Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg
County: Monroe
Location: 5765 Maeystown Road, 4 miles SW of
Waterloo. In Wartburg
Erected: 11/03/1996 Erected by:
Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg and The Illinois State
Historical Society
The church was organized in 1841 by Pastor G. A. Schieferdecker and
settlers from Saxony, Thuringia, and Westfalia, Germany. The site was
donated in 1849 by Johann Christian and Katherine Just. The present
church was erected in 1863, and the tower was re-built in 1913.
English services were introduced in 1926 but did not predominate
until 1946. Monthly German services were discontinued in 1967. The
congregation also operated a christian day school here from 1841 unil
1960. Holy Cross is considered the mother church for several
surrounding congregations.\par
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