Church or chapel · 1920
Elva Church
German: Elwa
Elva's small red-brick Lutheran church on Pargi street was designed by Tartu city architect Arved Eichhorn and roofed before the First World War, but the interior work was only completed in 1920, making it the first Lutheran church finished in the Republic of Estonia. Inspired by Gothic, it has a small octagonal corbelled turret with a pyramid spire and a pointed doorway whose arch field imitates a rose window. Inside, under a barrel-vaulted wooden ceiling, the very plain hall is lit by a stained-glass window at the altar.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Elva väikese punastest tellistest luterliku kiriku Pargi tänaval projekteeris Tartu linnaarhitekt Arved Eichhorn ja see sai katuse alla enne Esimest maailmasõda, kuid sisetööd lõpetati alles 1920. aastal – nii on Elva kirik esimene Eesti Vabariigis valminud luteri pühakoda. Gootikast inspireeritud hoonel on väike kaheksatahuline telkkiivriga konsooltorn ja teravkaarne portaal, mille kaareväli jäljendab roosakent. Silindervõlvilise puitlaega ülilihtsat interjööri ilmestab altariosa vitraaž.