Tirza Lutheran Church

Architectural monument of national significance.

Tirza Lutheran Church is the oldest church in Gulbene district. In 1823, according to the project of the architect F. Zīgelis, the construction of the Tirza church on the hill directly opposite the old church building began. Consecrated three years later on July 25, 1826, on Jacob's Day. Vidzeme General Superintendent Zontāgs and 17 pastors also took part. It is a single-walled hall-type white-plastered boulder and brick church with a gable roof and a two-tiered square bell tower with an octagonal spire. The church has a decorative decoration of the facades. The entrance portico with a triangular pedestal is based on four ionic columns. Profiled cornices, pilasters, teeth and triglyph bands are used for the decoration of the facades. The windows are nine-pane with a decorative division at the top. The most characteristic finishing elements of classicism are used in the interior - pilasters, profiled cornices, etc. The local historian, the poet Jānis Poruku, called it the White Church of Tirza. "Behind the aspen groves, the church shines pink on the hill," said the poet Elza Ķezbere in her homeland. The church has never ceased to exist. The organ was installed in 1835. On July 19, 1926, the 75th anniversary celebrations took place. On June 20, 1976, the 150th anniversary was celebrated, and on July 19, 1996, the 170th anniversary.

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