Tohmajärvi Church

The Tohmajärvi Church (Finnish: Tohmajärven kirkko) is the 18th-century wooden church located on the shores of Lake Tohmajärvi, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Kemie, the administrative center of the Tohmajärvi municipality in North Karelia, Finland. The building is the oldest wooden church in North Karelia.

History

The construction of the church started in 1751 under the direction of the architect Eskil Collenius and it was completed five years later. A separate three-jointed belfry was built in 1760. The altarpiece of the church called The Crucified was painted by Mikael Toppelius in 1783.

The church's 17+2 tone pipe organ was manufactured by the Kangasala's organ factory in 1956.

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External links

Media related to Tohmajärvi Church at Wikimedia Commons

• Tohmajärvi Church at Tohmajärven seurakunta (in Finnish)
• Sights and Exhibitions at Tohmajärvi Municipality (in English)

1. Tohmajärvi
2. Kemie, Tohmajärvi
3. Mikael Toppelius
4. Kitee
5. Anvil
6. Joensuu
7. Blue Highway (tourist route)
8. Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki
9. Vyartsilya