Būtingė Evangelical Lutheran Church

In 1520 a Catholic church was built in Elija (Šventoji). After 1540 the priest of Elija joined the Lutherans and the church became closer to the Curonians living there. In the autumn of 1637 the church was washed away by a flood. A new church was built and consecrated by Venkis in 1728. In 1809 the church of Elias fell down again. In 1816 Tsar Alexander I visited the Curonian Governorate. Pastor Baunbach from Rucava, who was present at the welcoming ceremony, presented the Tsar with a request from the parishes of Būtingė, Elijah and the surrounding villages to rebuild the Elijah Church.

Alexander I agreed and granted 40,000 roubles for the project. For a long time there was disagreement about the location of the church, but in 1822 the foundations of a stone church were laid near the Būtingė manor, and in 1824 the church was consecrated. For a long time there were rumours in the area that the architect and the manager of the Būtingė estate had built the church in Būtingė by fraud, while in reality the Tsar’s grace had been granted to Elias. The parish of Būtingė (Šventoji) used to be a branch of the parish of Rucava.

Cultural heritage object in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Būtingė:

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Liepojos plentas 8, LT-00169 Palanga (Būtingė)
+370 460 45803