St. Boniface's Church, Bergen
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The Church of St. Boniface (
History
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Stralsund priest, Wendelin Zink, undertook the first pastoral trips to the island of Rügen and held services in the private homes of local Roman Catholics. In 1863, a mission house was established on the edge of the town of Bergen with a chapel consecrated on 8 September. Upon approval of the establishment of a mission parish in 1864 by the Prussian state, Gustav Machai became the first Roman Catholic priest on Rügen (until 1869). In addition to a vicarage, a Catholic school was also established from 1867 to 1878. In 1871, there were about 700 Catholics on Rügen.
On 1 July 1910, by which time the congregation had already outgrown the chapel, it was elevated to an independent parish. The then minister,
In 2000, a new single-division organ with Neo-Gothic casing was installed in the church.