Church or chapel
Põltsamaa Church
German: Oberpahlen
Põltsamaa's St Nicholas church is built into the walls of the old Order castle. In the 1630s Herman Wrangel put the new parish church on the walls of its south-east gatehouse, so it does not face east as churches usually do. Russian troops wrecked it in 1703; when it was rebuilt, a round 16th-century cannon tower that had served as the sacristy became the choir, giving it one of the most unusual apses in Estonia. On 14 July 1941 a German shell set the tower alight and the whole church burned. Restored in 1947–1952, it received the altar, pulpit and pews of Tartu's closed University Church.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Põltsamaa Niguliste kirik on ehitatud vana ordulinnuse müüride sisse. Herman Wrangel, kes 1630. aastatel linnuse aadlipaleeks ümber ehitas, rajas uue kihelkonnakiriku kagupoolse eesväravahoone müüridele, mistõttu kirik pole tavapäraselt ida-läänesuunaline. Vene väed purustasid selle 1703. aastal; taastamisel muudeti 16. sajandi ümmargune suurtükitorn, mis oli olnud käärkamber, kooriruumiks ja nii sai kirik ühe Eesti omapärasema koori. 14. juulil 1941 süütas Saksa mürsk torni ja kogu kirik põles. See taastati aastatel 1947–1952 ning sisustati suletud Tartu Ülikooli kiriku altari, kantsli ja pinkidega.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B5ltsamaa_kirik ↗