Religious variety in the Wieluń district in the years 1918–1939 against the background of the religious mosaic of the Second Polish Republic Cover Image

Wyznania religijne w powiecie wieluńskim w latach 1918–1939 na tle mozaiki religijnej II Rzeczypospolitej
Religious variety in the Wieluń district in the years 1918–1939 against the background of the religious mosaic of the Second Polish Republic

Author(s): Michał Michalski
Subject(s): History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Wieluń district; religious; denominations; Judaism; Evangelicals; Orthodox Christians; Greek Catholicism; Bible Students; Mariavitism; Baptists

Summary/Abstract: The agricultural district of Wieluń in the interwar period was an area with less religious diversity than Poland and the Łódź Province. The Roman Catholic denomination definitely dominated – both in terms of the number of believers, the number of clergy, organizational structures and material base. Judaism occupied the second place, with the majority of the faithful concentrated around eight communes. The podium was closed by Augsburg Evangelicals scattered throughout the district with the parish in Wieluń. The remaining denominations were sparse, and among them only the Orthodox had their own parish, which were liquidated.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 81-116
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Polish