St. Michael's Swedish Lutheran Church - Tallinn, Estonia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 59° 26.104 E 024° 44.529
35V E 371937 N 6590672
This church is located at 7/9 Ruutli Street in Tallinn's Old Town.
Waymark Code: WMFEXB
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 10/08/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member wildwoodke
Views: 12

Located down the block from St. Nicholas' Church, St. Michael's Church has a sign near the entrance in Estonian and English. From the outside, the building does not have the usual appearance of a church...no steeple for example. One of the photos submitted with this waymark shows the steeple from the nearby St. Nicholas' Church. The English portion of the sign informs us:

"St. Michael's Swedish Lutheran Church

It was built by the city in 1526-1531 as a hospital and the new almshouse. The only medieval hospital building which survived in Estonia, its double-naved assembly hall section has maintained its initial spacial form and structure. In 1699-1770, the building housed the Spinning factory, which functioned as a women's reformatory under its high roof. Since 1733, it was used as the St. Michael's (Mihkli) church of the Swedish-Finnish congregation. The Baroque furnishings (the altar, the pul[it, the bapistry and the ceiling chandeliers) were brought from the earlier St. Michael's convent church. After the fire of 1770 the window and external walls' design was renovated, the high double-staged mansard roof was built, the entrance room was decorated with a beamed ceiling painted with rococo with floral-tendril motifs.
The two-storied annex of the hospital served as a retirement home until 1901. During the Soviet period the building was used as a gymnasium. With the assistance of the Swedish State, it was then renovated as the St. Michael's Swedish church and consecrated with the attendance of the Swedish Royal couple in 2002. The basement houses the Museum of the Estonian-Swedish church art."
Active Church: Yes

School on property: Yes

Date Built: 01/01/1531

Service Times: Sunday 10 a.m. Finnish; 12pm-Swedish; 6pm-German

Website: [Web Link]

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