Protected building

Heinolan Ksrk:n kirkko

Heinola

Why visit

Heinola town parish's octagonal wooden church rises beneath a high hipped roof in the heart of the town. Step inside and linger before the altarpieces 'Descent from the Cross' and 'Resurrection', painted by R.W. Ekman in 1862.

Look for: Seek out the German stained-glass window of 1925 in the north facet and Eino Räsänen's two wooden angel sculptures from 1940. The separate log-built bell tower was raised in 1842 to C.L. Engel's design.

About this site

Wooden church, octagonal long church. Heinola urban parish church is now, after the city area has expanded, located in the centre of Heinola. The octagonal wooden church is covered by a tall hipped roof. A sacristy lower than the nave was added to the choir gable in 1925. The altarpieces Descent from the Cross and The Resurrection were painted by R.W. Ekman in 1862.

A German stained glass window from 1925 depicting the birth of the Saviour is in the church's northern facet. Sculptor Eino Räsänen's two wooden angel sculptures are from 1940. In the choir's southwestern side window there is a stained glass donated by Heinola Faner Factory Zachariassen & Co depicting everyday life in Heinola under God's protection, dating from 1963.

The separate log-built bell tower was built in 1842 (C.L. Engel 1839). The park surrounding the church and the tower was established in 1852. The church environment along Siltakatu includes the old parsonage from 1899 (Architectural Office Wrede & Gripenberg). Nearby there are also the urban parish's current parsonage and the cantor's residence.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

Municipality
Heinola
Heritage Agency record

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