachings.
By 1583, a parish school was operating next to the church \u2013 one of the first in the Klaip\u0117da region.
The 18th-century church was damaged by three fires (in 1739, 1774, and 1789). A new brick church was consecrated in 1809.
The current masonry structure dates from the 19th century. During the Soviet era, the church was closed for a long time, its property destroyed, and the building handed over to Rusn\u0117\u2019s auxiliary boarding school. It housed a gymnasium and a boiler room.
Restoration of the old church began in 1991, and services were resumed by deacon Gintaras Pareigis. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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