Church or chapel · 1773
Karksi Church
German: Schloß Karkus / Karkus
St Peter's church in Karksi-Nuia was built in 1773–1778 against the east side of the ruined Order castle of Karksi, on the site of a small vaulted chapel, and one of its walls is part of the old castle wall. Its baroque-capped tower leans noticeably. A chapel of St Peter stood in the castle's main ward as early as the 13th century, before the castle was destroyed in the Great Northern War in 1708. Inside is a late baroque altar with rococo motifs by Carl Gottlob Appelbaum from the 1770s, and the 1848 organ is one of the few surviving instruments by Ernst Carl Kessler's workshop.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Karksi-Nuia Peetri kirik ehitati aastatel 1773–1778 Karksi ordulinnuse varemete idaküljele, väikese võlvitud kabeli kohale, ning üks selle seintest on osa vanast linnusemüürist. Barokse kiivriga torn on märgatavalt viltu. Apostel Peetrusele pühitsetud kabel asus linnuse pealinnuses juba 13. sajandil, enne kui linnus Põhjasõjas 1708. aastal hävis. Kirikus on Carl Gottlob Appelbaumi 1770. aastatel valmistatud rokokoomotiividega hilisbarokne altar ning 1848. aasta orel on üks väheseid säilinud Ernst Carl Kessleri pille.