The Tohmajärvi Church (Finnish: Tohmajärven kirkko) is the 18th-century wooden church located on the shores of Lake Tohmajärvi, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Kemie, the administrative center of the Tohmajärvi municipality in North Karelia, Finland. The building is the oldest wooden church in North Karelia.[1][2][3]
Tohmajärvi Church | |
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Finnish: Tohmajärven kirkko | |
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62°11′28.7″N 30°23′00.6″E / 62.191306°N 30.383500°E | |
Location | Tohmajärvi, North Karelia |
Country | Finland |
Website | www.tohmajarvenseurakunta.fi |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Eskil Collenius |
Completed | 1756 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | about 650 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Kuopio |
Parish | Tohmajärvi |
History
editThe construction of the church started in 1751 under the direction of the architect Eskil Collenius[4] and it was completed five years later.[1][3] A separate three-jointed belfry was built in 1760.[1][4] The altarpiece of the church called The Crucified was painted by Mikael Toppelius in 1783.[3][5]
The church's 17+2 tone pipe organ was manufactured by the Kangasala's organ factory in 1956.[6]
Sources
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Tohmajärvi Church (Evangelical Lutheran)". Sydänkarjala. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Väinämö, Jouki (2 April 2020). "Tohmajärven kirkossa alkaa kesällä julkisivuremontti". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tohmajärvi Church, Tohmajärvi, Finland". SpottingHistory. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Tohmajärven kirkko (200729)". Kyppi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Haapio, Markku; Luostarinen, Laura (1980). Suomen kirkot ja kirkkotaide (in Finnish). Vol. 2. Etelä-Suomen Kustannus. ISBN 951-9064-28-1.
- ^ "Tohmajärven kirkko" (in Finnish). Suomen urut. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
External links
editMedia related to Tohmajärvi Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Tohmajärvi Church at Tohmajärven seurakunta (in Finnish)
- Sights and Exhibitions at Tohmajärvi Municipality (in English)