The pride of Piltene Church is its gilded wooden altar and pulpit, organ with 9 registers, wooden 12th-century images of the apostles, benches, and separate lodges with forged hinged doors.
The pulpit dates from 1719, but the copy of the painting by Jānis Rozentāls is from the 19th century. In 1722, an organ with nine registers was made, the author of the prospectus was the Liepāja woodcarver Joahims Kreicbergs.
The church's sculptures are typical of the Baroque period. The twelve holy apostles were placed along the sides of the pulpit. The church has 222 seats and pews with forged hinges.
The church was built in 1557. During the Northern War, the church building began to collapse and in 1708 the congregation decided to build a new church. In 1710, the Great Plague began and construction was stopped, in 1717, after the plague, only 34 peasants remained alive in the 257 manors belonging to Piltene. In 1719, the current stone church was completed in place of the collapsed wooden church.
The church still has wood carvings from the 16th century. Instead of the wooden image of Christ, as was the case in the first church, the new one had an altar painting by Baron René, the new church was spacious and bright.
Listen to the unique, virtuoso sound of the second oldest organ in Latvia – the organ of the Piltene Lutheran Church:
The recording is taken from the Latvian Organ Catalogue, which is funded by the Culture Capital Foundation. Organ sound samples were played by Lilita Ozola http://www.music.lv/lek/piltene_main.htm