Kutno Affiliate History

Original German and English translation by Klaus-Guenter Leiss with editing by Jerry Frank.

Source: Die evangelisch-augsburgischen Gemeinden in Polen 1555-1939 by Eduard Kneifel. [The Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Parishes in Poland, 1555-1939]

Description

During the South Prussian times Lutheran German farmers and craftsmen settled around Kutno. They originally had a small wooden church in the village of Krośniewice. Later on this center shifted to Kutno, probably because of better economic conditions due to the large sugar factories in Kostancja, Zychlin and Ostrowy. In the year 1797 Kutno became an Affiliate. In the Year 1879 they started to build a church that was dedicated on the 10th of November 1880. By 1867 there were four schools in the Affiliate.

The administration of Kutno was mostly done from Łowicz, apart from 1841—1857 when it is was covered by the pastor of Gostynin. [Editor's note: The early administration of Kutno as an Affiliate could not have been done from Łowicz as it was not founded until 1836. It may have been served from the distant Ilow Parish but that is not indicated in the source material.] The former German Sejm deputy Jakob Karau was Teacher and Kantor. He died 3rd August 1938.

Some Statistics

Establishment of the Affiliate: 1797; parishioners in 1923: 800; church language: German and Polish; 1 church and parsonage; 7 cemeteries.

Villages

Łowicz
Krośniewice
Konstancja
Zychlin
Ostrowy
Strzelce
Ostrowy
Kutno (school)
Woltersdorf (school)
Strzelcer Hol. (school)
Marcinòw (school)
Włocławek
Lipno
Nieszawa