Memorial to the Cesvaine Victims of the First World War and the War of Independence in the Cesvaine Lutheran Church
Memorial site
Located in Cesvaine Lutheran Church and church grounds.
A memorial site for church members who died in the First World War and the War of Independence can be seen in the church.
In memory of the inhabitants of Cesvaine and its environs who died in the war of independence, a memorial place was restored and consecrated in the church in 2004, dedicated to the writer Augustus Saulietis in poetry.
All 34 surnames engraved on the old plate are also engraved on the plate. The wooden altar was made by a local master Juris Neimanis.
A memorial to the victims of the communist genocide, opened and consecrated on March 25, 2003, can be seen in the church garden.
The roof and foundations of the tower were damaged for the Cesvaine Evangelical Lutheran Church in World War II. In the post-war years, the organ, the altar, the pulpit and the lead frames of the window glass were destroyed. On March 29, 1964, the last service was held in the church, but in 1978, architect Maija Elizabete Mengele developed a reconstruction project for the church to be used as a house of tradition. In 1985, a group of craftsmen was formed to carry out interior reconstruction work. On August 25, 1990, the first service was held in the partially restored church, which was led by Archbishop Kārlis Gailītis (1936 - 1992). In 1994, the construction of the altar and pulpit was completed. On August 17, 2002, Archbishop Jānis Vanags consecrated the partially restored organ.
Source: http://www.cesvaine.lv/turisms/apskates-objekti-cesvaines-novada/cesvaines-luteranu-baznica.html