ETHNO MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF DANUBE GERMANS – Аpatin

ETHNO MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF DANUBE GERMANS – Аpatin

This sacred building was constructed in a pseudo-Romanesque style between 1931 and 1933 and was the largest Catholic church built in the Bačka region between the two World Wars. The plans were designed by the Viennese architect Bruno Buhvizer, and the construction was carried out by Nikola Šefer, a contractor from Apatin and at one time the president of the local Craftsmen’s Association.

The church was a three-nave structure with two towers (38m high) rising from its facade, each topped with pyramid-shaped roofs. The main entrance is highlighted by a Romanesque, stepped-profile portal, above which sits a rose window and a tympanum.

Work on the interior decoration and furnishings was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, leaving many elements unfinished.

After restoration in 2001, lightning struck the top of the right tower, causing a fire that damaged the wooden interior structure (due to the absence of a lightning rod), resulting in the loss of one tower.

Today, the entire building and surrounding complex are maintained by the Adam Berenc Association. The association’s main goal is to revitalize the church as a museum, preserving the heritage of the Danube Germans.

The museum does not have fixed working hours.

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