Churches and monasteries
a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran congregation from 1884, consecrated four months after construction began
Churches and monasteries
a neo-Gothic parish church from 1893 with a surviving 16th-century Gothic chalice
Churches and monasteries
a 19th-century synagogue vandalised in 1938, today the gymnasium of the local school
Churches in Bierutów include a neo-Gothic Catholic church, a Protestant church of 1884 and a former synagogue. Learn their stories.
Before the Second World War the town bore the German name Bernstadt and had five religious buildings: four churches and one synagogue.Below we describe three of them that are on the portal, with a short history of each.
The Church of St Joseph the Betrothed is a Roman Catholic parish church of 1891-1893. It is a neo-Gothic, two-nave building of facing brick. The north tower is rectangular at the base, square higher up, and ends in a slender octagonal helmet roof with dormers. The altars are in the neo-Gothic style, and a Gothic chalice from the 16th century survives from the older furnishings.
The Evangelical Lutheran church on Marii Konopnickiej Street arose after the Protestant congregation founded in 1841 grew so large that in 1847 a new church was decided. The foundation stone was laid on 26 February 1884. In the 1930s the street was called Junkernstrasse.
The synagogue on 1 Maja Street dates from 1809 and replaced an older prayer house, and at the end of the 19th century it was rebuilt. In November 1938 the Nazis set it on fire and wrecked it. Today it is a school gym, so view it from outside.
The rest of the town is shown on the page Bierutów attractions. Similar monuments are in Oleśnica, Twardogóra and Syców, and an overview from the whole region is on the page churches and monasteries.
