Evangelical-Augsburg church in Pisarzowice, Romanesque Revival church in Pisarzowice, Poland.
The Evangelical-Augsburg church in Pisarzowice is a ruined Romanesque Revival church built of granite and red sandstone, now without a roof or the top of its tower. Its north gable carries two heraldic shields, those of Gustav Biron and Adele Löwenstein, with the French motto "Perit, sed in armis croyez Biron constant dans l'infortune". The interior once held a pulpit set with precious stones and oak furnishings.
The church was built between 1901 and 1902 to a design by Arnold Hartmann, funded by Gustav Peter von Biron as a memorial to his son Wilhelm Karl Biron von Curland, who died in 1899; finishing work ended in 1912. In the Second Polish Republic it belonged to a parish of the Ostrzeszów superintendenture of the Evangelical Union Church. Abandoned in 1945, it lost its roof and the top of its tower.
The church was funded by Gustav Peter von Biron, married to Adele Marie von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, as a memorial to their son Wilhelm Karl Biron von Curland, who died in 1899. In the northern wall two heraldic shields bear the French motto "Perit, sed in armis croyez Biron constant dans l'infortune." The pulpit was set with precious stones, and the oak furniture was moved to neighbouring parishes after 1945.
The church stands in Pisarzowice, in the Kobyla Góra area of Greater Poland. It is a ruin without a roof or the top of its tower, so the interior is unsafe and the building can only be viewed from outside. Since 2018 it has been privately owned and under renovation, so access to the grounds may be restricted.
The church is the probable recording location of Behemoth's concert "In Absentia Dei". Its north wall holds two heraldic shields, those of Gustav Biron and Adele Löwenstein, with the French motto "Perit, sed in armis croyez Biron constant dans l'infortune".
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