Church or chapel · 1860
Tartu University Church
The University Church on Jakobi street, behind Tartu University's main building, was built in 1860 for the university's Lutheran congregation. In December 1944 Rector Henrik Koppel's funeral was held there, but on 26 July 1948 the Soviet authorities closed it and stripped it out. Its altar, pulpit, pews and bells went to the church being restored in Põltsamaa, where they are still used, and its 1926 organ to the Estonia concert hall. In 1956 the hall was split by concrete floors into four storeys and became the university's textbook library, nicknamed 'Tuubikum'. Since 2017 it has housed the Tartu Elektriteater cinema.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Jakobi tänaval Tartu Ülikooli peahoone taga asuv ülikooli kirik ehitati 1860. aastal ülikooli luterlikule kogudusele. 1944. aasta detsembris peeti seal rektor Henrik Koppeli matus, kuid 26. juulil 1948 kirik suleti ja sisustus demonteeriti. Altar, kantsel, pingid ja tornikellad viidi taastatavasse Põltsamaa Niguliste kirikusse, kus need on tänini kasutusel, ning 1926. aasta orel Estonia kontserdisaali. 1956. aastal jagati kirikusaal raudbetoonvahelagedega neljaks korruseks ja sellest sai ülikooli õpperaamatukogu, hüüdnimega Tuubikum. Alates 2017. aastast tegutseb hoones Tartu Elektriteater.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_%C3%9Clikooli_kirik ↗