Christ Lutheran Church

Noack began as Hochkirk, named by Peter Zieschang. A Wendish research article says he had lived in Victoria, Australia, in a Wendish and German community also called Hochkirch, and the county commission says the name comes from a German village where a major Seven Years' War battle was fought in 1758. Zieschang bought 440 acres on Brushy Creek on September 21, 1871. Sources disagree on the church: the plaque dedicates it in 1891, the county commission on January 2, 1898.

What the plaque says

Christ Lutheran Church In the mid-1880s, Lutheran families living at the Wendish settlement, Hochkirk, met in homes for church services. Local Pastor Gotthilf Birkmann began to officiate these meetings. Peter Zieschang, founder of Hochkirk, donated three acres of land for the site of a church. In 1891, at the cost of $200, the community dedicated a newly built church. In 1902, Hochkirk was renamed Noack, after postmaster John Ernest Noack. A parochial school was established at the church that taught separate German and English classes. Church services were in German until 1922, when English was gradually introduced. By the mid-1940s, all services were held in English. The present church building was completed in 1916 and is still in use. (2016)

Where it stands

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