Churches of Peace
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| Churches of Peace | |
| Location | Poland |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica |
| UNESCO State Party | Poland |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv, vi |
| UNESCO Site ID | 1054 |
| Year of Listing | 2001 |
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Churches of Peace
The Churches of Peace (, ) in Jawor and Świdnica in Silesia were named after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which permitted the Lutherans in the Roman Catholic parts of Silesia to build three Evangelical churches from wood, loam and straw outside the city walls, without steeples and church bells. The construction time was limited to one year. Since 2001, the two remaining churches are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
History
Despite the physical and political constrains, three of the churches became the biggest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe due to pioneering constructional and architectural solutions.
The church in Jawor, under the invocation of the Holy Ghost is long, wide and high and has capacity of 5,500. It was constructed by Wroclaw architect Albrecht von Saebisch (1610–1688) and was finished a year later in 1655. The 200 paintings inside by were done by Georg Flegel in 1671–1681. The Altar, by Martin Schneider, dates to 1672, the original organ of J. Hoferichter from Legnica of 1664 was replaced in 1855–1856 by Adolf Alexander Lummert.
By that time, the town had been part of the Lutheran Kingdom of Prussia for about a century. Another 100 years later, in 1945, the town became part of Poland, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.
The similar church, erected in Głogów burned down in 1758, but the one in Świdnica, under the invocation of the Holy Trinity, survived like the one in Jawor. Both were restored by a Polish–German cooperation, and recognized by UNESCO in 2001.
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Świdnica
Jawor
Bibliography
- Worthmann, L., Führer durch die Friedenskirche zu Schweidnitz. Breslau 1929
- Kalinowski, Konstanty, Barock in Schlesien. München 1990. ISBN 3-422-06047-2.
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de:Friedenskirche (Jawor) es:Iglesias de la Paz de Jawor y Świdnica fr:Église de la Paix de Jawor it:Chiese della Pace he:כנסיות השלום lv:Miera baznīcas ja:ヤヴォルとシフィドニツァの平和教会群 no:Fredskirkene i Jawor og Świdnica pl:Kościoły pokoju sv:Fredskyrkorna i Jawor och Świdnica vi:Các nhà thờ Hòa bình
