Rūjiena Saint Bartholomew Evangelical Lutheran Church

The code in the Cultural heritage register – 1388

Address: Rīgas 32, Rūjiena, Latvia

Time of origin: 1652, 1904

Place of origin: Latvia

Material, Technique: bronze: casting, turning, cizeling, engraving

Dimensions: height of stem – 80/110 cm, arms (smaller and bigger) – 23/28 cm, Jupiter – 16 cm, eagle – 16 cm

There is an inscription and coat of arms on the ball of the chandelier: “IOHAN ALBRECHT VON PLATEN ANNA ELISABET VON ESSEN // 1652”. At the end of the ball there is one more date “1904” – possibly the date of restoration.

Literature and sources:

1. Latvijas PSR vēstures un kultūras pieminekļu saraksts. Riga: Avots, 1984, p. 289