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Church of Luther

Church of Luther, or Torņakalns Church after its geographical location in , is a Lutheran church in , the capital of . It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Riga, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Church of Luther, Riga” and “Torņakalna baznīca”
  • Address: Torņakalna iela 3, Rīga, LV-1004

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arcadia Park and National Library of Latvia.

Park
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is situated 390 metres north of Church of Luther.

Library
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The , originally known as the State Library of Latvia, is a national cultural institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture of Latvia. is situated 1½ km northeast of Church of Luther.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the neighbourhood of in the Zemgale Suburb in , , located on the of the Daugava River. is situated 460 metres north of Church of Luther.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torņakalns and Pārdaugava.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , located on the western bank of the Daugava River. The name derives from a fortified tower built in the Middle Ages close to the Daugava River to alert the city of Riga in case of emergency and intruders about to cross the river.

Photo: Guillaume Speurt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, which literally means "over Daugava" or "across the Daugava", is a part of , comprising the west bank of Daugava river.

Suburb
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Āgenskalns is a district in , located on the left bank of the Daugava, an old neighbourhood, mainly built in the late 19th to early 20th century. The total area of Āgenskalns is 4,6 km2, which is a lot less than other districts of .

Church of Luther

Latitude
56.92872° or 56° 55′ 43″ north
Longitude
24.08718° or 24° 5′ 14″ east
Inception
1890
Open location code
9G86W3HP+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 87410112
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q3405477
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Polish—“Church of Luther” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “església de Luther”
  • Catalan: “Església de Luther”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه لوثر”
  • Estonian: “Torņakalnsi kirik”
  • French: “église de Luther”
  • French: “Église de Luther”
  • German: “Thorensberger Kirche”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas Lutera baznīca”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas Lutera Evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca”
  • Macedonian: “Лутеранска црква”
  • Polish: “Kościół Marcina Lutra w Rydze”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Church of Luther”. Photo: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 2.5.