Evangelical-Augsburg church

Evangelical-Augsburg church in Radom, today belonging to the Warsaw diocese is a building with a rich and complex past. Initially, it was a Catholic temple dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary , erected in the years 1784–1785 on the site of an older, wooden church from the second half of the 14th century . That original temple was a branch of the Benedictines from Sieciechów , used to handle the monastery property around Radom.

In 1802 the building was transformed into a warehouse , and in 1818 - in theater , which reflected social transformation The secular character of the city's needs at the time. From 1830 the temple has been in the hands of the Evangelical-Augsburg Commune , which transformed it to the Lutheran worship. In 1893 the church underwent a thorough reconstruction , and its architectural arrangement was partially changed - the entrance was placed in the place of the former presbytery , which was a rare architectural procedure. urban , which further emphasizes her relationship with the oldest history of Radom. Today it is not only a place of prayer for the Evangelical community , but also witness of religious, cultural and urban history city. His raw, classicizing block hides a centuries -old story about the transformation of identity and the function of one of the most valuable monuments of Radom.