Evangelický kostel

Very nice church

Nice church, I attended the baptism here during Mass.

The congregation of Šumperk Protestants, mostly of German nationality, tried to gain its own spiritual administration, which led to the collection action of the Gustav Adolf Foundation in the 1860s. In 1866 the land for the construction of the church was purchased from the funds obtained by the foundation and from the inhabitants of Šumperk and its surroundings. The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and the German Emperor Wilhelm I also contributed. In 1869 the foundation stone was laid. The church was built according to the design of ing. Wenzel Knapek, the construction was led by local builder Josef Bayer. The new building was solemnly consecrated on 28 June 1874. In 1883 the organ was installed and in 1886 the bell was suspended in a small turret. In 1887 the sacristy was added. Further adjustments took place at the beginning of the 20th century, when the larger church tower was completed according to a design by Viennese architect Georg Berger (1908) and a tower clock was acquired (1910). interior of the church to its present form. The foundation stone for the vicarage was laid in 1928. After the Second World War, the parish congregation of the German Evangelical Church in Šumperk was abolished and the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren took over the church buildings. In 1949 the church was overhauled and in the second half of the 20th century the church was repaired several times. In 1963, a new organ was installed by Rieger-Kloss from Krnov, which in 2003 also overhauled it. The tower clock was repaired in 201