A Neoclassical Evangelical-Augsburg Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in the centre of Wisła, built in 1833-1838.
The Evangelical-Augsburg Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul stands in the centre of Wisła, on 1 Maja street, right by the main promenade. It is owned by the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Wisła and is one of the most important buildings of this denomination in the town, where Lutherans have for centuries made up a large part of the population.
The church was built in 1833-1838 on the site of an earlier wooden house of prayer. The work was carried out when Michał Kupferschmid was pastor, and the designer was Edward Koerber. The dedication took place on 29 June 1838. Originally it was a Neoclassical three-nave house of prayer without a tower or bells, because these were forbidden by the Patent of Toleration of 1781, on the basis of which it was built.
The change came after the Protestant Patent of 1861, which made the rights of Protestants equal to those of Catholics. In 1862-1863 the body of the church was lengthened with a front block with a three-storey tower 45 m high, and bells were hung in the tower.
The church has three naves, and the side naves have two-storey galleries, typical of Protestant churches. The interior is kept in white. Attention is drawn by the altar with a stained-glass window depicting the patrons of the church, made in 1932 by the Kraków Stained Glass, Glazing and Mosaic Workshop “S.G. Żeleński” to a design by Adam Ciompa. The organ by Schlag & Söhne was brought from the Evangelical church in Mirsk. An exhibition of Evangelical old prints has also been set up inside.
On the other side of 1 Maja street stands the historic presbytery from 1805-1807, and next to it the former Evangelical school from 1824. From the church it is close to the Stanisław Hadyna Amphitheatre, and on foot you can reach the Habsburg Hunting Lodge.
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