Turf Lutheran Church

Architectural monument of national significance.

One of the most beautiful in Latvia is the Neo-Gothic church, the foundation stone of which was laid on September 15, 1896. Consecrated on August 2, 1898, 11 visiting pastors and several thousand visitors took part. The contractor Johan Brown is mentioned in the church documents as the construction manager and the author of the church plan. Construction cost 30,000 rubles. Several gifts were donated for the decoration of the church, for example, the manager of Lizuma manor E. Knappe gave 500 rubles for the new bell, the owner of Sinole manor von Mengdens gave two chandeliers, the owner of the clay manon von Ceimern made an altarpiece, The donated things have survived to the present day. The church organ was built by Sauer in 1898. They have 17 registers and are among the best in Latvia. The organ was also included in the cycle of events "The Latvian Organ" convened by the Organ Center of the Latvian Cultural Foundation. Concert by Tālivaldis Deksnis. Professional artists like to play with this organ. The sod church is one of the few that has survived without major repairs to this day. The church is built of carved and torn granite stones in the Gothic style. Roof made of heavy Westphalian tiles. Gothic elements are also introduced in the interior of the church. It is, firstly, a device - an altar, a pulpit, an organ, and secondly, the wooden constructions of the floor - a kind of shape that supports the slopes of the ceiling. The framed parts of the structures are filled with gothic three-page and four-page. Interesting is the description of the interior of the church, published a few years after its consecration in the Church Gazette (1899). It says that "the church is illuminated by 15 large high windows. The ceiling and walls of the middle room are painted white. The altar is dressed in azure (the ceiling of the altar room is meant). "

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