Church or chapel · 1450
Kadrina Church
St Catherine's in Kadrina is a fortress church: thick walls and high, narrow windows let the villagers shelter inside in times of danger. Originally called the church of Tristfer, it began in the 15th century as a small towerless church and was vaulted into a three-aisled Gothic hall by the century's end. In 1702, during the Great Northern War, it was badly burned, and services were held for years under a temporary plank roof. Its organ case was carved by Latvian joiner Kārlis Hermanis in 1877 for a church in St Petersburg and brought to Kadrina in 1895.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Kadrina Katariina kirik on kindluskirik: paksud müürid ja kõrged kitsad aknad lubasid külarahval ohu korral siia varjule tulla. Algselt Tristferi kirikuks kutsutud pühakoda sai 15. sajandil alguse väikese tornita kirikuna, mis sajandi lõpuks võlviti kolmelööviliseks gooti kodakirikuks. 1702. aastal Põhjasõja ajal sai kirik tulekahjus rängalt kannatada ja jumalateenistusi peeti aastaid ajutise laudkatuse all. Oreliprospekti lõikas Läti tisler Kārlis Hermanis 1877. aastal ühele Peterburi kirikule ja see toodi Kadrinasse 1895. aastal.